Equipped
for Success
2016 Annual Report
2016 Financial Highlights
(In thousands, except per share data)
Revenue(1)
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations
Net Income (Loss)
Adjusted EBITDA(2)
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share(3)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Capital Expenditures
Debt
Total stockholders’ equity
Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR)
Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR)
(1) From continuing operations
(2) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure
(3) Excluding severance and other non-recurring charges, net of tax
Year Ended December 31,
2016
2015
2014
2013
$ 487,531
$ (156,079)
$ (156,079)
$ 25,031
$
$
(0.52)
(10,831)
$ 42,127
$
276
$ 1,311,319
0.87
0.30
$ 974,600
$ 1,152,632
$ 1,077,722
$
106,110
$ 229,312
$ 308,195
$
106,110
$ 229,312
$ 350,830
$ 319,086
$ 451,513
$ 438,739
$
0.60
$
1.03
$
1.85
$ 427,758
$ 368,860
$ 277,431
$ 99,723
$ 172,952
$ 184,504
$
7,321
$
304
$
376
$ 1,451,426
$ 1,472,536
$ 1,333,327
0.76
0.21
1.27
0.36
1.13
0.33
60%
reduction
in Capital Spending
15%
reduction SG&A
or
Reduced SG&A by over
$40MM
Maintained
>50%
market share in
Gulf of Mexico
and West Africa
2016 Annual Report 1
Ready for the Changing World
Frank’s International has built its brand and reputation on providing safe,
reliable and quality service to its customers for nearly 80 years. Even in
the inevitable peaks and valleys of the oil service business, we never lose
sight of the obligation we have to our customers and stakeholders. As we
navigate through the current cycle, we are equipped to meet the needs
of those we serve by offering differentiating technologies and products
that help keep workers safe, construct better wells and save the customer
time and money.
Grow
Existing Markets
Develop
New Markets
Expand
Technology
Leadership
Strengthen
Organizational
Capability
Frank’s enjoys strong
market share positions
around the globe
and close relation-
ships with blue-chip
companies in the oil
and gas industry. We
plan to deepen these
existing relationships
by offering new
products, services and
innovative solutions to
sustain and maximize
value creation in
these regions.
Taking our products and
services to new markets
or regions where we
are underrepresented
from a market share
standpoint will be
pivotal to our long-term
growth. Additionally,
the ability to add the
Blackhawk Specialty
Tools offerings to our
existing suite will assist
in opening the door to
new customers.
Frank’s takes pride
in our track record of
designing and building
ground-breaking
equipment that has
helped move the
industry forward.
With more than 300
global patents and
counting, we have
the competence and
experience to continue
to develop, acquire and
commercialize new
technologies that add
value to our customers
and broaden our well
construction offering.
Becoming a more
complete well
construction company
requires investment
in our people and
processes to help us
compete in a dynamic
and competitive
market. We continue
to make significant
progress towards
becoming a stronger
organization through
efficiency initiatives
that build employee
competencies and
operational capability.
2 Frank’s International
Fellow Shareholders
In many ways 2016 was a year of transition and
transformation for Frank’s International. As the
most challenging downturn in decades continued,
our industry saw crude oil prices hit 12-year lows
and offshore exploration and production capital
spending fall to nearly half of 2014 levels. Despite
these challenges, we pressed onward with our strategy
to maintain share in our dominant core markets and
expand our service offerings to underrepresented
international land and shelf markets. We also
completed the largest acquisition in the company’s
Douglas Stephens
President and Chief Executive Officer
storied history, enhancing the scope of products and services we can provide the
customer. These accomplishments combined with our focus on providing safe, quality
service and advanced technology, equip us for success in becoming a more complete
well construction company in the years ahead.
Since joining Frank’s International in November 2016,
I have been focused on continuing the legacy established
by my predecessors and have begun to set the course
for a new path of growth and profitability as a market
recovery begins to emerge. During my extensive career
in oil services I have always had great respect for the
international brand and operational reputation of
Frank’s. It is a great privilege to have the opportunity to
be part of and lead the Frank’s team. I see a bright future
for Frank’s International as we continue to be a global
leader in tubular running services while at the same time
broadening our customer offerings to become a more
complete well construction company.
the culture of Frank’s and is at the forefront of our minds
in the office or at our customer’s wellsite. Our philosophy
is that zero incidents and injuries are achievable with a
relentless focus on procedural discipline, understanding
and risk mitigation. Although our total recordable incident
rate increased in 2016 due to fewer working hours,
we did see record safety performance in our Gulf of
Mexico and Europe operations and celebrated one million
man-hours free of recordable injuries in Malaysia. These
accomplishments remind us that no matter the market
conditions, we can achieve success in our most important
objective to operate safely in order to protect our
employees and customers.
2016 Accomplishments
Although market conditions in the industry were outside
of our control, we took steps in 2016 to improve the
company in areas we could control. Safety is paramount to
Furthermore, we took steps to strengthen our
internal compliance program with new training and
procedures to ensure that we continue to operate with
the honesty and integrity our customers have known
2016 Annual Report 3
Success Stories
CASING WHILE DRILLING MILESTONE
Case Study
HELPING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF SOUR GAS
In September 2016, Frank’s International, in collaboration
The National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE)
with a large integrated service provider, deployed its FA-1®
International, a global organization focused on corrosion
casing running tool (CRT) modified for 30-inch casing
control, estimates that corrosion costs the oil and gas
drilling and running to a customer in the Bay of Campeche,
industry more than $1 billion each year. Much of this
Gulf of Mexico. The shallow water project established a
new worldwide milestone in casing while drilling (CwD)
operations. The successful implementation of the modified
corrosion is caused by the presence of hydrogen sulfide
(H2S) or sour gas that can penetrate steel tubulars and
lead to well integrity failures. For many oil and gas
tool saved the customer more than a day of rig time and
producing countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
was performed by the Frank’s local operations team based
this is increasingly becoming a problem and it is driving
in Villahermosa, Mexico.
FIRST STRING WEIGHT REDUCTION SYSTEM
In June 2016, Frank’s International deployed its patented
1,250-ton Buoyancy Module Spider to help a customer
in the Gulf of Mexico save money running one of the
heaviest casing string ever deployed, reducing the hook
load by nearly 250,000 pounds. This technology allows the
potential to run longer casing strings on lower specification
rigs. The original expected buoyed string weight of casing
and drill pipe was approaching the rig’s weight capacity
and the use of technology, engineering and expertise
of our skilled team helped deliver millions in estimated
cost savings.
a shift to more corrosion-resistant alloys to prevent this
corrosion in high pressure, high temperature formations.
Often times these alloy tubulars can be damaged or
stress points created during installation if not properly
handled. To combat this issue, Frank’s International has
developed and patented a fully non-marking handling
system for corrosion resistant materials. The next
generation Collar Load Support (CLSTM) system and
Fluid GripTM technology work in conjunction to eliminate
bite marks caused by metal on metal contact to prevent
corrosion contamination of the tubular. Our in-house
metallurgical lab allows our skilled engineers to develop
and test new and improved solutions to quickly respond
to changing industry conditions. The use of these and
other technologies across the globe, and particularly in
the Middle East, is leading to increased adoption of our
services and improved well construction. These better
constructed wells are less likely to have integrity issues
caused by high temperatures, high pressures or corrosive
gases that can lead to poor well performance, shortened
well life spans or environmental hazards.
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Blackhawk Acquisition
Blackhawk Specialty Tools, a
leading provider of engineered
well construction and well
intervention services and products,
is now a Frank’s International
company. Combining Blackhawk’s
technologically advanced cementing
tools and expertise with Frank’s
tubular running services allows us
to offer customers an integrated
well construction solution across
land, shelf and deepwater.
Like Frank’s, Blackhawk is a best-in-class, trusted
provider in complex well solutions. Blackhawk’s
specialty product development helps companies
save valuable rig time, operate in a safer
manner, reduce derrick trips and enhance
cementing operations.
An expansion of Blackhawk products
and services to current
Frank’s International global market
share would expect to generate
$200
$250
to
MM
MM
and
in revenue
30-40%
EBITDA
margins at mid-cycle
market levels
2016 Annual Report 5
Strong balance sheet
with more than
$300 million
in net cash
1 million
man-hours
free of recordable injuries
in Malaysia
Over
300
active patents globally
and
48 patent
applications in 2016
from Frank’s International. We also established metrics
to evaluate and processes to strengthen the quality of
service we deliver to the customer. We understand that
our reputation for quality service is a key pillar of our
successful track record. By eliminating any costs of poor
quality in the delivery of our services, we will realize
financial benefits and improve the safety of our operations.
Our use of technology and customization continues to
send us to new heights in the field of tubular running
services and deliver value to the customer. Working with
our customers and service partners, we installed the first
ever casing string weight-reduction system and the largest
diameter casing while drilling job in the offshore Gulf of
Mexico. Both of these feats not only helped the customer
achieve their operational goals, but also saved them time
and money on the projects.
Expanding Our Technology Leadership Position
In November, we closed on the acquisition of Blackhawk
Specialty Tools bringing together two companies with a
focus on innovative technologies and a culture centered
around safe, quality and reliable service to the customer.
The addition of Blackhawk’s specialty cementing and well
intervention tools, as well as its highly skilled employees,
provide the platform for growth beyond tubular running
services toward becoming a more diversified and complete
well construction company.
Similar to Frank’s, the Blackhawk use of technology
propelled the company to a greater than 60 percent
market share in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico since its
inception in 2008. We now have the opportunity to take
these same proven products and services to other parts of
the world across our global footprint beginning in 2017.
One of these technologies is the Blackhawk wireless
rotating cement head. These cement heads allow for
wireless launching of pre-loaded downhole plugs, darts
or balls and eliminate the need to suspend the cementing
process during launch. This feature, along with the
ability to rotate the cement head, leads to increased well
integrity and more efficient loading and launching of
downhole tools. The combination of Blackhawk products
and services such as this with our best-in-class tubular
running services will allow us to provide more value to the
customer and extend our time on the rig.
Also in 2016, Blackhawk received industry recognition
in the category of New Technology Development of the
Year award at the 2016 Texas Oil and Gas Awards. The
SkyHookTM module mitigates risk and improves efficiency
when connecting pump lines during liner and casing
cementing operations by eliminating the need to attach
lines manually. This and other innovations in development
will continue to boost the earnings potential for our
Blackhawk product and service line.
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“ I’m honored to have the opportunity to lead Frank’s
International into the next period of growth and
prosperity and I am optimistic about our future as
the global leader in well construction.”
Douglas Stephens, President and Chief Executive Officer
Looking Ahead to 2017
The coming year presents great opportunity for Frank’s
International. Even as we face headwinds in the
deepwater offshore market, we sit here today in a better
position than a year ago. We have seen commodity prices
improve, onshore rig count rise from the 2016 lows and
the industry continue to make strides in lowering the
overall cost of projects through efficiency gains. Although
uncertainty remains as to when our core offshore activity
will resume, we will continue to make decisions to create
shareholder value by investing in the business, reducing
our costs and growing in underrepresented markets.
In terms of investing in the business, during the year we
plan to complete construction of our first-class facility in
Lafayette. This new LEED certified building will serve as the
base of operations for further research and development
as well as customized engineering solutions for our
customers. We will also complete the installation of our
human resources development platform that will enable
the company to better monitor employee certification
and training. This system will more efficiently manage our
human resources allowing us to better forecast the skills
our employees will need and where they will be needed to
best serve the customer.
We are seeing growth in the U.S. onshore market and
green shoots in other select markets where we operate
that are expected to contribute toward this goal.
Additionally, we plan to commercialize 14 technologies
during the year that will allow for more bundling of
our tubular and specialty tool products and services,
increasing our revenue per rig potential. We also continue
to closely examine our cost structure and capital spending
program to achieve better utilization of our people and
assets and maintain our strong balance sheet.
Overall, I am confident that our strategy to maintain
our dominant share in core markets, grow in
underrepresented markets, broaden our offerings, and
control costs will put us on back the path to delivering
long-term value for our shareholders.
Sincerely,
The primary goal of 2017 will be returning Frank’s
International back on the path to sustained profitability.
Douglas Stephens
President and Chief Executive Officer
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, 2016
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 N.V.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
The Netherlands
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
Mastenmakersweg 1
1786 PB Den Helder, the Netherlands
(Address of principal executive offices)
98-1107145
(IRS Employer
Identification number)
Not Applicable
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +31 (0)22 367 0000
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Name of exchange on which registered
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New York Stock Exchange
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes
No
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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 Registrant was required to file such
reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes
No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every
Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files). Yes
No
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contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
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As of June 30, 2016, the aggregate market value of the common stock of the registrant held by non-affiliates of the registrant was
approximately $515.3 million.
As of February 22, 2017, there were 222,487,081 shares of common stock, €0.01 par value per share, outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Proxy Statement in connection with the 2017 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.
FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Business
Risk Factors
Item 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
Properties
Legal Proceedings
Mine Safety Disclosures
PART I
PART II
Item 5.
Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Item 6.
Selected Financial Data
Item 7.
Item 7A.
Item 8.
Item 9.
Item 9A.
Item 9B.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
Other Information
PART III
Item 10.
Item 11.
Item 12.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Executive Compensation
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
Related Stockholder Matters
Item 13.
Item 14.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
PART IV
Item 15.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
Signatures
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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:
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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 "estimate," "project," "predict,"
"believe," "expect," "anticipate," "potential," "plan," "goal" 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:
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the level of activity in the oil and gas industry;
further or sustained declines in oil and gas prices, including those resulting from weak global demand;
the timing, magnitude, probability and/or sustainability of any oil and gas price recovery;
unique risks associated with our offshore operations;
political, economic and regulatory uncertainties in our international operations;
our ability to develop new technologies and products;
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;
operational safety laws and regulations;
• weather conditions and natural disasters; and
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policy 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 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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Item 1. Business
General
PART I
Frank’s International N.V. ("FINV") is a Netherlands limited liability company (Naamloze Vennootschap) and includes
the activities of Frank’s International C.V. ("FICV") and its wholly owned subsidiaries (either individually or together, as
context requires, the "Company," "we," "us" and "our"). We were established in 1938 and are an industry-leading global
provider of highly engineered tubular services, tubular fabrication and specialty well construction and well intervention
solutions to the oil and gas industry. We provide our services 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 one of the
largest global providers of tubular services to the oil and gas industry.
Our Operations
Tubular services involve 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 to provide a conduit 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 vital to the overall process of producing oil and gas.
In addition to our services offerings, we design and manufacture certain products that we sell directly to external
customers, including large outside diameter (“OD”) pipe connectors. We also provide specialized fabrication and welding
services in support of deep water 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 300 feet in length) for use as caissons or pilings. Finally,
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.
On November 1, 2016, we completed our acquisition of Blackhawk Group Holdings, Inc., the ultimate parent company
of Blackhawk Specialty Tools, LLC, ("Blackhawk"), a leading provider of well construction and well intervention rental
equipment, services and products. The merger consideration was comprised of a combination of $150.4 million of cash on
hand and the issuance of 12.8 million shares of our common stock, for total consideration of $294.6 million (based on our
closing share price on October 31, 2016 of $11.25 and including the working capital adjustments). The acquisition of this
company resulted in a new segment for us and will allow us to combine Blackhawk’s cementing tool expertise and well
intervention services with our global tubular services. We will be able to offer our customers an integrated well construction
solution across land, shelf and deepwater.
We offer our tubular services, tubular sales, and other well construction and well intervention rental equipment, products
and services through our four operating segments: (1) International Services, (2) U.S. Services, (3) Tubular Sales and (4)
Blackhawk, each of which is described in more detail in "Description of Business Segments."
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The table below shows our consolidated revenue and each segment's external revenue and percentage of consolidated
revenue for the periods indicated (revenue in thousands):
International Services
U.S. Services
Tubular Sales
Blackhawk (1)
Total
2016
Year Ended December 31,
2015
2014
Revenue
Percent
Revenue
Percent
Revenue
Percent
$
$
237,207
152,827
87,515
9,982
487,531
48.7% $
31.3%
18.0%
2.0%
100.0% $
442,107
326,437
206,056
—
974,600
45.3% $
33.5%
21.2%
—%
537,259
439,638
175,735
—
100.0% $ 1,152,632
46.6%
38.1%
15.3%
—%
100.0%
(1) We purchased Blackhawk in November 2016, which resulted in a new segment for us. As such, revenues are for the
two months ended December 31, 2016.
Our Corporate Structure
We are a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). As part of our initial public offering
("IPO") in August 2013, we issued 52,976,000 shares of our Series A convertible preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”) and
a 25.7% limited partnership interest in FICV, our subsidiary, to Mosing Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
and affiliate of the Company with Mosing family entities as its shareholders (“Mosing Holdings”). Under our Amended
Articles of Association, upon the written election of Mosing Holdings, each Preferred Share, together with a unit in FICV,
our subsidiary, was convertible into a share of our common stock on a one-for-one basis.
On August 19, 2016, we received notice from Mosing Holdings exercising its right to exchange (the “Exchange Right”)
for an equivalent number of each of the following securities for common shares: (i) 52,976,000 Preferred Shares and (ii)
52,976,000 units in FICV. We issued 52,976,000 common shares to Mosing Holdings on August 26, 2016. As a result, there
are no remaining issued Preferred Shares and the Mosing family beneficially owns approximately 173,752,764 of our common
shares. As a result of the exchange, Mosing Holdings no longer has a minority interest holding in FICV.
Description of Business Segments
International Services
The International Services segment provides tubular services in international offshore markets and in several onshore
international regions in approximately 60 countries on six continents. Our customers in these international markets are
primarily large exploration and production companies, including integrated oil and gas companies and national oil and gas
companies.
U.S. Services
The U.S. Services segment provides tubular services in the active onshore oil and gas drilling regions in the U.S.,
including the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale, Haynesville Shale, Marcellus Shale, DJ Basin and Utica Shale, as well as
in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Tubular Sales
The Tubular Sales segment designs, manufactures and distributes large OD pipe, connectors and casing attachments and
sells large OD pipe originally manufactured by various pipe mills. We also provide specialized fabrication and welding
services in support of offshore projects, including drilling and production risers, flowlines and pipeline end terminations, as
well as long-length tubulars (up to 300 feet in length) for use as caissons or pilings. This segment also designs and manufactures
proprietary equipment for use in our International Services and U.S. Services segments.
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Blackhawk
The Blackhawk segment provides well construction and well intervention rental equipment, services and products, in
addition to cementing tool expertise, in the U.S. and Mexican Gulf of Mexico, onshore U.S. and other select international
locations.
Financial Information About Segment and Geographic Areas
Segment financial and geographic information is provided in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data, Note 22 - Segment Information of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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 of our product
lines (pipe as well as supply composite and elastomer technologies) are only available from a limited number of suppliers
(primarily in the Tubular and Blackhawk segments).
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.
In order to purchase raw materials and components in a cost effective manner, we have developed a broad international
sourcing capability and we maintain quality assurance and testing programs to analyze and test these raw materials and
components.
Patents
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 of our business is not significantly impacted by changing seasons. We can be impacted by hurricanes,
ocean currents, winter storms and other disruptions.
Customers
Our customers consist primarily of oil and gas exploration and production companies, both U.S. and international,
including major and independent companies, national oil companies and, on occasion, other service companies that have
contractual obligations to provide casing and handling services or comparable services to Blackhawk. Demand for our services
depends primarily upon the capital spending of oil and gas companies and the level of drilling activity in the U.S. and
internationally. We do not believe the loss of any of our individual customers would have a material adverse effect on our
business. In 2016, one customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenue. No single customer accounted for more than
10% of our revenue for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014.
We had one customer in our International Services segment, five customers in our U.S. Services segment, three customers
in our Tubular Sales segment and two customers in our newly formed Blackhawk segment that accounted for more than 10%
of each respective segment's revenue in 2016.
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. The principal competitive factors in our markets are the quality, price and availability
of products and services and a company’s responsiveness to customer needs and its reputation for safety. In general, we face
a larger number of smaller, more regionally-specific customers in the U.S. onshore market as compared to offshore markets,
where larger competitors dominate.
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We believe several factors give us a strong competitive position. In particular, we believe our products and services in
each segment fulfill our customer’s requirements for international capability, availability of tools, range of services provided,
intellectual property, technological sophistication, quality assurance systems and availability of equipment, along with
reputation and safety record. We seek to differentiate ourselves from our competitors by providing a rapid response to the
needs of our customers, a high level of customer service and innovative product development initiatives. Although we have
no single competitor across all of 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 rental
equipment, products and services on an aggregate, global basis.
Market Environment
The demand for our products and services, particularly in our core offshore markets of West Africa and the U.S. Gulf
of Mexico, continue to trend lower following consecutive years of decreased capital spending by our customers. Although
oil and natural gas prices have risen meaningfully from the lows seen in 2016, they still remain below levels that would
encourage meaningful increases in capital spending by our customers on the type of offshore exploration and development
projects that historically generated the majority of our earnings. However, we do expect to see conditions improve in our
U.S. onshore operating areas during 2017, as capital spending, rig count and activity have materially increased and some
recovery in prices has been realized. We also expect to see additional revenues from market share growth in international
land and shelf opportunities as well as from the recently acquired Blackhawk product and service lines. While these segments
of our business are expected to contribute higher revenues in 2017, we do not expect our deepwater offshore tubular services
to see improvement from 2016 and, therefore, we would not anticipate significant improvement in our operating margins.
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. We aim to stock certain of our consumable products in regional warehouses around the world so we can have
these products available for our customers when needed. This availability is especially critical for our proprietary 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 value to
our customers.
Environmental, 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, health and safety aspects of our operations, or otherwise relating to human health and
environmental protection. Failure to comply with these laws or regulations or to obtain or comply with permits may result
in the assessment of administrative, civil and criminal penalties, imposition of remedial or corrective action requirements,
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, citizens’ groups, 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 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 has been to impose increasingly 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, 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 Waste
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.
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. 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. We maintain all required discharge
permits necessary to conduct our operations, and we believe we are in substantial compliance with their terms.
Air Emissions
The federal Clean Air Act 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 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 October 2015, the EPA lowered the National
Ambient Air Quality Standard, or NAAQS, for ozone from 75 to 70 parts per billion. 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.
Climate Change
The EPA has determined that emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other “greenhouse gases” present an
endangerment to public health and the environment because emissions of such gases are contributing to warming of the
Earth’s atmosphere and other climatic changes. Based on these findings, the EPA has begun adopting and implementing
regulations to restrict emissions of greenhouse gases under existing provisions of the federal Clean Air Act. The EPA has
proposed various measures regulating the emission of greenhouse gases, including proposed performance standards for new
and existing power plants, and pre-construction and operating permit requirements for certain large stationary sources already
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subject to the Clean Air Act. The EPA has also adopted rules requiring the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from
specified large greenhouse gas emission sources in the United States, as well as onshore oil and gas production facilities, on
an annual basis.
In addition, the United States Congress has from time to time considered adopting legislation to reduce emissions of
greenhouse gases and many of the states have already taken legal measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. For
example, the state of California has adopted a "cap and trade program" that requires major sources of greenhouse gas emissions
to acquire and surrender emission allowances. The number of allowances available for purchase is reduced each year in an
effort to achieve the overall greenhouse gas emission reduction goal.
The adoption of legislation or regulatory programs in the U.S. or abroad designed to reduce emissions of greenhouse
gases could require us to incur increased operating costs, such as costs to purchase and operate emissions control systems,
to acquire emissions allowances or comply with new regulatory or reporting requirements. For example, in May 2016, the
EPA finalized rules that establish new controls for emissions of methane from new, modified or reconstructed sources in the
oil and natural gas source category, including production, processing, transmission and storage activities. The rules include
first-time standards to address emissions of methane from equipment and processes across the source category, including
hydraulically fractured oil and natural gas well completions. The federal Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") finalized
similar rules in November 2016 that seek to limit methane emissions from oil and gas exploration and production activities
on federal lands by restricting venting and flaring of gas, as well as the imposition of enhanced leak detection and repair
requirements for certain equipment. These rules have the potential to impose significant costs on our customers. Also, new
legislation or regulatory programs related to the control of greenhouse gas emissions could increase the cost of consuming,
and thereby reduce demand for, the oil and gas produced by our customers. Consequently, legislation and regulatory programs
to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of
operations. Finally, it should be noted that some scientists have concluded that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases
in the Earth’s atmosphere may produce climate changes that have significant physical effects, such as increased frequency
and severity of storms, droughts, and floods and other climatic events. If any such effects were to occur, they could have an
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 Blackhawk, we do not perform hydraulic fracturing, but
many of our 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, the EPA has already
begun to regulate certain hydraulic fracturing operations involving diesel under the Underground Injection Control program
of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and conducted a study to determine if additional regulation of hydraulic fracturing
is warranted. In December 2016, the EPA released its final report on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking
water resources, which concluded "water cycle" activities associated with hydraulic fracturing may impact drinking water
sources "under some circumstances," noting that the following hydraulic fracturing water cycle activities and local - or
regional - scale factors are more likely than others to result in more frequent or more severe impacts: water withdrawals for
fracturing in times or areas of low water availability; surface spills during the management of fracturing fluids, chemicals
or produced water; injection of fracturing fluids into wells with inadequate mechanical integrity; injection of fracturing fluids
directly into groundwater resources; discharge of inadequately treated fracturing wastewater to surface waters; and disposal
or storage of fracturing wastewater in unlined pits. In addition, the BLM finalized rules in March 2015 that impose new or
more stringent standards for performing hydraulic fracturing on federal and American Indian lands. The U.S. District Court
of Wyoming struck down these rules, but the decision has been appealed to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. A final decision
has not yet been issued. 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.
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 OSHA hazard communication standard, the EPA community right-to-know regulations under Title III of the federal
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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. We do not believe that
compliance with existing environmental laws and regulations will have a material adverse impact on us. However, we also
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 we will not be adversely affected 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.
Employees
At December 31, 2016, we had approximately 3,000 employees worldwide. We are a party to collective bargaining
agreements or other similar arrangements in certain international areas in which we operate, such as Brazil, Asia Pacific,
Africa and Europe. We consider our relations with our employees to be satisfactory.
Available Information
Our principal executive offices are located at Mastenmakersweg 1, 1786 PB Den Helder, the Netherlands, 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. Our website address is
www.franksinternational.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 Governance Guidelines and charters for the Audit Committee,
Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of our Board of Supervisory Directors. 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 SEC rules. 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").
Materials we file with the SEC may be inspected without charge and copied, upon payment of a duplicating fee, at the
SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of the Public
Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an internet website at
www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding our company that we
file electronically with the SEC.
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
Risks Related to Our Business
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.
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.
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. 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. Worldwide
military, political and economic events have in the past contributed to oil and gas price volatility and are likely to do
so in the future. The demand for our services may be affected by numerous factors, including:
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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;
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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 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 have had 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 is substantially affected by oil and gas prices and market expectations of potential changes in these
prices. Commodity prices have gone below a certain threshold for an extended period of time and demand for our
services in the U.S. onshore market have been greatly reduced, having a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
Oil and gas prices are extremely volatile and have fluctuated during the year ended December 31, 2016, with
average daily prices for New York Mercantile Exchange West Texas Intermediate ranging from a low of approximately
$30/Bbl in February 2016 to a high of approximately $52/Bbl in December 2016. Although average daily prices have
increased slightly through 2017, any actual or anticipated reduction in oil or gas prices may reduce the level of
exploration, drilling and production activities. The current price environment has already resulted in some capital budget
reductions by our customers compared to prior years. Prolonged lower oil prices have resulted in softer demand for
our services. Further, we have reduced pricing in some of our customer contracts in light of the volatility of the oil and
gas market.
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Furthermore, the oil and gas industry has historically experienced periodic downturns, which have been
characterized by reduced demand for oilfield 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.
The downturn in the oil and gas industry has 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 cannot 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, such as those for certain of our
standardized valves, 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. 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.
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.
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 as 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. With
increasing frequency, our services are deployed on more challenging prospects, particularly deep water 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 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, Middle East, Latin America, Europe, the Asia Pacific region and several other producing
regions. 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:
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terrorist attacks, such as piracy;
failure of offshore equipment and facilities;
local and international political and economic conditions and policies and regulations related to offshore
drilling;
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;
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the availability and rate of discovery of new oil and gas reserves in offshore areas; 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.
Our international operations and revenue expose us to political, economic and other uncertainties inherent to
international business.
We have substantial international operations, and we intend to grow those operations further. For the years ended
December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, international operations accounted for approximately 49%, 45% and 47%,
respectively, of our revenue. Our international operations are subject to a number of risks inherent in any business
operating in foreign countries, including, but not limited to, the following:
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political, social and economic instability;
potential expropriation, seizure or nationalization of assets;
deprivation of contract rights;
increased operating costs;
inability to collect revenues 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.
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 Africa, 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 programs, thereby reducing
demand for our services.
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.
To compete in our industry, we must continue to develop new technologies and products to support our tubular
and other well construction services, 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 tubular and other well construction services are characterized by continual technological
developments. While we believe that the proprietary products we have developed provide us with technological advances
in providing services to our customers, substantial improvements in the scope and quality of the products in the market
we operate may occur over a short period of time. 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
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to develop new products in order to support our services depends on our ability to design and produce products 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 related 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.
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.
Our tubular and other well construction services 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, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Brazil and Canada. 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
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also may impose economic sanctions against certain countries, persons and other entities that may restrict or prohibit
transactions involving such countries, persons and entities, and we are also subject to the U.S. anti-boycott law. In
addition, certain anti-dumping regulations in the foreign countries in which we operate may prohibit us from purchasing
pipe from certain suppliers.
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. A global 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.
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 tubular and other well construction services. In
addition, we also manufacture certain products, including large OD pipe connectors 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. Additionally, some of our U.S. onshore business may be
conducted under fixed price or “turnkey” contracts. Under fixed price contracts, we agree to perform a defined scope
of work for a fixed price. Prices for these contracts are based largely upon estimates and assumptions relating to project
scope and specifications, personnel and material needs.
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.
We may be unable to employ a sufficient number of skilled and qualified workers to sustain or expand our
current operations.
The delivery of our tubular and other well construction services requires personnel with specialized skills and
experience. Our ability to be productive and profitable will depend upon our ability to employ and retain skilled workers.
In addition, our ability to expand our operations depends in part on our ability to increase the size of our skilled labor
force. The demand for skilled workers is high, the supply can be limited in certain jurisdictions, and the cost to attract
and retain qualified personnel has increased over the past few years. In addition, we are currently a party to collective
bargaining or similar agreements in certain international areas in which we operate, which could result in increases in
the wage rates that we must pay to retain our employees. Furthermore, a significant increase in the wages paid by
competing employers could result in a reduction of our skilled labor force, increases in the wage rates that we must
pay, or both. If any of these events were to occur, our capacity could be diminished, our ability to respond quickly to
customer demands or strong market conditions may be inhibited and our growth potential could be impaired, any of
which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We operate in an intensively competitive industry, and if we fail to compete effectively, our business will suffer.
Our competitors may attempt to increase their market share by reducing prices, or our customers may adopt
competing technologies. The drilling industry is driven primarily by cost minimization, and our strategy is aimed at
reducing drilling costs through the application of new technologies. Our competitors, many of whom have a more
diverse product line and access to greater amounts of capital than we do, have the ability to compete against the cost
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savings generated by our technology by reducing prices and by introducing competing technologies. Our competitors
may also have the ability to offer bundles of products and services to customers that we do not offer. We have limited
resources to sustain prolonged price competition and maintain the level of investment required to continue the
commercialization and development of our new technologies. Any failure to continue to do so could adversely affect
our business, financial condition or results of operations.
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 ability to source low cost raw materials and components, such as steel castings and forgings, is critical to our
ability to manufacture our drilling products competitively and, in turn, our ability to provide onshore and offshore
drilling services. Should our current suppliers be unable to provide the necessary raw materials or components or
otherwise fail to deliver such materials and components timely and in the quantities required, resulting delays in the
provision of products or services to customers could have a material adverse effect on our business.
In particular, we have experienced increased costs in recent years due to rising steel prices. There is also strong
demand within the industry for forgings, castings and outsourced coating services necessary for us to make our products.
We cannot assure that we will be able to continue to purchase these raw materials on a timely basis or at historical
prices. Our results of operations may be adversely affected by our inability to manage the rising costs and availability
of raw materials and components used in our products.
We are subject to the risk of supplier concentration.
Certain of our product lines (in the Tubular Sales Segment - 18.0% of revenue for the year ended December 31,
2016 and Blackhawk Segment - 2.0% of revenue for the two months ended December 31, 2016) depend on a limited
number of third party suppliers. The suppliers for the Tubular Sales Segment are concentrated in Japan (2) and Germany
(2) and are vendors for pipe (driven by customer requirements) while the two suppliers for the Blackhawk Segment
are concentrated in the U.S. and are suppliers for supply composite and elastomer technologies. 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 tubular and other well construction services 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 tubular and other well construction services 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 deep water 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 deep water 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 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
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view our safety record as unacceptable, which could cause us to lose customers and substantial revenues. 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.
The imposition of stringent restrictions or prohibitions on offshore drilling by any governing body may have a
material adverse effect on our business.
Events in recent years 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 restrict or
prohibit 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.
For example, in April 2015 the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcements published a proposed rule
containing more stringent standards relating to well control equipment used in connection with offshore well drilling
operations. The proposed standards focus on blowout preventers, along with well design, well control, casing, cementing,
real-time well monitoring, and subsea containment requirements. If the new regulations, operating procedures and
possibility of increased legal liability are viewed by our current or future customers as a significant increased financial
burden on drilling projects in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for other potentially more profitable regions, drillships and other
floating rigs could depart the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, which would likely affect the supply and demand for our equipment
and services. In addition, government agencies could issue new safety and environmental guidelines or regulations for
drilling in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico that could disrupt or delay drilling operations, increase the cost of drilling operations
or reduce the area of operations for drilling. All of these uncertainties could result in a reduced demand for our equipment
and services, which could have an adverse effect on our business.
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 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 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
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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.
The industry in which we operate is undergoing continuing consolidation that may impact results of operations.
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
revenues 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.
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 business and our customers’ businesses may be significantly affected by:
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federal, state and local and non-U.S. laws and other regulations relating to oilfield operations, worker safety
and protection of the environment;
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 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 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.
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.
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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 operations are subject to numerous stringent and complex laws and regulations governing the discharge of
materials into the environment, health and safety aspects of our operations, or otherwise relating to occupational health
and safety and environmental protection. These laws and regulations may, among other things, regulate the management
and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes; require acquisition of environmental permits related to our
operations; restrict the types, quantities, and concentrations of various materials that can be released into the
environment; limit or prohibit operational activities in certain ecologically sensitive and other protected areas; regulate
specific health and safety criteria addressing worker protection; require compliance with operational and equipment
standards; impose testing, reporting and record-keeping requirements; and require remedial measures to mitigate
pollution from former and ongoing operations. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations or to obtain or comply
with permits may result in the assessment of administrative, civil and criminal penalties, imposition of remedial or
corrective action requirements and the imposition of injunctions to prohibit certain activities or force future compliance.
Certain environmental laws may impose 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.
The trend in environmental regulation has been to impose increasingly stringent restrictions and limitations on
activities that may impact the environment. The implementation of new laws and regulations could result in materially
increased costs, stricter standards and enforcement, larger fines and liability and increased capital expenditures and
operating costs, particularly for our customers.
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 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 UK 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.
Compliance with U.S. regulations on trade sanctions and embargoes administered by the United States Department
of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) also poses a risk to us. We cannot provide products or
services to certain countries subject to U.S. or other international trade 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 legal and regulatory trading obligations 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.
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Compliance with and changes in laws could be costly and could affect operating results.
We have operations in the U.S. and in approximately 60 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.
Restrictions on emissions of greenhouse gases could increase our operating costs or reduce demand for our
products.
Environmental advocacy groups and regulatory agencies in the United States and other countries have focused
considerable attention on emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other "greenhouse gases" and their potential role
in climate change. The EPA has already begun to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under existing provisions of the
federal Clean Air Act, and the state of California has established a “cap-and-trade” program requiring state-wide annual
reductions in emission of greenhouse gases. For example, in May 2016, the EPA finalized rules that establish new
controls for emissions of methane for new, modified or reconstructed sources in the oil and natural gas source category,
including production, processing, transmission and storage activities. The rules include first-time standards to address
emissions of methane form equipment and processes across the source category, including hydraulically fractured oil
and natural gas well completions. The BLM finalized similar rules in November 2016 that seek to limit methane
emissions from oil and gas exploration and production activities on federal lands by restricting venting and flaring of
gas, as well as the imposition of enhanced leak detection and repair requirements for certain equipment. These rules
have the potential to impose significant costs on our customers. The adoption of additional legislation or regulatory
programs to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases could require us to incur increased operating costs to comply with
new emissions-reduction or reporting requirements. Also any legislation or regulatory programs related to the control
of greenhouse gas emissions could increase the cost of consuming, and thereby reduce demand for, hydrocarbons that
our customers produce, which could impact demand for our services. Consequently, legislation and regulatory programs
to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results
of operations. Finally, some scientists have concluded that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s
atmosphere may produce climate changes that have significant physical effects, such as increased frequency and severity
of storms, droughts, and floods and other climatic events.
We face risks related to natural disasters and pandemic diseases, which could result in severe property damage
or materially and adversely disrupt our operations and affect travel required for our worldwide operations.
Some 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 throughout the Gulf Coast region of the United States. These
offices and facilities are particularly susceptible to severe tropical storms and hurricanes, 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, among other things,
property, and repairs might take from a week or less for a minor incident to many months or more for a major interruption.
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, or an epidemic or outbreak of diseases, including the H1N1 virus
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and the avian flu, in these locations, could significantly disrupt our operations and decrease our ability to provide
services to our customers. In addition, our local workforce could be affected by such an occurrence or outbreak which
could also significantly disrupt our operations and decrease our ability to provide services to our customers.
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 tubular or well construction services. For the year ended December
31, 2016, on a U.S. dollar-equivalent basis, approximately 25% of our revenue was represented by currencies other
than the U.S. dollar. In particular, we are sensitive to fluctuations in currency exchange rates between the U.S. dollar
and each of the Euro, Norwegian Krone, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Venezuelan Bolivar and Brazilian Real. 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 expect 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.
Seasonal and weather conditions could adversely affect demand for our services and 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. Extreme winter
conditions in Canada, Russia or the North Sea may interrupt or curtail our operations, or our customers’ operations, in
those areas and result in a loss of revenue.
Legislation or regulations restricting the use of hydraulic fracturing could reduce demand for our services.
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 Blackhawk, we do not perform
hydraulic fracturing, but many of our 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 December 2016, the EPA released its final report on the potential
impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources, which concluded that "water cycle" activities associated
with hydraulic fracturing may impact drinking water sources "under some circumstances," noting that the following
hydraulic fracturing water cycle activities and local- or regional-scale factors are more likely than others to result in
more frequent or more severe impacts: water withdrawals for fracturing in times or areas of low water availability;
surface spills during the management of fracturing fluids, chemicals or produced water; injection of fracturing fluids
into wells with inadequate mechanical integrity; injection of fracturing fluids directly into groundwater resources;
discharge of inadequately treated fracturing wastewater to surface waters; and disposal or storage of fracturing
wastewater in unlined pits. The EPA has also taken steps to regulate certain aspects of hydraulic fracturing. In addition,
the BLM finalized rules in March 2015 that impose new or more stringent standards for performing hydraulic fracturing
on federal and American Indian lands. The U.S. District Court of Wyoming struck down these rules, but the decision
has been appealed to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. A final decision has not yet been issued. 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.
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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. 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.
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.
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.
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 on our ability to hire and retain our executive officers and other key
personnel who possess extensive expertise, talent and leadership and are critical to our success. The diminution or loss
of the services of these individuals, or other integral key personnel affiliated with entities that we acquire in the future,
could have a material adverse effect on our business. Furthermore, we may not be able to enforce all of the provisions
in any agreement we have entered into with certain of our executive officers, and such agreements may 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 the demand for our services 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 tubular and
other well construction services 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 difficult
or undesirable for us to meet. The failure to meet the local content requirements and other local standards may adversely
impact our operations in those countries. In addition, our ability to work with state-owned oil companies is subject to
our ability to negotiate and agree upon acceptable contract terms.
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Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure
We are a holding company and our sole material assets are our direct and indirect equity interests in FICV and
Blackhawk Group Holding, Inc. and we are accordingly dependent upon distributions from FICV to pay taxes, make
payments under the tax receivable agreement, and pay dividends.
We are a holding company and have no material assets other than our direct and indirect equity interests in FICV
and Blackhawk. We have no independent means of generating revenue. We intend to cause FICV and/or Blackhawk,
to make distributions in an amount sufficient to cover (i) all applicable taxes at assumed tax rates, (ii) payments under
the tax receivable agreement we entered into with Mosing Holdings in connection with the IPO and (iii) dividends, if
any, declared by us. To the extent that we need funds and FICV, Blackhawk, or its subsidiaries is restricted from making
such distributions under applicable law or regulation or under the terms of their financing or other contractual
arrangements, or is otherwise unable to provide such funds, it could materially adversely affect our liquidity and financial
condition.
The Mosing family holds a majority of the total voting power of the Company's common stock (the "FINV
Stock") and, accordingly, has substantial control over our management and affairs.
The Mosing family (through Mosing Holdings and the various holding entities of the Mosing family members)
currently controls approximately 78% of the total voting power entitled to vote at annual or special meetings. The
Mosing family members have entered into a voting agreement with respect to the shares they own. Accordingly, the
Mosing family has the ability (but not the requirement) to dictate on an annual basis who will comprise our board of
supervisory directors nominated to the shareholders, thus being able to control our management and affairs. 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 consists of nine members, three
of whom are members of the Mosing family. As a result, members of the Mosing family have meaningful influence
over us and potential conflicts may arise. In addition, the Mosing family will be able to determine the outcome of all
matters requiring shareholder approval, including mergers, amendments of our articles of association and other material
transactions, and will be able to cause or prevent a change in the composition of our supervisory board or a change in
control of our company that could deprive our shareholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their common
stock as part of a sale of our company. 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, it will continue to be able to strongly influence all matters requiring shareholder
approval, regardless of whether or not other shareholders believe that the transaction is in their own best interests.
The Mosing family may have interests that conflict with holders of shares of our common stock.
The Mosing family may have conflicting interests with other holders of shares of our common stock. For example,
the Mosing family may have different tax positions from us or other holders of shares of our common stock which
could influence their decisions regarding whether and when to cause us to dispose of assets, whether and when to cause
us to incur new or refinance existing indebtedness, especially in light of the existence of the tax receivable agreement
that we entered into in connection with the IPO. In addition, the structuring of future transactions may take into
consideration the Mosing family’s tax or other considerations even where no similar benefit would accrue to us.
We are required under the tax receivable agreement to pay Mosing Holdings or its permitted transferees for
certain tax benefits we may claim, and the amounts we may pay could be significant.
We entered into the tax receivable agreement with FICV and Mosing Holdings in connection with the IPO. This
agreement generally provides for the payment by us of 85% of actual reductions, if any, in payments of U.S. federal,
state and local income tax or franchise tax in periods after the IPO as a result of (i) the tax basis increases resulting
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from the transfer of FICV interests to us in connection with the conversion of shares of Preferred Stock into shares of
our common stock and (ii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by us as a result of, and additional tax basis arising from,
payments under the tax receivable agreement. In addition, the tax receivable agreement provides for interest earned
from the due date (without extensions) of the corresponding tax return to the date of payment specified by the tax
receivable agreement.
The payment obligations under the tax receivable agreement are our obligations and are not obligations of FICV.
The term of the tax receivable agreement continues until all such tax benefits have been utilized or expired, unless we
exercise our sole right to terminate the tax receivable agreement early.
Estimating the timing of payments that may be made under the tax receivable agreement is by its nature imprecise,
insofar as the calculation of amounts payable depends on a variety of factors. The timing of any payments under the
tax receivable agreement will vary depending upon a number of factors, including the amount and timing of the taxable
income we realize in the future and the tax rate then applicable, our use of loss carryovers and the portion of our
payments under the tax receivable agreement constituting imputed interest or depreciable or amortizable basis. We
expect that the payments that we will be required to make under the tax receivable agreement will be substantial. There
may be a substantial negative impact on our liquidity if, as a result of timing discrepancies or otherwise, (i) the payments
under the tax receivable agreement exceed the actual benefits we realize in respect of the tax attributes subject to the
tax receivable agreement or (ii) distributions to us by FICV are not sufficient to permit us to make payments under the
tax receivable agreement subsequent to the payment of our taxes and other obligations. The payments under the tax
receivable agreement are not conditioned upon a holder of rights under a tax receivable agreement having a continued
ownership interest in either FICV or us. While we may defer payments under the tax receivable agreement 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 tax receivable agreement 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 tax receivable agreement to Mosing Holdings or its permitted transferees
may be accelerated or significantly exceed the actual benefits, if any, we realize in respect of the tax attributes subject
to the tax receivable agreement.
The tax receivable agreement provides that we may terminate it early. If we elect to exercise our sole right to
terminate the tax receivable agreement early, we are required to make an immediate payment equal to the present value
of the anticipated future tax benefits subject to the tax receivable agreement (based upon certain assumptions and
deemed events set forth in the tax receivable agreement, including the assumption that we have sufficient taxable income
to fully utilize such benefits and that any interests in FICV that Mosing Holdings or its transferees own on the termination
date are deemed to be exchanged on the termination date). Any early termination payment may be made significantly
in advance of the actual realization, if any, of such future benefits. In addition, payments due under the tax receivable
agreement are similarly accelerated following certain mergers or other changes of control. In these situations, our
obligations under the tax receivable agreement 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 tax receivable agreement were terminated on December 31, 2016, the
estimated termination payment would be approximately $105.3 million (calculated using a discount rate of 4.96%).
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 tax receivable agreement. If we were unable to finance our
obligations due under the tax receivable agreement, we would be in breach of the agreement. Any such breach could
adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Payments under the tax receivable agreement will be based on the tax reporting positions that we will determine.
Although we are not aware of any issue that would cause the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) to challenge a tax
basis increase or other benefits arising under the tax receivable agreement, the holders of rights under the tax receivable
agreement will not reimburse us for any payments previously made under the tax receivable agreement if such basis
increases or other benefits are subsequently disallowed, except that excess payments made to any such holder will be
netted against payments otherwise to be made, if any, to such holder after our determination of such excess. As a result,
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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.
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.
In August 2016, we received a notice from Mosing Holdings exercising its right to exchange (the “Exchange
Right”) for an equivalent number of each of the following securities for common shares: (i) 52,976,000 Preferred Shares
and (ii) 52,976,000 units in FICV. We issued 52,976,000 common shares to Mosing Holdings on August 26, 2016. As
a result, there are no remaining issued Preferred Shares. Mosing Holdings also transferred its limited partnership interest
in FICV to FINV as Mosing Holdings has withdrawn as limited partner of FICV and FINV has been admitted in Mosing
Holding's place.
As of February 22, 2017, we had 222,487,081 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
(through Mosing Holdings), approximately 173,752,764 shares of common stock. These shares represent approximately
78% 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.
We are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE rules and qualify for and have the ability to
rely on exemptions from certain NYSE corporate governance requirements.
Because the Mosing family beneficially owns a majority of our outstanding common stock, we are a “controlled
company” as that term is set forth in Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. Under the NYSE rules, a
company of which more than 50% of the voting power is held by another person or group of persons acting together
is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain NYSE corporate governance requirements,
including:
•
•
•
the requirement that a majority of its supervisory board consist of independent directors;
the requirement that its nominating and governance committee be composed entirely of independent directors
with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities; and
the requirement that its compensation committee be composed entirely of independent directors with a written
charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities.
These requirements will not apply to us as long as we remain a “controlled company.” So long as members of the
Mosing family control the outstanding common stock representing at least a majority of the outstanding voting power
in FINV, we may utilize these exemptions. Accordingly, you may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders
of companies that are subject to all of the corporate governance requirements of the NYSE. Please note that we currently
have a majority of independent directors on our supervisory board as well as a compensation committee and nominating
and governance committee comprised entirely of independent directors. However, the significant ownership interest
held by the Mosing family could adversely affect investors’ perceptions of our corporate governance.
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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.
Our dividend policy is within the discretion of our management board, with the approval of our supervisory 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 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.
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 board 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 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. 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 board than if we were incorporated in the United States.
In the performance of its duties, our management board and supervisory board will be required by Dutch law to
act in the interest of the company 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.
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
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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
period is proposed to be renewed as per the 2017 annual general meeting on May 19, 2017) 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.
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. In
general terms, Dutch courts tend to grant the same judgment without re-litigating on the merits if the following
cumulative minimum conditions are met:
•
•
•
•
the judgment was rendered by the foreign court that was (based on internationally accepted grounds) competent
to take cognizance of the matter;
the judgment is the outcome of a proper judicial procedure (behoorlijke rechtspleging);
the judgment is not manifestly incompatible with the public policy (openbare orde) of the Netherlands; and
the judgment is not incompatible with an earlier (qualifying) judgment rendered between the same parties
regarding the same issue.
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 the framework of the proceedings. In all of the above
situations, when applying the law of any jurisdiction (including the Netherlands), Dutch courts may give effect to the
mandatory rules of the laws of another country with which the situation has a close connection, if and insofar as, under
the law of the latter country, those rules must be applied regardless of the law applicable to the contract or legal
relationship. In considering whether to give effect to these mandatory rules of such third country, regard shall be given
to the nature, purpose and the consequences of their application or non-application. Moreover, a Dutch court may give
effect to the rules of the laws of the Netherlands in a situation where they are mandatory irrespective of the law otherwise
applicable to the documents or legal relationship in question. The application of a rule of the law of any country that
otherwise would govern an obligation may be refused by the courts of the Netherlands if such application is manifestly
incompatible with the public policy (openbare orde) of the Netherlands.
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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.
Tax Risks
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.
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.
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 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 produce or are held
for the production of those types of “passive income.” For purposes of these tests, “passive income” includes dividends,
interest and 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. U.S. shareholders of a PFIC are subject to a
disadvantageous U.S. federal income tax regime with respect to the income derived by the PFIC, the distributions they
receive from the PFIC, and the gain, if any, they derive from the sale or other disposition of their interests in the PFIC.
We believe that we will not be a PFIC for the current taxable year or for any future taxable year. However, this
involves a facts and circumstances analysis and it is possible that the IRS would not agree with our conclusion, or the
U.S. tax laws could change significantly.
U.S. “anti-inversion” tax laws could negatively affect our results and could result in a reduced amount of foreign
tax credit for U.S. holders.
Under rules contained in U.S. tax law, we would be subject to tax as a U.S. corporation in the event that we acquire
substantially all of the assets of a U.S. corporation and the equity owners of that U.S. corporation own at least 80%
(calculated without regard for any stock issued in a public offering) of our stock by reason of holding stock in the U.S.
corporation.
We acquired the assets of Mosing Holdings (a Delaware limited liability company); however, the ownership of
Mosing Holdings in our stock, taking into account common stock that Mosing Holdings is deemed to own under the
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“stock equivalent” rules, is below the 80% standard for the application of the rules. Accordingly, we do not believe
these rules should apply.
There can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge our determination that these rules are inapplicable. In
the event that these rules were applicable, we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our worldwide income,
which would negatively impact our cash available for distribution and the value of our common stock. Application of
the rules could also adversely affect the ability of a U.S. holder to obtain a U.S. tax credit with respect to any Dutch
withholding tax imposed on a distribution.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 2. Properties
In order to design, manufacture and service the proprietary products that support our tubular and other well construction
services, as well as those 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., we
currently provide our services in approximately 60 countries.
The following table details our material facilities by segment, owned or leased by us as of December 31, 2016.
Location
All Segments
Houston, Texas
Den Helder, the Netherlands
U.S. Services and Tubular Sales Segments
Lafayette, Louisiana
International Services Segment
Aberdeen, Scotland
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Norway
Singapore
India
Blackhawk Segment
Houston, Texas
Houma, Louisiana
Leased or
Owned
Principal/Most Significant Use
Leased
Owned
Corporate office
Regional operations and administration
Leased
Regional operations, manufacturing, engineering
and administration
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Leased
Leased
Regional operations, engineering and administration
Regional operations and administration
Local operations and administration
Regional operations and administration
Administration
Headquarters and administration
Regional operations, manufacturing and
and administration
Our largest manufacturing facility is located in Lafayette, Louisiana, where we manufacture a substantial portion of our
tubular handling tools. The facility serves our U.S. Services segment in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and our Tubular Sales
segment. The Lafayette facility is our global headquarters for the design and manufacture of our equipment and is situated
on a total of 178 acres. The main facility occupies 147 acres and consists of manufacturing, operations, pipe storage, training
and administration. The remaining 31 acres located off of the main campus consists of manufacturing, warehousing and
administration. There are a total of 14 buildings onsite and 13 buildings offsite. Our manufacturing operations occupy 6 of
the 27 buildings, with the remaining buildings dedicated to administration, training and other operational tasks. The main
administrative building within the facility is approximately 40,000 square feet, which will be vacated in 2017 when we move
into our new administrative building. The new facility will be approximately 172,636 square feet.
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings
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 no material accruals for loss
contingencies, individually or in the aggregate, as of December 31, 2016. 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. See Note 20 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, which are incorporated herein by reference
to Part II, Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
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, our policies and other applicable laws. In June
2016, we voluntarily disclosed the existence of our extensive internal review to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, the United States Department of Justice and other governmental entities. It is our intent 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 does not currently indicate that there has been any material
impact on our previously filed financial statements, we continue to collect information and are unable to predict the
ultimate resolution of these matters with these agencies. Our board and management are committed to continuously
enhancing our internal controls that support improved compliance and transparency throughout our global operations.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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PART II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information
Our common stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol "FI". The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high
and low sale prices and the dividend payments for our common stock.
Year Ended December 31, 2016
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
Year Ended December 31, 2015
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
High
Low
Dividends
Per Share
$
$
$
$
17.07
17.73
15.44
14.86
18.95
21.50
18.90
18.14
$
$
12.34
14.05
10.91
10.47
14.53
18.25
13.66
14.80
0.150
0.150
0.075
0.075
0.150
0.150
0.150
0.150
On February 22, 2017, we had 222,487,081 shares of common stock outstanding. The common shares outstanding at February 22,
2017 were held by approximately 36 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
Our current policy is to pay quarterly cash dividends on our common stock of $0.075 per share. The declaration and payment of
future dividends will be at the discretion of the Supervisory Board of Directors and will depend upon, among other things, future earnings,
general financial condition, liquidity, capital requirements and general business conditions. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that
we will continue to pay dividends at that level or at all.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
As part of our initial public offering in August 2013, we issued 52,976,000 shares of Preferred Stock to Mosing Holdings, LLC
(“Mosing Holdings”). Under our Amended Articles of Association, upon the written election of Mosing Holdings, each Preferred Share,
together with a unit in FICV, our subsidiary, was convertible into a share of our common stock on a one-for-one basis.
On August 19, 2016, we received notice from Mosing Holdings exercising its Exchange Right for an equivalent number of each of
the following securities for common shares: (i) 52,976,000 Preferred Shares and (ii) 52,976,000 units in FICV. We issued 52,976,000
common shares to Mosing Holdings on August 26, 2016. As a result, there are no remaining issued Preferred Shares and the Mosing
family beneficially owns approximately 173,752,764 of our common shares.
The issuance of the common shares to Mosing Holdings in connection with the exercise of the Exchange Right was exempt from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
None.
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Performance Graph
The following performance graph compares the performance of our common stock to the PHLX Oil Service Sector Index, the Russell
1000 Index and to a peer group established by management. The peer group consists of the following companies: Baker Hughes Inc.,
Core Laboratories N.V., Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., Dril-Quip, Inc., Ensco plc, Forum Energy Technologies, Inc., Halliburton
Company, Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., Nabors Industries Ltd., National Oilwell Varco, Inc., Oceaneering
International, Inc., Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., Rowan Companies plc, Schlumberger N.V., Tesco Corporation, Transocean Ltd. and
Weatherford International Ltd. Cameron International Corporation was removed from the peer group due to its merger with Schlumberger
Limited and FMC Technologies, Inc. was removed from the peer group due to its merger with Technip SA. The graph below compares
the cumulative total return to holders of our common stock with the cumulative total returns of the PHLX Oil Service Sector Index, the
Russell 1000 Index and our peer group for the period from August 9, 2013, using the closing price for the first day of trading immediately
following the effectiveness of our IPO through December 31, 2016. The graph assumes that the value of the investment in our common
stock was $100 at August 9, 2013 or July 31, 2013 for each index (including reinvestment of dividends) and tracks the return on the
investment through December 31, 2016. The shareholder return set forth herein is not necessarily indicative of future performance.
*$100 invested on 8/9/13 in stock of 7/31/13 in index, 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.
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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
The selected consolidated financial information contained below is derived from our Consolidated Financial
Statements and should be read in conjunction with Part II, Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations" and our audited Consolidated Financial Statements that are included in this Form
10-K. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of our results to be expected in any future period.
Financial Statement Data:
Revenue
Income (loss) from continuing operations
Total assets
Debt and capital lease obligations -
excluding affiliates
Long-term debt - affiliates
Total equity
Earnings Per Share Information:
Basic earnings (loss) per common share:
Continuing operations
Discontinued operations
Total
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share:
Continuing operations
Discontinued operations
Total
Weighted average common shares
outstanding:
Basic
Diluted
Cash dividends per common share
Other Data:
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
2016
Year Ended December 31,
2014
2013
2015
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
2012
$
$
487,531
(156,079)
1,588,061
974,600
106,110
1,726,838
$ 1,152,632
229,312
1,758,681
$ 1,077,722
308,195
1,561,195
$ 1,039,054
344,250
1,107,961
276
—
1,311,319
7,321
—
1,451,426
304
—
1,472,536
376
—
1,333,327
7,368
468,563
446,988
$
$
$
$
$
$
(0.77) $
—
(0.77) $
(0.77) $
—
(0.77) $
0.51
—
0.51
0.50
—
0.50
176,584
176,584
0.45
$
154,662
209,152
0.60
$
$
$
$
$
1.03
—
1.03
1.03
—
1.03
153,814
207,828
0.45
$
$
$
$
$
1.69
0.24
1.93
1.62
0.23
1.85
132,257
185,506
0.075
$
$
$
$
$
2.15
0.04
2.19
2.00
0.04
2.04
119,024
172,000
—
25,031
$
319,086
$
451,513
$
438,739
$
439,524
(1) Adjusted EBITDA is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure that is used by management and external
users of our financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies. For a definition
and a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to our income from continuing operations, its most directly comparable
financial measure presented in accordance with GAAP, see Part II, Item 7, "Management's 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,
"Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" included in this Form 10-K.
This section contains forward-looking statements that are based on management's 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 "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements," "Risk
Factors" and elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
Overview of Business
We are a global provider of highly engineered tubular services, tubular fabrication and specialty well construction
and well intervention solutions to the oil and gas industry and have been in business for over 75 years. We provide our
services to leading exploration and production companies in both offshore and onshore environments, with a focus on
complex and technically demanding wells.
We conduct our business through four operating segments:
•
International Services. We currently provide our services in approximately 60 countries on six continents.
Our customers in these international markets are primarily large exploration and production companies,
including integrated oil and gas companies and national oil and gas companies.
• U.S. Services. We service customers in the offshore areas of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. In addition, we have a
presence in the active onshore oil and gas drilling regions in the U.S., including the Permian Basin, Eagle
Ford Shale, Haynesville Shale, Marcellus Shale, DJ Basin and Utica Shale.
•
Tubular Sales. We design, manufacture and distribute large OD pipe, connectors and casing attachments and
sell large OD pipe originally manufactured by various pipe mills. We also provide specialized fabrication and
welding services in support of offshore projects, including drilling and production risers, flowlines and pipeline
end terminations, as well as long-length tubulars (up to 300 feet in length) for use as caissons or pilings. This
segment also designs and manufactures proprietary equipment for use in our International and U.S. Services
segments.
• Blackhawk. We provide well construction and well intervention rental equipment, services and products, in
addition to cementing tool expertise, in the U.S. and Mexican Gulf of Mexico, onshore U.S. and other select
international locations.
How We Generate Our Revenue
The majority of our services revenues are derived primarily from personnel rates for our specially trained employees
who perform tubular and other well construction services for our customers; and rental rates for the suite of products
and equipment that our employees use to perform these services.
In addition, our customers typically reimburse us for transportation costs that we incur in connection with
transporting our products and equipment from our staging areas to the customers’ job sites.
In contrast, our Tubular Sales revenues are derived from sales of certain products, including large OD pipe
connectors and large OD pipe manufactured by third parties, directly to external customers.
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The acquisition of Blackhawk resulted in a new segment for us. Our Blackhawk revenues are derived from well
construction and well intervention rental equipment, services and products. These revenues have historically been split
evenly between sold and rented products or equipment with certain rented products having a service element for
personnel overseeing the operation of the equipment.
Outlook
We expect to see improvement in the oil field services industry in 2017 as global capital spending on oil and natural
gas exploration and production is likely to increase modestly in response to higher commodity prices. However, much
of the anticipated increase in spending will likely be associated with onshore projects that contribute lower revenue
and margins to the Company than offshore projects. Material increases in activity in the deep and ultra-deep offshore
markets are not expected until further improvement in oil and natural gas prices are seen and, in some basins, may
continue to deteriorate. We have made efforts to reduce the impact of the lower activity levels by reducing costs, but
additional actions may be necessary if we continue to see decreased investment in global offshore projects.
Our offshore businesses, both in the U.S. and internationally, continue to see delays and cancellations as customers
reduce spending or elect to reallocate financial resources to other onshore projects. These delays or cancellations have
been more prevalent in the deep and ultra-deep water markets where our services are most profitable. In areas where
new projects are being sanctioned, we have seen increased competition and awarded tenders often are secured at prices
below historical levels. Our efforts to grow market share in the underrepresented offshore shelf market are expected
to support revenues, but are unlikely to fully offset declines in the deep and ultra-deep water.
Our onshore operations are expected to see sequential improvement, particularly in the U.S. onshore market, as
drilling activity has risen meaningfully in recent months. The increase in demand for our services combined with a
leaner cost structure is expected to result in higher revenues and improved profitability for this business in the coming
year.
The Tubular Sales business is driven by specialized needs of our customers and the timing of projects, specifically
in the Gulf of Mexico. Due to steep declines in activity in the Gulf of Mexico and low visibility on forthcoming orders
for these services, we anticipate that revenues associated with this segment will trend lower until additional projects
are sanctioned and commence operations.
The Blackhawk product and service lines face similar challenges in the offshore market as our tubular services
business. Blackhawk revenues are primarily generated offshore in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and are at risk if activity
levels were to decrease further. However, we will benefit from a full year of operations from Blackhawk in 2017, which
will likely help drive our total revenues sequentially higher.
Overall, our market outlook is mixed as the onshore begins to lead the recovery, but the offshore market lags as
prices remain below economic break-even levels for many projects. We remain in a very strong position financially
with a significant cash balance relative to our debt.
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, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and safety performance.
Revenue
We analyze our revenue growth by comparing actual monthly revenue to our internal projections for each month
to assess our performance. We also assess incremental changes in our monthly revenue across our operating segments
to identify potential areas for improvement.
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Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin
We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) before net interest income or expense, depreciation and
amortization, income tax benefit or expense, asset impairments, gain or loss on sale of assets, foreign currency gain or
loss, equity-based compensation, unrealized gain or loss, other non-cash adjustments and other charges or credits.
Adjusted EBITDA margin reflects our Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of our revenues. We review Adjusted EBITDA
and Adjusted EBITDA margin on both a consolidated basis 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 margin have limitations as analytical tools 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 generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. ("GAAP").
The following table presents a reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA, our most directly
comparable GAAP performance measure, as well as adjusted EBITDA margin for each of the periods presented (in
thousands):
Net income (loss)
Interest income, net
Depreciation and amortization
Income tax (benefit) expense
(Gain) loss on sale of assets
Foreign currency loss
Charges and credits (1)
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA margin
Year Ended December 31,
2015
2014
2016
$
$
(156,079)
(2,073)
114,215
(25,643)
1,117
10,819
82,675
25,031
$
$
106,110
(341)
108,962
37,319
(1,038)
6,358
61,716
319,086
$
$
229,312
(87)
90,041
75,412
289
17,041
39,505
451,513
5.1%
32.7%
39.2%
(1) Comprised of Equity-based compensation expense (2016: $15,978; 2015: $26,318; 2014: $38,368), Merger and acquisition costs (2016: $13,784;
2015: none; 2014: none), Severance and other charges (2016: $46,406; 2015: $35,484; 2014: none), Changes in value of contingent consideration
(2016: none; 2015: $(1,532); 2014: none), Unrealized and realized (gains) losses (2016: $110; 2015: none; 2014: none) and FCPA matters (2016:
$6,397; 2015: $1,446; 2014: $1,137).
Safety Performance
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. In addition,
we continually develop new safety programs based on industry trends and our internal 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.
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The table below presents our worldwide TRIR for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:
TRIR
Results of Operations
Year Ended December 31,
2015
2014
2016
0.87
0.76
1.27
The following table presents our consolidated results for the periods presented (in thousands):
Revenues:
Equipment rentals and services
Products (1)
Total revenue
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues, exclusive of depreciation and amortization
Year Ended December 31,
2015
2014
2016
$
$
397,369
90,162
487,531
$
766,252
208,348
974,600
969,703
182,929
1,152,632
Equipment rentals and services
Products
General and administrative expenses
Depreciation and amortization
Severance and other charges
Changes in contingent consideration
Gain (loss) on sale of assets
Operating income (loss)
Other income (expense):
Other income
Interest income, net
Merger and acquisition costs
Foreign currency loss
Total other income (expense)
Income (loss) before income tax (benefit)
Income tax expense (benefit)
Net income (loss)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest
Net income (loss) attributable to Frank's International N.V.
$
201,316
59,037
228,802
114,215
46,406
—
1,117
(163,362)
4,170
2,073
(13,784)
(10,819)
(18,360)
(181,722)
(25,643)
(156,079)
(20,741)
(135,338) $
304,473
113,918
270,678
108,962
35,484
(1,532)
(1,038)
143,655
5,791
341
—
(6,358)
(226)
143,429
37,319
106,110
27,000
79,110
$
369,855
110,126
267,378
90,041
—
—
289
314,943
6,735
87
—
(17,041)
(10,219)
304,724
75,412
229,312
70,275
159,037
(1) Consolidated products revenue includes a small amount of revenues attributable to the U.S. Services, International
Services and Blackhawk segments.
Consolidated Results of Operations
Year Ended December 31, 2016 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2015
Revenues. Revenues from external customers, excluding intersegment sales, for the year ended December 31, 2016
decreased by $487.1 million, or 50.0%, to $487.5 million from $974.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2015.
The decrease was primarily attributable to lower revenues in the majority of our segments due to declining activity as
depressed oil and gas prices resulted in reduced rig count, downward pricing pressures, rig cancellations and delays as
well as deferred work scopes in the International and U.S. Services regions while revenues for Tubular Sales decreased
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due to lower international demand and decreased deep water fabrication revenue. The decreased revenues were partially
offset by revenues in our Blackhawk segment of $10.0 million resulting from our acquisition in November 2016. See
Note 3 - Acquisitions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our Blackhawk
acquisition. Revenues for our segments are discussed separately below under the heading "Operating Segment Results."
Cost of revenues, exclusive of depreciation and amortization. Cost of revenues for the year ended December 31,
2016 decreased by $158.0 million, or 37.8%, to $260.4 million from $418.4 million for the year ended December 31,
2015. The decrease was due to lower activity volumes, offset by cost actions taken throughout 2016. We also incurred
additional costs of $8.9 million related to our Blackhawk acquisition in November 2016.
General and administrative expenses. General and administrative ("G&A") expenses for the year ended
December 31, 2016 decreased by $41.9 million, or 15.5%, to $228.8 million from $270.7 million for the year ended
December 31, 2015. Excluding the bad debt expense of $11.3 million related primarily to the collectability of receivables
in Venezuela (see "Customer Credit Risk" in Part II, Item 7A) and the bankrupt customer in Nigeria, general and
administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2016 decreased by $53.2 million, or 19.7%, primarily as a
result of declining activity and pricing pressures, offset by internal cost initiatives, which included workforce reductions
and lease terminations. Also, equity-based compensation expense decreased by $10.3 million as the IPO grants for
retirement-eligible employees had a two year service requirement, which was completed during the third quarter of
2015. The decreased costs were partially offset by an increase in professional fees, which included costs related to our
ongoing global corporate initiatives and the investigation mentioned in Note 20 - Commitments and Contingencies in
the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization for the year ended December 31, 2016 increased
by $5.3 million, or 4.8%, to $114.2 million from $109.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. The increase
was primarily attributable to our Timco and Blackhawk acquisitions as well as a higher depreciable base resulting from
property and equipment additions.
Severance and other charges. Severance and other charges for the year ended December 31, 2016 were $46.4
million as we continued to take steps to adjust our workforce to meet the depressed demand in the industry in addition
to the retirement of fixed assets of $29.9 million. See Note 19 - Severance and Other Charges in the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements, which affected the following segments: International Services ($12.2 million), U.S. Services
($33.7 million) and Tubular Sales ($0.6 million).
Merger and acquisition costs. Merger and acquisition costs for the year ended December 31, 2016 were $13.8
million as a result of our Blackhawk acquisition as mentioned in Note 3 - Acquisitions in the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements.
Foreign currency loss. Foreign currency loss for the year ended December 31, 2016 increased by $4.5 million to
$10.8 million from $6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. The increase was primarily due to the devaluation
of the Nigerian Naira.
Income tax expense (benefit). Income tax expense (benefit) for the year ended December 31, 2016 decreased by
$63.0 million, or 168.7%, to $(25.6) million from $37.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 primarily as a
result of a decrease in taxable income and a change in jurisdictional mix. We are subject to many U.S. and foreign tax
jurisdictions and many tax agreements and treaties among the various taxing authorities. Our operations in these
jurisdictions are taxed on various bases such as income before taxes, deemed profits (which is generally determined
using a percentage of revenues rather than profits) and withholding taxes based on revenues; consequently, the
relationship between our pre-tax income from operations and our income tax provision varies from period to period.
Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2014
Revenues. Revenues from external customers, excluding intersegment sales, for the year ended December 31, 2015
decreased by $178.0 million, or 15.4%, to $974.6 million from $1,152.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2014.
The decrease was primarily attributable to lower revenues in our U.S. Services and International segments with revenues
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decreasing $113.2 million and $95.1 million, respectively, primarily as a result of declining rig count as well as downward
pricing pressures, which were driven by depressed oil and gas prices. Additionally, there were some weather related
delays in the Gulf of Mexico. The decreased revenues were partially offset by increased revenues in our Tubular Sales
segment of $30.3 million as a result of project related orders and being able to meet urgent unscheduled customer
requests for products. Revenue for our segments are discussed separately below under the heading "Operating Segment
Results."
Cost of revenues, exclusive of depreciation and amortization. Cost of revenues for the year ended December 31,
2015 decreased by $61.6 million, or 12.8%, to $418.4 million from $480.0 million for the year ended December 31,
2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower activity and cost reduction efforts taken throughout the year,
which caused a decrease in compensation-related costs of $34.8 million, product costs of $17.4 million and field supplies
of $7.5 million.
General and administrative expenses. G&A expenses for the year ended December 31, 2015 increased by $3.3
million, or 1.2%, to $270.7 million from $267.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 primarily as a result of
higher compensation-related costs of $11.5 million as a result of continuing to build and optimize the human resource
infrastructure to support a public company and professional fees of $9.6 million due to acquisition costs and strategic
initiatives to optimize and further develop various corporate functions. The increases were partially offset by decreased
stock-based compensation expense of $12.2 million as the six months ended June 30, 2014 included an out-of-period
adjustment of $7.5 million, which corrected the amortization of expense related to retirement-eligible employees (see
Note 1 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional detail) in addition to lower other taxes of $4.0
million.
Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization for the year ended December 31, 2015 increased
by $18.9 million, or 21.0%, to $109.0 million from $90.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. The increase
was primarily attributable to our Timco acquisition of $8.3 million as well as a higher depreciable base resulting from
property and equipment additions.
Severance and other charges. Severance and other charges for the year ended December 31, 2015 were $35.5
million as a result of the transition of a key executive to a non-executive member of the Supervisory Board, workforce
reductions, base rationalization and lease termination fees, which affected the following segments: International Services
($1.5 million), U.S. Services ($32.8 million) and Tubular Sales ($1.2 million).
Foreign currency loss. Foreign currency loss for the year ended December 31, 2015 decreased by $10.7 million
to $6.4 million from $17.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. The decrease was primarily due to foreign
currency losses in Venezuela of $13.0 million in 2014 and other changes caused by non-local currency working capital
specifically in Norway, Brazil, the United Kingdom and the Eurozone.
Income tax expense. Income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2015 decreased by $38.1 million, or
50.5%, to $37.3 million from $75.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 as a result of a decrease in taxable
income. We are subject to many U.S. and foreign tax jurisdictions and many tax agreements and treaties among the
various taxing authorities. Our operations in these jurisdictions are taxed on various bases such as income before taxes,
deemed profits (which is generally determined using a percentage of revenues rather than profits), and withholding
taxes based on revenues; consequently, the relationship between our pre-tax income from operations and our income
tax provision varies from period to period.
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Operating Segment Results
The following table presents revenues and Adjusted EBITDA by segment (in thousands):
Revenue:
International Services
U.S. Services
Tubular Sales
Blackhawk
Intersegment sales
Total
Segment Adjusted EBITDA: (1)
International Services
U.S. Services
Tubular Sales
Blackhawk
Total
Year Ended December 31,
2015
2014
2016
$
$
$
$
$
$
237,275
172,417
106,971
9,982
(39,114)
487,531
33,264
(11,490)
1,741
1,038
24,553
442,861
352,281
241,983
—
(62,525)
974,600
$
538,730
463,372
240,277
—
(89,747)
$ 1,152,632
$
182,475
95,516
40,999
—
318,990
231,469
181,712
38,366
—
451,547
(1) Adjusted EBITDA is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure that is used by management and external users
of our financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies. (For a reconciliation
of our Adjusted EBITDA, see "—Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin."
Year Ended December 31, 2016 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2015
International Services
Revenue for the International Services segment decreased by $205.6 million, or 46.4%, compared to 2015, primarily
due to depressed oil and gas prices, which challenged the economics of current development projects and caused the
termination of ongoing drilling campaigns and the delay in the commencement of new projects, as well as cancellations
or deferred work scopes.
Adjusted EBITDA for the International Services segment decreased by $149.2 million, or 81.8%, compared to
2015, primarily due to the $205.6 million decrease in revenue and $11.3 million of bad debt expense related to the
collectability of receivables in Venezuela (see "Customer Credit Risk" in Part II, Item 7A) and Nigeria, which were
partially offset by lower expenses due to reduced activity and cost-cutting measures.
U.S. Services
Revenue for the U.S. Services segment decreased by $179.9 million, or 51.1%, compared to 2015 primarily due
to depressed oil and gas prices. Onshore services revenue decreased by $51.3 million as a result of lower activity from
declining rig counts and pricing discounts. The offshore business saw a decrease in revenue of $125.9 million as a
result of overall lower activity from weaknesses seen in the Gulf of Mexico due to rig cancellations and delays, coupled
with downward pricing pressures.
Adjusted EBITDA for the U.S. Services segment decreased by $107.0 million, or 112.0%, compared to 2015
primarily due to higher pricing concessions and lower activity of $94.6 million and higher corporate and other costs
of $12.4 million primarily due to increased professional fees, which were attributable to ongoing global corporate
initiatives.
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Tubular Sales
Revenue for the Tubular Sales segment decreased by $135.0 million, or 55.8%, compared to 2015, primarily as a
result of lower international demand and decreased deep water fabrication revenue.
Adjusted EBITDA for the Tubular Sales segment decreased by $39.3 million, or 95.8%, compared to 2015, as it
was negatively impacted by fixed costs associated with the manufacturing division and decreased revenues.
Blackhawk
The Blackhawk segment is comprised solely of our acquisition on November 1, 2016. Revenues and Adjusted
EBITDA for the segment were $10.0 million and $1.0 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2016.
See Note 3 - Acquisitions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our Blackhawk
acquisition.
Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2014
International Services
Revenue for the International Services segment decreased by $95.9 million, or 17.8%, compared to 2014, primarily
due to depressed oil and gas prices, which challenged the economics of current development projects in our Africa and
Asia Pacific areas, and caused the termination of ongoing drilling campaigns and the delay in the commencement of
new projects, as well as cancellations or deferred work scopes. The Africa region was also affected by poor results of
pre-salt exploratory wells. The decrease was partially offset by an increase in Latin America revenues due to higher
activity that started in the middle of 2014 and continued through the first half of 2015 in addition to an increase in
contract work among various customers.
Adjusted EBITDA for the International Services segment decreased by $49.0 million, or 21.2%, compared to 2014,
primarily due to the $95.9 million decrease in revenue, which was partially offset by lower expenses due to reduced
activity and cost-cutting measures.
U.S. Services
Revenue for the U.S. Services segment decreased by $111.1 million, or 24.0%, compared to 2014 primarily due
to depressed oil and gas prices. Onshore services revenue decreased by $71.5 million as a result of lower activity from
declining rig counts and pricing discounts. The offshore business saw a smaller decrease in revenue of $39.6 million
as a result of operational rig delays due to operational and down-hole issues, weather related delays caused by unusually
strong ocean loop currents in the Gulf of Mexico and some rig cancellations in the latter half of the year coupled with
downward pricing pressure.
Adjusted EBITDA for the U.S. Services segment decreased by $86.2 million, or 47.4%, compared to 2014 as a
result of lower revenues from activity and pricing concessions in the onshore and offshore business of $73.1 million
as well as higher corporate and other costs of $13.3 million primarily due to increased professional fees for acquisition
costs. This was partially offset by declining cost of revenues and operating expenses, as the U.S. Services' operational
footprint was reduced due to decreased activity, in addition to savings from the effect of cost rationalization actions
taken throughout the year.
Tubular Sales
Revenue for the Tubular Sales segment increased by $1.7 million, or 0.7%, compared to 2014, primarily from
contracted orders in addition to being able to meet urgent unscheduled customer requests for products.
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Adjusted EBITDA for the Tubular Sales segment increased by $2.6 million, or 6.9%, compared to 2014, primarily
due to higher Tubular sales and improved productivity of $8.0 million. This was partially offset by lower volumes in
manufacturing operations of $5.4 million.
Blackhawk
The Blackhawk segment is comprised solely of our acquisition on November 1, 2016. There were no results of
operations for the years ended December 31, 2015 or 2014. See Note 3 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
for additional information on our Blackhawk acquisition.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity
At December 31, 2016, we had cash and cash equivalents of $319.5 million and debt of $0.3 million. 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.
Our total capital expenditures are estimated at $40.0 million for 2017. We expect approximately $22.0 million for
the purchase and manufacture of equipment and $18.0 million for other property, plant and equipment, inclusive of the
purchase or construction of facilities. The actual amount of capital expenditures for the manufacture of equipment may
fluctuate based on market conditions. During the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, capital expenditures
were $42.1 million, $99.7 million and $173.0 million, respectively, all of which were funded from internally generated
sources. We believe our cash on hand, cash flows from operations and potential borrowings under our Credit Facility
(as defined below), will be sufficient to fund our capital expenditure and liquidity requirements for the next twelve
months.
We paid dividends on our common stock of $79.0 million, or an aggregate of $0.45 per common share, in addition
to $8.0 million in distributions to our noncontrolling interests during the year ended December 31, 2016. 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, 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 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. The timing of distributions to our
noncontrolling interests is pursuant to the Limited Partnership Agreement of Frank's International C.V. for the tax
arising from their membership interests in FICV.
On August 19, 2016, we received notice from Mosing Holdings that it was exercising its right to exchange, for
52,976,000 common shares, each of the following securities: (i) 52,976,000 Preferred Shares and (ii) 52,976,000 units
in FICV. We issued 52,976,000 common shares to Mosing Holdings on August 26, 2016. As a result, there are no
remaining issued or outstanding Preferred Shares and the Mosing family beneficially owns approximately 173,752,764
of our common shares. In addition, our obligation to make payments to our noncontrolling interest pursuant to the
Limited Partnership Agreement of Frank's International C.V. ceased as of the effective date of the exchange.
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Credit Facility
We have a $100.0 million revolving credit facility with certain financial institutions, including up to $20.0 million
in letters of credit and up to $10.0 million in swingline loans, which matures in August 2018 (the “Credit Facility”).
Subject to the terms of our Credit Facility, we have the ability to increase the commitments to $150.0 million. At
December 31, 2016 and 2015, we did not have any outstanding indebtedness under the Credit Facility. We had $3.7
million and $4.7 million in letters of credit outstanding as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. As of December
31, 2016, our ability to borrow under the Credit Facility has been reduced to approximately $50 million from $100
million as a result of our decreased Adjusted EBITDA. Our borrowing capacity under the Credit Facility could be
further reduced or eliminated depending on our future Adjusted EBITDA. We will seek a multi-quarter covenant waiver
sometime during the first quarter of 2017.
Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest, at our option, at either a base rate or an adjusted Eurodollar
rate. Base rate loans under the Credit Facility bear interest at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the prime rate as published
in the Wall Street Journal, (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.50% or (iii) the adjusted Eurodollar rate plus
1.00%, plus an applicable margin ranging from 0.50% to 1.50%, subject to adjustment based on the leverage ratio.
Interest is in each case payable quarterly for base-rate loans. Eurodollar loans under the Credit Facility bear interest at
an adjusted Eurodollar rate equal to the Eurodollar rate for such interest period multiplied by the statutory reserves,
plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.50% to 2.50%. Interest is payable at the end of applicable interest periods
for Eurodollar loans, except that if the interest period for a Eurodollar loan is longer than three months, interest is paid
at the end of each three-month period. The unused portion of the Credit Facility is subject to a commitment fee ranging
from 0.250% to 0.375% based on certain leverage ratios.
The Credit Facility contains various covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to grant certain liens,
make certain loans and investments, enter into mergers or acquisitions, enter into hedging transactions, change our
lines of business, prepay certain indebtedness, enter into certain affiliate transactions, incur additional indebtedness or
engage in certain asset dispositions.
The Credit Facility also contains financial covenants, which, among other things, require us, on a consolidated
basis, to maintain (i) a ratio of total consolidated funded debt to adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Facility)
of not more than 2.50 to 1.0; and (ii) a ratio of EBITDA to interest expense of not less than 3.0 to 1.0. As of December 31,
2016, we were in compliance with all financial covenants under the Credit Facility.
In addition, the Credit Facility contains customary events of default, including, among others, the failure to make
required payments, failure to comply with certain covenants or other agreements, breach of the representations and
covenants contained in the agreements, default of certain other indebtedness, certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency
and the occurrence of a change in control.
Cash Flows from Operating, Investing and Financing Activities
Cash flows provided by (used in) our operations, investing and financing activities are summarized below (in
thousands):
Operating activities
Investing activities
Financing activities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash activities
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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Year Ended December 31,
2015
2014
2016
$
$
(10,831) $
(178,915)
(96,765)
(286,511)
3,678
(282,833) $
427,758
(174,689)
(141,209)
111,860
1,145
113,005
$
$
368,860
(173,643)
(115,750)
79,467
4,940
84,407
Statements of cash flows for entities with international operations that use 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 of cash
flows may not reflect the changes in corresponding accounts on the consolidated balance sheets.
Operating Activities
Cash flow from operating activities was $(10.8) million for the year ended December 31, 2016 as compared to
$427.8 million in 2015 and $368.9 million in 2014. The decrease in 2016 was due primarily to a net loss and deferred
tax benefit in addition to working capital changes, primarily in accounts receivable and accrued expense and other
liabilities. The increase in 2015 was due primarily to working capital changes, primarily in accounts receivable and
inventory. The overall increase was partially offset by a decrease in net income. The changes in both years were primarily
a result of lower activity due to depressed oil and gas prices.
Investing Activities
Cash flow used in investing activities was $178.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 as compared to
$174.7 million in 2015 and $173.6 million in 2014. Our investing activities in 2016 were primarily related to the
Blackhawk acquisition, which was offset by lower capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment in comparison
to 2015. We also received $11.1 million in proceeds from the sale of investments in our executive deferred compensation
plan, which was used to make payments to former key employees. Our investing activities in 2015 were primarily
related to the Timco acquisition, which was partially offset by lower capital expenditures for property, plant and
equipment in comparison to 2014. In both 2016 and 2015, the capital expenditures were lower compared to the prior
years as a result of a reduction in the need for additional equipment and machinery to service our customers due to
declining rig activity caused by lower oil prices.
Financing Activities
Cash flow used in financing activities was $96.8 million, $141.2 million and $115.8 million for the years ended
December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The decrease in 2016 was primarily due to lower dividend payments
of $13.8 million as a result of a reduction in the dividends per share amount and lower noncontrolling interest payments
of $35.5 million due to less estimable income tax associated with the partnership. These decreases were partially offset
by higher repayments on borrowings of $6.4 million. The increase in 2015 was primarily due to higher dividend
payments of $23.5 million.
Contractual Obligations
We are a party to various contractual obligations. A portion of these obligations are reflected in our financial
statements, such as long-term debt, while other obligations, such as operating leases and purchase obligations, are not
reflected on our balance sheet. The following is a summary of our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2016 (in
thousands):
Long-term debt
Noncancellable operating leases
Purchase obligations (1)
Total
Payments Due by Period
Total
276
47,876
8,515
56,667
$
$
$
$
Less than
1 year
1-3 years
3-5 years
More than
5 years
276
12,768
8,515
21,559
$
$
— $
— $
14,023
—
14,023
$
7,991
—
7,991
$
—
13,094
—
13,094
(1) Includes purchase commitments for connectors and pipe for existing orders from our customers. We enter into
purchase commitments as needed.
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Not included in the table above are the tax receivable agreement (the "TRA") liability and uncertain tax positions
of $124.6 million and $0.2 million, respectively, that we have accrued as of December 31, 2016, as the amounts and
timing of payment, if any, are uncertain. See Note 14 for the TRA liability and Note 18 for the uncertain tax positions
in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Tax Receivable Agreement
We entered into the TRA with FICV and Mosing Holdings in connection with the IPO. The TRA generally provides
for the payment by us to Mosing Holdings of 85% of the amount of the actual reductions, if any, in payments of U.S.
federal, state and local income tax or franchise tax in periods after the IPO (which reductions we refer to as "cash
savings") as a result of (i) the tax basis increases resulting from the transfer of FICV interests to us in connection with
a conversion of shares of Preferred Stock into shares of our common stock on August 26, 2016 and (ii) imputed interest
deemed to be paid by us as a result of, and additional tax basis arising from, payments under the TRA. In addition, the
TRA provides for interest earned from the due date (without extensions) of the corresponding tax return to the date of
payment specified by the TRA. We will retain the remaining 15% of cash savings, if any. The payment obligations
under the TRA are our obligations and not obligations of FICV. The term of the TRA continues until all such tax benefits
have been utilized or expired, unless we exercise our right to terminate the TRA.
If we elect to execute our sole right to terminate the TRA early, we would be required to make an immediate
payment equal to the present value of the anticipated future tax benefits subject to 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 such benefits and that any FICV interests that Mosing Holdings or its transferees own on the termination
date are deemed to be exchanged on the termination date). 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 in connection with a conversion of Preferred Stock, which would reduce the actual tax benefit to us. If we
were to elect to exercise our sole right to terminate the TRA early or enter into certain change of 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 triggering the obligation. Though
we do not have any present intention of triggering an advance payment under the TRA, based on our current liquidity
and our expected ability to access debt and equity financing, we believe we would be able to make such a 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 14 - Related Party Transactions in the Notes to the Consolidated
Financial Statements.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
At December 31, 2016, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements with the exception of operating leases.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to select
appropriate accounting principles from those available, to apply those principles consistently and to make reasonable
estimates and assumptions that affect revenues and associated costs as well as reported amounts of assets and liabilities,
and related disclosure 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 the estimates and assumptions used in preparation of our consolidated
financial statements. 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.
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Revenue Recognition
All revenue is recognized when all of the following criteria have been met: (1) evidence of an arrangement exists;
(2) delivery to and acceptance by the customer has occurred; (3) the price to the customer is fixed or determinable; and
(4) collectability is reasonably assured, as follows:
Services Revenue. We provide tubular and other well construction services to clients in the oil and gas industry.
We perform services either under direct service purchase orders or master service agreements. Service revenue is
recognized as services are performed or rendered.
International service hours are billed per man hour, per day or similar basis.
•
• U.S. services are billed on,
i) Offshore - per day or similar basis.
ii) Land - per man hour or on a project basis.
• Blackhawk services are billed primarily on a per day basis for both domestic and international.
Rental Revenue. We design and manufacture a suite of highly technical equipment and products that we rent to
our customers in connection with providing our services, including high-end, proprietary tubular handling or well
construction equipment. We rent our products either under direct rental agreements or with customers with rental
agreements in place. Revenue from rental agreements is recognized as earned over the rental period.
International equipment rentals are billed on a per month or similar basis.
•
• U.S. equipment rentals are billed on,
i) Offshore - per day or similar basis.
ii) Land - on completion of a job or project basis.
• Blackhawk services are billed on,
i) Offshore and Land - per day basis with some minimum days requirements
ii) International - negotiated contracts but are primarily based on monthly rentals.
For customers contracted under direct service purchase orders and direct rental agreements, an accrual is recorded
in unbilled accounts receivable for revenue earned but not yet invoiced.
Tubular Sales and Blackhawk Revenue. Revenue on tubular and Blackhawk sales is recognized when the product
has shipped and significant risks of ownership have passed to the customer. The sales arrangements typically do not
include right of return or other similar provisions or other post-delivery obligations.
Some of our tubular sales and well construction customers have requested that we store pipe, connectors and other
products purchased from us in our facilities. We considered whether revenue should be recognized on these sales under
the “bill and hold” guidance provided by the SEC Staff; however, based upon the assessment performed, revenue
recognition on these transactions totaling $18.1 million and $57.6 million was deferred at December 31, 2016 and 2015,
respectively until delivery and significant risks of ownership have passed to the customer.
Income Taxes
The liability method is used for determining our income tax provisions, under which current and deferred tax
liabilities and assets are recorded in accordance with enacted tax laws and rates. Under this method, the amounts 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 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 considered and made judgments and estimates regarding estimated 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
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cycle in certain countries and changes in local country law. The ultimate realization of the deferred tax assets depends
on the generation of sufficient taxable income in the applicable taxing jurisdictions.
Through FICV, we operate in approximately 60 countries under many legal forms. As a result, we are subject to
the jurisdiction of numerous U.S. and foreign tax authorities, 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 various periods are subject to audit by the tax authorities in most jurisdictions where we conduct
business. These audits may result in assessments of additional taxes that are resolved with the authorities or through
the courts. We believe 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 we have 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 that have been 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 a future 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.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
We evaluate whether client receivables are collectible. We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our clients and
monitor collections and payments in order to maintain a provision for estimated uncollectible accounts based on our
historical collection experience and our current aging of client receivables outstanding in addition to clients'
representations and our understanding of the economic environment in which our clients operate. Based on our review,
we establish or adjust allowances for specific clients and the accounts receivable as a whole. Due primarily to the
uncertainty of collection from our national oil company customer in Venezuela and a bankrupt customer in Nigeria,
we recorded an allowance of $11.8 million during 2016. Our allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2016
and 2015 was $14.3 million and $2.5 million, respectively.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1 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.
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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are exposed to certain market risks that are inherent in our financial instruments and arise 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, Norway, 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.
For the year ended December 31, 2016, on a U.S. dollar-equivalent basis, approximately 25% of our revenue was
represented by currencies other than the U.S. dollar. However, no single foreign currency poses a primary risk to us. A
hypothetical 10% decrease in the exchange rates for each of the foreign currencies in which a portion of our revenues
is denominated would result in a 2.3% decrease in our overall revenues for the year ended December 31, 2016.
In December 2015, we began entering into short-duration foreign currency forward contracts. We use these
instruments to mitigate 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.
As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, we had the following foreign currency derivative contracts outstanding in
U.S. dollars:
Foreign Currency
Canadian dollar
Euro
Euro
Norwegian kroner
Pound sterling
Notional
Amount
Contractual
December 31,
Exchange Rate
2016
Fair Value at
$
4,553
4,753
2,558
3,643
3,908
48
1.3179
$
1.0563
1.0659
8.5101
1.2607
$
74
(11)
(24)
38
69
146
Foreign Currency
Canadian dollar
Euro
Norwegian kroner
Pound sterling
Notional
Amount
Contractual
Fair Value at
December 31,
Exchange Rate
2015
$
5,091
19,706
11,498
7,516
1.3751
$
1.0948
8.6973
1.5031
$
48
(106)
162
106
210
Based on the derivative contracts that were in place as of December 31, 2016, a simultaneous 10% devaluation of
the Canadian dollar, Euro, Norwegian kroner, and Pound sterling compared to the U.S. dollar would result in a $1.3
million increase in the market value of our forward contracts.
In February 2015, the Venezuelan government created a new open market foreign exchange system, the Marginal
Currency System, or SIMADI, which was the third system in a three-tier exchange control mechanism. SIMADI was
a floating market rate for the conversion of Venezuelan Bolivar Fuertes ("Bolivars") to U.S. dollars based on supply
and demand. The three-tier exchange rate mechanisms included the following: (i) the National Center of Foreign
Commerce official rate of 6.3 Bolivars per U.S. dollar, which remained unchanged; (ii) the SICAD I, which continued
to hold periodic auctions for specific sectors of the economy; and (iii) the SIMADI.
On March 9, 2016, the Central Bank of Venezuela issued Exchange Agreement No. 35, which changed the three-
tiered official currency control system to a dual foreign exchange system. The preferential exchange rate, now called
DIPRO, has an official rate of 10 Bolivars to the U.S. dollar and replaces the official rate of 6.3 Bolivars per U.S. dollar.
DIPRO is available for essential imports and transactions. All other transactions will be subject to the DICOM rate,
which is the replacement for the SIMADI.
As of December 31, 2016, we applied the DICOM exchange rate as we believed that this rate best represented the
economics of our business activity in Venezuela. At December 31, 2016, we had approximately $(62,246) in net
monetary assets denominated in Bolivars using the DICOM rate, which was approximately 673.76 Bolivars to the U.S.
dollar. In the event of a devaluation of the current exchange mechanism in Venezuela or any other new exchange
mechanism that might emerge for financial reporting purposes, it would result in our recording a devaluation charge
in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Interest Rate Risk
As of December 31, 2016, we did not have an outstanding funded debt balance under the Credit Facility. If we
borrow under the Credit Facility in the future, we will be exposed to changes in interest rates on our floating rate
borrowings under the 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 are trade receivables. We extend
credit to customers and other parties in the normal course of business. International sales also present various risks
including governmental activities that may limit or disrupt markets and restrict the movement of funds. We operate in
more than 60 countries and as such our accounts receivables are spread over many countries and customers. As of
December 31, 2016, two customers in Venezuela and Angola accounted for approximately 14% of our gross accounts
receivables balance. Our receivables in Venezuela and Angola are denominated in U.S. dollars. We have experienced
payment delays from our national oil company customer in Venezuela and have been notified of a six month delay in
payment from the national oil company in Angola as it is undergoing restructuring. These receivables are not disputed,
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and we have not historically had material write-offs relating to these customers. We maintain an allowance for
uncollectible accounts receivables based on expected collectability and ongoing credit evaluations of our customers’
financial condition. If the financial condition of our customers were to diminish resulting in an impairment of their
ability to make payments, adjustments to the allowance may be required. Due to the uncertainty of collection from our
national oil company customer in Venezuela and a bankrupt customer in Nigeria, we recorded an allowance of $11.3
million during 2016. In the first quarter of 2016, we also made a decision to curtail operations in Venezuela and operations
in Angola are significantly down due to the drop in oil prices.
We are also exposed to credit risk because our customers are concentrated in the oil and natural gas industry. This
concentration of customers may impact 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 decrease in oil and natural gas prices affects the levels of exploration, development and
production activity, as well as the entire health of the oil and natural gas industry, and can therefore negatively impact
spending by our customers.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended
December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Years Ended
December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the Years Ended
December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended
December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
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54
55
56
57
58
59
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Management's Report on Internal Control
Over Financial Reporting
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, our 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. Our 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 our 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 our management
and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
We conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2016 based on the Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of
the Treadway Commission in 2013. Based on our evaluation, management has concluded that our internal control over
financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2016.
The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016 has been audited by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is
included herein.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Supervisory Directors and Stockholders of Frank’s International N.V.
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of operations,
comprehensive income (loss), stockholders’ equity, and cash flows, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of Frank’s International N.V. and its subsidiaries at December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2016 in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial
statement schedule listed in the index appearing under Item 15 (a) (2) presents fairly, in all material respects, the
information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. Also in our
opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2016, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company's management is
responsible for these financial statements and financial statement schedule, 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. Our responsibility is to
express opinions on these financial statements, on the financial statement schedule, and on the Company's internal
control over financial reporting based on our integrated audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform
the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and
whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the
financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating
the overall financial statement presentation. 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 audits
also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
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 (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) 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 (iii) 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/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Houston, Texas
February 24, 2017
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FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share data)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivables, net
Inventories
Other current assets
Total current assets
Property, plant and equipment, net
Goodwill and intangible assets, net
Other assets
Total assets
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
Short-term debt
Accounts payable
Deferred revenue
Accrued and other current liabilities
Total current liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Other non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
December 31,
2016
2015
$
$
$
$
$
$
319,526
167,417
139,079
14,027
640,049
567,024
256,146
124,842
1,588,061
276
16,081
18,072
64,950
99,379
20,951
156,412
276,742
602,359
246,191
161,263
13,923
1,023,736
624,959
25,210
52,933
1,726,838
7,321
12,784
57,637
111,884
189,626
40,257
44,824
274,707
Commitments and contingencies (Note 20)
Series A preferred stock, €0.01 par value, no shares authorized, issued or outstanding
at 2016; 52,976,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding at 2015
—
705
Stockholders' equity
Common stock, €0.01 par value, 798,096,000 shares authorized, 223,161,356 shares
issued and 222,401,427 shares outstanding at December 31, 2016 and
745,120,000 shares authorized, 155,661,150 shares issued and 155,146,338
shares outstanding at December 31, 2015
Additional paid-in capital
Retained earnings
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Treasury shares (at cost), 759,929 and 514,812 at December 31, 2016 and
2015, respectively
Total stockholders' equity
Noncontrolling interest
Total equity
Total liabilities and equity
2,802
1,036,786
317,270
(32,977)
2,045
712,486
531,621
(25,555)
(12,562)
1,311,319
—
1,311,319
1,588,061
$
(9,298)
1,211,299
240,127
1,451,426
1,726,838
$
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)
Revenues:
Equipment rentals and services
Products
Total revenue
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues, exclusive of depreciation
and amortization
Equipment rentals and services
Products
General and administrative expenses
Depreciation and amortization
Severance and other charges
Changes in contingent consideration
(Gain) loss on sale of assets
Operating income (loss)
Other income (expense):
Other income
Interest income, net
Mergers and acquisition expense
Foreign currency loss
Total other income (expense)
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)
Income tax expense (benefit)
Net income (loss)
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest
Net income (loss) attributable to Frank's International N.V.
Preferred stock dividends
Net income (loss) attributable to Frank's International N.V.
common shareholders
Earnings (loss) per common share:
Basic
Diluted
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic
Diluted
Year Ended December 31,
2015
2014
2016
$
$
397,369
90,162
487,531
766,252
208,348
974,600
$
969,703
182,929
1,152,632
201,316
59,037
228,802
114,215
46,406
—
1,117
(163,362)
4,170
2,073
(13,784)
(10,819)
(18,360)
(181,722)
(25,643)
(156,079)
(20,741)
(135,338) $
(1)
304,473
113,918
270,678
108,962
35,484
(1,532)
(1,038)
143,655
5,791
341
—
(6,358)
(226)
143,429
37,319
106,110
27,000
79,110
(2)
$
369,855
110,126
267,378
90,041
—
—
289
314,943
6,735
87
—
(17,041)
(10,219)
304,724
75,412
229,312
70,275
159,037
(1)
(135,339) $
79,108
$
159,036
(0.77) $
(0.77) $
0.51
0.50
$
$
1.03
1.03
176,584
176,584
154,662
209,152
153,814
207,828
$
$
$
$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(In thousands)
Net income (loss)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Marketable securities:
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities
Deferred tax asset / liability change
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities, net of tax
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
Comprehensive income (loss)
Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to
noncontrolling interest
Add: Transfer of Mosing Holdings interest to FINV attributable to
comprehensive loss (See Note 12)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to
Frank's International N.V.
Year Ended December 31,
2015
2014
2016
$
(156,079) $
106,110
$
229,312
546
(14,039)
(11,104)
1,214
(418)
796
1,342
(154,737)
(1,500)
314
(1,186)
(15,225)
90,885
(4,782)
—
(4,782)
(15,886)
213,426
(20,180)
23,120
66,216
(8,203)
—
—
$
(142,760) $
67,765
$
147,210
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)
Balance at December 31, 2013
Net income
Tax benefits due to offering costs
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
Unrealized loss on marketable
securities
Equity-based compensation expense
Distribution to noncontrolling interest
Common stock dividends
($0.45 per share)
Preferred stock dividends
Common shares issued upon
vesting of restricted stock units
Treasury shares withheld
Balance at December 31, 2014
Net income
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
Unrealized loss on marketable
securities
Equity-based compensation expense
Distribution to noncontrolling
interest
Common stock dividends
($0.60 per share)
Preferred stock dividends
Common shares issued upon
vesting of restricted stock units
Common shares issued for ESPP
Treasury shares withheld
Balance at December 31, 2015
Net loss
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
Unrealized gain on marketable
securities
Equity-based compensation expense
Distribution to noncontrolling
interest
Common stock dividends
($0.45 per share)
Preferred stock dividends
Transfer of Mosing Holdings interest
to FINV
Common shares issued on conversion
Series A preferred stock
Common shares issued upon
vesting of restricted stock units
Tax Receivable Agreement ("TRA")
and associated deferred taxes
Common shares issued for ESPP
Blackhawk acquisition
Treasury shares withheld
Balance at December 31, 2016
Common Stock
Shares
153,524
—
—
Value
$ 2,019
—
—
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
$ 642,164
Retained
Earnings
$ 455,632
— 159,037
—
3,093
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
$
Treasury
Stock
Non-
controlling
Interest
(2,383) $
—
—
— $ 235,895
70,275
—
—
—
Total
Stockholders'
Equity
$ 1,333,327
229,312
3,093
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
38,368
—
—
—
—
—
— (69,311)
(1)
—
1,047
(244)
154,327
—
14
—
2,033
—
(14)
—
683,611
—
—
—
545,357
79,110
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
28,600
—
—
—
—
—
— (92,844)
(2)
—
(8,266)
(3,561)
—
—
—
—
—
—
(14,210)
—
(10,462)
(883)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(2,838)
(11,104)
(1,221)
—
(41,565)
—
—
(4,782)
38,368
(41,565)
(69,311)
(1)
—
(4,801)
(4,801)
—
—
—
260,546
27,000
—
(4,801)
1,472,536
106,110
—
—
—
—
—
—
(3,577)
(14,039)
(303)
—
(1,186)
28,600
(43,539)
(43,539)
—
—
(92,844)
(2)
1,070
20
(271)
155,146
—
12
—
—
2,045
—
(12)
287
—
712,486
—
—
—
531,621
— (135,338)
—
—
—
(25,555)
—
—
—
(4,497)
(9,298)
—
—
—
—
240,127
(20,741)
—
287
(4,497)
1,451,426
(156,079)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
52,976
1,644
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
597
19
—
—
15,978
—
—
—
—
—
— (79,012)
(1)
—
239,871
—
(19)
—
—
—
—
76
12,804
(245)
222,401
—
1
140
—
$ 2,802
(76,409)
972
143,907
—
$ 1,036,786
—
—
—
—
$ 317,270
165
616
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
381
180
—
546
796
15,978
(8,027)
(8,027)
—
—
(79,012)
(1)
(8,203)
— (211,920)
19,748
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(3,264)
$
(32,977) $(12,562) $
—
—
597
—
(76,409)
—
973
—
144,047
—
—
(3,264)
— $ 1,311,319
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,
2015
2014
2016
$
(156,079) $
106,110
$
229,312
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income (loss)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash provided
by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization
Equity-based compensation expense
Amortization of deferred financing costs
Venezuelan currency devaluation charge
Deferred tax provision (benefit)
Provision for (recovery of) bad debts
(Gain) loss on sale of assets
Loss on asset retirement
Changes in fair value of investments
Change in value of contingent consideration
Unrealized (gain) loss on derivative
Other
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions
Accounts receivable
Inventories
Other current assets
Other assets
Accounts payable
Deferred revenue
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Other noncurrent liabilities
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisition of Blackhawk (net of acquired cash)
Acquisition of Timco Services, Inc. (net of acquired cash)
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
Proceeds from sale of assets and equipment
Proceeds from sale of investments
Purchase of marketable securities
Other
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Repayments of borrowings
Proceeds from borrowings
Cost of Series A convertible preferred stock conversion to common stock
Dividends paid on common stock
Dividends paid on preferred stock
Distribution to noncontrolling interest
Treasury shares withheld
Proceeds from the issuance of ESPP shares
Net cash used in financing activities
114,215
15,978
164
—
(27,536)
11,581
1,117
29,881
(1,123)
—
64
—
70,388
27,379
4,039
(692)
(3,485)
(39,659)
(43,583)
(13,480)
(10,831)
(150,437)
—
(42,127)
3,858
11,101
(1,003)
(307)
(178,915)
(7,201)
363
(595)
(79,013)
(1)
(8,027)
(3,264)
973
(96,765)
108,962
28,600
164
—
4,868
228
(1,038)
—
741
(1,532)
(210)
(3,909)
140,657
41,502
16,981
1,333
(3,035)
(18,473)
3,971
1,838
427,758
—
(78,676)
(99,723)
4,579
—
(869)
—
(174,689)
(765)
151
—
(92,844)
(2)
(43,539)
(4,497)
287
(141,209)
—
1,145
113,005
489,354
602,359
$
90,041
38,368
235
13,010
27,995
(3,137)
289
—
(1,403)
—
—
—
(43,349)
(30,282)
(7,926)
(1,619)
4,991
13,505
32,915
5,915
368,860
—
—
(172,952)
848
—
(1,539)
—
(173,643)
(72)
—
—
(69,311)
(1)
(41,565)
(4,801)
—
(115,750)
(1,040)
5,980
84,407
404,947
489,354
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash due to Venezuelan devaluation
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
Net increase (decrease) in cash
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
—
3,678
(282,833)
602,359
319,526
$
$
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
Frank’s International N.V. ("FINV"), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, is
a global provider of highly engineered tubular services, tubular fabrication and specialty well construction and well
intervention solutions to 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.
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements of FINV for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 include
the activities of Frank's International C.V. ("FICV") and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, "Company," "we,"
"us" and "our"). All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated for purposes of preparing these
consolidated financial statements.
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.
Out-Of-Period Adjustment
During our review of the three months ended June 30, 2014, we identified a non-cash error that originated in prior
periods. The error related to the attribution of the cost of share-based compensation to the requisite service periods of
retirement-eligible employees. Awards made pursuant to the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan generally provided that
the awards vest if the employee retires. The requisite service period for awards does not extend beyond the date an
employee becomes eligible to retire, which causes the requisite service period to be either two years or the period from
grant date to the date the employee becomes retirement eligible. In the second quarter of 2014, we discovered that
share-based compensation expense related to retirement-eligible employees was cumulatively understated through the
first quarter of 2014 by approximately $7.5 million. Because the errors were immaterial both in the periods in which
they arose and in which they were corrected, the correction was recorded as an out-of-period adjustment in the second
quarter of 2014 and is included in general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations.
Significant Accounting Policies
Accounting Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets
and liabilities, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements,
and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these
estimates.
Accounts Receivable
We establish an allowance for doubtful accounts based on various factors including historical experience, the
current aging status of our customer accounts, the financial condition of our customers and the business and political
environment in which our customers operate. Provisions for doubtful accounts are recorded when it becomes
probable that customer accounts are uncollectible.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Cash and Cash Equivalents
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 balances 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.
Comprehensive Income
Accounting standards on reporting comprehensive income require that certain items, including foreign currency
translation adjustments and unrealized gains and losses on marketable securities 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 income, a component of stockholders’ equity.
Contingencies
Certain conditions may exist as of 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.
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.
Earnings (Loss) Per Share
Basic earnings (loss) per share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income available to common
shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings (loss)
per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities to issue common stock were exercised or converted
to common stock.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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, obligations under trade accounts payable and short and long-term debt.
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 10 – 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. Gains and losses resulting from these translations are included
in accumulated other comprehensive income 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 operations 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.
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. 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 the two step impairment test is performed. First, the fair value of each reporting unit is
compared to its carrying value to determine whether an indication of impairment exists. If impairment is indicated,
then the fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill is determined by allocating the unit’s fair value to its assets and
liabilities (including any unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business
combination. The amount of impairment for goodwill is measured as the excess of its carrying value over its fair value.
We complete our assessment of goodwill impairment as of December 31 each year. No impairment was recorded for
years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014. Our goodwill is allocated to our operating segments as follows: U.S.
Services - approximately $16.2 million; Tubular Sales - approximately $2.4 million; Blackhawk - approximately $192.4
million. The inputs used in the determination of fair value are generally level 3 inputs. See Note 10 – 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.
Income Taxes
We operate under many legal forms in approximately 60 countries. As a result, we are subject to many U.S. and
foreign 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 revenues rather than profits), and withholding taxes based on revenues. 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,
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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.
FICV is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and its domestic subsidiaries are classified
as limited liability companies not subject to federal or state income taxation. As a partner in FICV, we are subject to
U.S. taxation on our allocable share of U.S. taxable income and the noncontrolling member will pay taxes with respect
to its allocable share of U.S. taxable income.
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 enacted marginal rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. Deferred
tax expense or benefit is the result of changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities 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
Intangible assets are comprised of licenses, customer relationships, trade names, intellectual property and non-
compete agreements. Identifiable intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated
useful lives of the assets. We evaluate impairment of our intangible assets on an individual 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 discounted cash flows and, if available, comparable market values.
The following table provides information related to our intangible assets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 (in
thousands):
December 31, 2016
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Total
Customer relationships
$
38,681
$
Trade name
Intellectual property
License agreement
Non-compete agreement
11,733
9,748
4,957
1,160
Total intangible assets
$
66,279
$
(11,452) $
(3,648)
(379)
(4,957)
(760)
(21,196) $
27,229
8,085
9,369
—
400
45,083
December 31, 2015
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Total
$
$
14,658
$
3,525
4,957
1,160
24,300
$
(9,422) $
(2,925)
(4,957)
(440)
(17,744) $
5,236
600
—
720
6,556
Customer relationships
Trade name
License agreement
Non-compete agreement
Total intangible assets
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Amortization expense for intangibles assets was $3.5 million, $1.8 million and $0.7 million for the years ended
December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
As of December 31, 2016, estimated amortization expense for the intangible assets for each of the next five years
was as follows (in thousands):
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Thereafter
Total
$
$
11,440
10,705
10,102
6,836
5,433
567
45,083
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (primarily average cost) or market value. Work in progress 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.
Marketable Securities and Cash Surrender Value of Life Insurance Policies
Our marketable securities in publicly traded equity securities as an indirect result of strategic investments are
classified as available-for-sale and are reported at fair value. See Note 7 – Other Assets. Unrealized gains and losses
are reported as a component of stockholders’ equity.
We also 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. Unrealized and realized gains and losses on
marketable securities are included in other income on our consolidated statements of operations, net when realized.
Any impairment loss to reduce an investment’s carrying amount to its fair market value is recognized in income when
a decline in the fair market value of an individual security below its cost or carrying value is determined to be other
than temporary. Realized gains (losses) on investments were $1.1 million, $(0.7) million and $1.4 million for the years
ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures for significant
improvements and betterments are capitalized when they enhance or extend the useful life of the asset. Expenditures
for routine repairs and maintenance, which do not improve or extend the life of the related assets, are expensed when
incurred. 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.
Depreciation on fixed assets is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives 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. The depreciation of fixed assets recorded under capital lease agreements is included in
depreciation expense.
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Revenue Recognition
All revenue is recognized when all of the following criteria have been met: (1) evidence of an arrangement exists;
(2) delivery to and acceptance by the customer has occurred; (3) the price to the customer is fixed or determinable; and
(4) collectability is reasonably assured, as follows:
Services Revenue. We provide tubular and other well construction services to clients in the oil and gas industry.
We perform services either under direct service purchase orders or master service agreements. Service revenue is
recognized when services have been performed or rendered.
International service hours are billed per man hour or similar basis.
•
• U.S. services are billed on,
i) Offshore - per day or similar basis.
ii) Land - per man hour or on a project basis.
• Blackhawk services are billed primarily on a per day basis for both domestic and international.
Rental Revenue. We design and manufacture a suite of highly technical equipment and products that we rent to
our customers in connection with providing our services, including high-end, proprietary tubular handling or well
construction equipment. We rent our products either under direct rental agreements or with customers with rental
agreements in place. Revenue from rental agreements is recognized as earned over the rental period.
International equipment rentals are billed on a per month or similar basis.
•
• U.S. equipment rentals are billed on,
i) Offshore - per day or similar basis.
ii) Land - on completion of a job or project basis
• Blackhawk services are billed on,
i) Offshore and Land - per day basis with some minimum days requirements
ii) International - negotiated contracts but are primarily based on monthly rentals.
For customers contracted under direct service purchase orders and direct rental agreements, an accrual is recorded
in unbilled accounts receivable for revenue earned but not yet invoiced.
Tubular Sales and Blackhawk Revenue. Revenue on tubular and Blackhawk sales is recognized when the product
has shipped and significant risks of ownership have passed to the customer. The sales arrangements typically do not
include right of return or other similar provisions or other post-delivery obligations.
Some of our tubular sales and well construction customers have requested that we store pipe, connectors and other
products purchased from us in our facilities. We considered whether revenue should be recognized on these sales under
the “bill and hold” guidance provided by the SEC Staff; however, based upon the assessment performed, revenue
recognition on these transactions totaling $18.1 million and $57.6 million was deferred at December 31, 2016 and 2015,
respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation
Our 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan provides for the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”),
restricted stock, restricted stock units ("RSUs"), dividend equivalent rights and other types of equity and cash incentive
awards to employees, non-employee directors and service providers. Stock-based compensation expense is measured
at the grant date of the share-based awards based on their value and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the
vesting period, net of an estimated forfeiture rate and is included in general and administrative expense in the consolidated
statements of operations.
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Our stock-based compensation currently consists of RSUs. 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.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Changes to GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") in the form of accounting
standards updates ("ASUs") to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification.
We consider the applicability and impact of all ASUs. ASUs not listed below were assessed and determined to be
either not applicable or are expected to have minimal impact on our consolidated financial position or results of
operations.
In January 2017, the FASB issued new accounting guidance for simplifying the test for goodwill impairment. In
the original guidance, an entity is required to perform additional analysis in Step 2, which measures a goodwill
impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of a report unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount of that
goodwill. The FASB simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating Step 2. Instead, under the
amendments in this update, an entity should perform its annual or interim goodwill impairment test by comparing the
fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount with excess carrying value over the fair value recognized as a
loss on impairment. In addition, income tax effects from any tax deductible goodwill should be considered in measuring
the goodwill impairment loss, if applicable. The amendments in this update are effective for public companies for
annual or interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption
permitted. Management will early adopt the provisions of this new accounting guidance with the Company's annual
goodwill impairment analysis for the year ended December 31, 2017.
In January 2017, the FASB issued new accounting guidance for business combinations clarifying the definition of
a business. The objective of the guidance is to help companies and other organizations which have acquired or sold a
business to evaluate whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses.
For public entities, the guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim
periods within those periods. Early adoption is permitted under certain circumstances. Management is evaluating the
provisions of this new accounting guidance, including which period to adopt, and has not determined what impact the
adoption will have on our consolidated financial statements.
In October 2016, the FASB issued new accounting guidance for recognition of income tax consequences of an
intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory. The objective of the guidance is to eliminate the exception for an
intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory and requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences
at the time of transfer rather than when the asset is sold to a third party. For public entities, the guidance is effective
for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within those annual
reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual reporting period for which financial
statements have not yet been issued. Management is evaluating the provisions of this new accounting guidance,
including which period to adopt, and has not determined what impact the adoption will have on our consolidated
financial statements.
In August 2016, the FASB issued new accounting guidance for classification of certain cash receipts and cash
payments in the statement of cash flows. The objective of the guidance is to reduce the existing diversity in practice
related to the presentation and classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments. The guidance addresses eight
specific cash flow issues including but not limited to, debt prepayment or extinguishment costs, contingent consideration
payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims and proceeds from the
settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies. For public entities, the guidance is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal
years and is retrospective for all periods presented. Early adoption is permitted including for interim periods.
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Management is evaluating the provisions of this new accounting guidance, including which period to adopt, and has
not determined what impact the adoption will have on our consolidated financial statements.
In June 2016, the FASB issued new accounting guidance for credit losses on 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. For public entities, the guidance is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal
years. Early application is permitted for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim
periods within those fiscal years. Management is evaluating the provisions of this new accounting guidance, including
which period to adopt, and has not determined what impact the adoption will have on our consolidated financial
statements.
In March 2016, the FASB issued accounting guidance on equity compensation, which simplifies the accounting
for the taxes related to equity-based compensation, including adjustments to how excess tax benefits and a company's
payments for tax withholdings should be classified. The ASU also gives an option to recognize actual forfeitures when
they occur and clarifies the statement of cash flow presentation for certain components of share-based awards. This
guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 31, 2016. The
adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In February 2016, the FASB issued accounting guidance for leases. The main objective of the accounting guidance
is to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on
the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. The main difference between previous
GAAP and the new guidance is the recognition 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 leases on the
balance sheet and further defines a lease as a contract that conveys the right to control the use of identified property,
plant, or equipment for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Control over the use of the identified asset means
that the customer has both (1) the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefit from the use of the asset and
(2) the right to direct the use of the asset. The accounting guidance requires disclosures by lessees and lessors to meet
the objective of enabling users of financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising
from leases. In transition, lessees and lessors are required to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest
period presented using a modified retrospective approach. For public entities, the guidance is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal
years; early application is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on our
consolidated financial statements.
In January 2016, the FASB issued accounting guidance on the recognition and measurement of financial assets
and financial liabilities. Under this guidance, equity investments will be measured at fair value with changes in fair
value recognized in net income. The guidance requires public businesses to use the exit price notion when measuring
the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes and requires separate presentation of financial assets and
financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset. The guidance also eliminates the requirement
for public business entities to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is
required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost. The guidance is not applicable to equity
investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The guidance is effective for interim and annual
periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Management does not believe the adoption will have a material impact
on our consolidated financial statements.
In November 2015, the FASB issued accounting guidance on the classification and presentation of deferred taxes.
The guidance eliminates the current requirement for organizations to present deferred tax liabilities and assets as current
and noncurrent in a classified balance sheet. The guidance requires all deferred tax assets and liabilities be classified
as noncurrent. The guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 with early
adoption permitted. The amendments in this guidance may be applied either prospectively to all deferred tax liabilities
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and assets or retrospectively to all periods presented. We adopted this guidance on December 31, 2015 and the adoption
did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In July 2015, the FASB issued accounting guidance on simplifying the measurement of inventory. Under this
guidance, inventory will be measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Options that currently exist for
market value will be eliminated. The guidance defines net realizable value as the estimated selling prices in the ordinary
course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. No other changes were
made to the current guidance on inventory measurement. This guidance will be effective for interim and annual periods
beginning after December 15, 2016. Early application is permitted and should be applied prospectively. The adoption
of this guidance does not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In February 2015, the FASB issued guidance on the amendments to the consolidation analysis, which affects
reporting entities that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. All legal entities
are subject to reevaluation under the revised consolidation model. Specifically, the amendments: (1) modify the
evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities ("VIEs") or voting
interest entities; (2) eliminate the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership; (3) affect
the consolidation analysis of reporting entities that are involved with VIEs, particularly those that have fee arrangements
and related party relationships; and (4) provide a scope exception from consolidation guidance for reporting entities
with interest in legal entities that are required to comply with or operate in accordance with requirements that are similar
to those for registered money market funds. We adopted this guidance on January 1, 2016 and the adoption did not
have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In January 2015, the FASB issued guidance on the income statement presentation, which eliminates the concept
of extraordinary items while retaining certain presentation and disclosure guidance for items that are unusual in nature
or occur infrequently. We adopted this guidance on January 1, 2016 and the adoption did not have a material impact
on our consolidated financial statements.
In August 2014, the FASB issued accounting guidance on the disclosure of uncertainties about an entity's ability
to continue as a going concern. This update required management to assess an entity’s ability to continue as a going
concern by incorporating and expanding upon certain principles that are currently in U.S. auditing standards. The
guidance was effective for the annual period ending after December 15, 2016, and for annual periods and interim periods
thereafter. The adoption of this guidance does not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In May 2014, the FASB issued amendments to guidance on the recognition of revenue based upon the entity’s
contracts with customers to transfer goods or services. Under the new standard update, an entity should recognize
revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration
to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. On July 9, 2015, the FASB deferred
the effective date by one year to December 15, 2017 for annual reporting periods beginning after that date. The FASB
will also permit early adoption of the standard, but not before the original effective date of December 15, 2016. Our
implementation efforts include the identification of revenue within the scope of the guidance and the evaluation of
certain revenue contracts. Our evaluation of the impact of the new guidance on our consolidated financial statements
is ongoing and we continue to evaluate the timing of recognition for various revenues, which may be accelerated or
deferred depending on the features of the customer arrangements and the presentation of certain contract costs (whether
presented gross or offset against revenues).
Note 2—Noncontrolling Interest
We hold an economic interest in FICV and are responsible for all operational, management and administrative
decisions relating to FICV’s business. As a result, the financial results of FICV are consolidated with ours.
We recorded a noncontrolling interest on our consolidated balance sheet with respect to the remaining economic
interest in FICV held by Mosing Holdings, LLC ("Mosing Holdings"). Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling
interest on the statements of operations represented the portion of earnings or losses attributable to the economic interest
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in FICV held by Mosing Holdings. The allocable domestic income (loss) from FICV to FINV is subject to U.S. taxation.
Effective with the August 2016 conversion of all of Mosing Holdings' Series A preferred stock (see Note 12 – Preferred
Stock), Mosing Holdings transferred all its interest in FICV to us and the noncontrolling interest was eliminated. As a
result, the amount included in net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest for the year ended December 31,
2016 is through August 26, 2016.
A reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest is detailed as follows (in thousands):
Net income (loss)
Add: Net loss after Mosing Holdings contributed interest to FINV (1)
Add: Provision (benefit) for U.S. income taxes of FINV (2)
Less: (Income) loss in FINV (3)
Net income (loss) subject to noncontrolling interest
Noncontrolling interest percentage (4)
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest
2016
$ (156,079)
84,541
(10,414)
23
(81,929)
25.2%
(20,741)
$
$
Year Ended December 31,
2015
106,110
—
6,585
(6,824)
105,871
$
2014
229,312
—
45,433
(392)
274,353
25.4%
25.6%
$
27,000
$
70,275
(1) Represents net loss after August 26, 2016 when Mosing Holdings transferred its interest to FINV.
(2) Represents income tax expense (benefit) of entities outside of FICV as well as income tax attributable to our
proportionate share of the U.S. operations of our partnership interests in FICV as of August 26, 2016.
(3) Represents results of operations for entities outside of FICV as of August 26, 2016.
(4) Represents the economic interest in FICV held by Mosing Holdings before the preferred stock conversion on
August 26, 2016. This percentage changed as additional shares of FINV common stock were issued. Effective
August 26, 2016, Mosing Holdings delivered its economic interest in FICV to us.
Note 3—Acquisitions
Blackhawk
On November 1, 2016, we completed a transaction to acquire all outstanding shares in Blackhawk Group Holdings,
Inc., the ultimate parent company of Blackhawk Specialty Tools LLC, ("Blackhawk") pursuant to the terms of a definitive
merger agreement ("Merger Agreement") dated October 6, 2016. Blackhawk is a leading provider of well construction
and well intervention services and products. In conjunction with the acquisition, FI Tools Holdings, LLC, our newly
formed subsidiary, merged with and into Blackhawk with Blackhawk, surviving the Merger as our wholly-owned
subsidiary. The merger consideration was comprised of a combination of $150.4 million of cash on hand and 12.8
million shares of our common stock ("Common Stock"), on a cash-free, debt-free basis, for total consideration of $294.6
million (based on our closing share price on October 31, 2016 of $11.25 and including working capital adjustments).
Accordingly, the results of Blackhawk's operations from November 1, 2016 are included in our consolidated
financial statements. For the year ended December 31, 2016, Blackhawk contributed revenue of $10.0 million and
operating losses of $7.4 million.
In accordance with accounting guidance for business combinations, the unaudited pro forma financial information
presented below assumes the acquisition was completed January 1, 2015, the first day of the fiscal year 2015. This
unaudited pro forma financial information does not necessarily represent what would have occurred if the transaction
had taken place on the date presented and should not be taken as representative of our future consolidated results of
operations. The unaudited pro forma financial information includes adjustments for amortization expense for identified
intangible assets and depreciation expense based on the fair value and estimated lives of acquired property, plant and
equipment. In addition, acquisition related costs are excluded from the unaudited pro forma financial information.
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The following table shows our unaudited financial information for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015,
respectively (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Revenue
Net income (loss) applicable to common shares
Income (loss) per common share:
Basic
Diluted
Pro Forma (Unaudited)
Year Ended December 31,
2016
2015
$
544,798
(161,527) $
1,109,559
68,215
(0.86) $
(0.86) $
0.41
0.42
$
$
$
$
The Blackhawk acquisition was accounted for as a business combination. As described in Note 10 - Fair Value
Measurements, the purchase price is allocated to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on a
discounted cash flow model and goodwill is recognized for the excess consideration transferred over the fair value of
the net assets. While we use our best estimates and assumptions as a part of the purchase price allocation process to
accurately value assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the business combination date, our estimates and assumptions
are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the purchase price allocation period, which is
generally 1 year from the business combination date, we record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed,
with the corresponding offset to goodwill. These adjustments will not result in an impact to our consolidated statements
of operations.
The following table summarizes the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as part of the Blackhawk
acquisition as determined in accordance with business combination accounting guidance (in thousands):
Current assets, excluding cash
Property, plant and equipment
Other long-term assets
Intangible assets
Assets acquired
Current liabilities assumed
Other long-term liabilities
Liabilities assumed
Fair value of net assets acquired
Total consideration transferred
Goodwill
November 1, 2016
$
$
$
$
23,626
45,091
3,139
41,972
113,828
11,132
542
11,674
102,154
294,563
192,409
The amount allocated to intangible assets was attributed to the following categories (in thousands):
Intellectual property
Customer relationships
Trade Name/Trademark
December 31, 2016
Estimated Useful
Lives in Years
$
$
9,741
24,024
8,207
41,972
1-10
5
3
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These intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis, which is presented in depreciation and amortization
in our consolidated statements of operations.
The intention of this transaction was to augment our tubular services business by providing us the opportunity to
diversify our offerings and emerge as a leader in a new business line and a significantly larger addressable market. In
addition to what we believe is a line of well-regarded, market leading, technically differentiated specialty cementation
tools, Blackhawk also provides well intervention products through its line of brute packers and related products, and
is continuing its development of products for onshore and offshore applications. In conjunction with the merger, we
created a fourth segment, Blackhawk, and have recorded goodwill of $192.4 million in that segment.
Timco
On April 1, 2015, Frank’s International, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“Frank’s LLC”) and an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of FICV completed a transaction, which was not a significant acquisition, to purchase all of
the outstanding equity interests of Timco Services, Inc. ("Timco"), a Louisiana corporation with a strong presence in
the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale regions, in exchange for consideration consisting of (i) approximately $81.0
million inclusive of a tax reimbursement payment of $8.0 million as well as closing adjustments for normal operating
activity and customary purchase price adjustments and (ii) contingent consideration of up to $20.0 million, payable in
two separate payments of $10.0 million based upon exceeding certain targets of the United States land rotary rig count,
as reported by Baker Hughes, over prescribed time periods. As of December 31, 2016, the contingent consideration
had a fair value of approximately $7.0 thousand. Due to the low rig count, we were not obligated to make the first
contingent consideration payment due on December 31, 2016. In addition, each party agreed to indemnify the other
for breaches of representations and warranties, breaches of covenants and certain other matters, subject to certain
exceptions.
The Timco acquisition was accounted for as a business combination in accordance with accounting guidance. The
purchase price is allocated to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on a discounted cash flow
model and goodwill is recognized for the excess consideration transferred over the fair value of the net assets. We
recognized $4.9 million of goodwill. The goodwill was assigned to the U.S. Services segment and is deductible for tax
purposes. The purchase price allocation was finalized during the fourth quarter of 2015.
In connection with the Timco acquisition, we acquired intangible assets in the amount of $7.9 million related to
customer relationships, trade names and non-compete clauses. The intangible assets are amortized over their estimated
useful lives. Amortization expense for the intangible assets for the Timco acquisition was $1.8 million and $1.4 million
for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
Note 4—Accounts Receivable, net
Accounts receivable at December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows (in thousands):
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance
of $14,337 and $2,528, respectively
Unbilled receivables
Taxes receivable
Affiliated (1)
Other receivables
Total accounts receivable
December 31,
2016
2015
$
$
89,096
30,882
42,870
717
3,852
167,417
$
$
166,256
40,033
34,163
3,966
1,773
246,191
(1) Amounts represent expenditures on behalf of non-consolidated affiliates and receivables for aircraft charter income.
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Note 5—Inventories
Inventories at December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows (in thousands):
Pipe and connectors
Finished goods
Work in progress
Raw materials, components and supplies
Total inventories
Note 6—Property, Plant and Equipment
December 31,
2016
2015
$
$
102,360
14,257
7,099
15,363
139,079
$
$
137,245
4,020
5,230
14,768
161,263
The following is a summary of property, plant and equipment at December 31, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):
Land
Land improvements
Buildings and improvements
Rental machinery and equipment
Machinery and equipment - other
Furniture, fixtures and computers
Automobiles and other vehicles
Aircraft
Leasehold improvements
Construction in progress - machinery
and equipment and buildings
Less: Accumulated depreciation
Total property, plant and equipment, net
Estimated
Useful Lives
in Years
—
8-15
39
7
7
5
5
7
7-15, or lease term
if shorter
—
$
December 31,
2016
2015
$
15,730
9,379
73,211
933,667
60,182
19,073
36,796
16,267
10,119
9,289
74,152
898,134
60,250
18,240
48,402
16,267
8,027
7,947
120,937
1,293,269
(726,245)
567,024
$
102,432
1,245,232
(620,273)
624,959
$
Depreciation expense was approximately $110.7 million, $107.2 million and $89.4 million for the years ended
December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
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Note 7—Other Assets
Other assets at December 31, 2016 and 2015 consisted of the following (in thousands):
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies (1)
Deferred tax asset (2)
Deposits
Other
Total other assets
(1) See Note 10 – Fair Value Measurements
(2) See Note 18 – Income Taxes
Note 8—Accrued and Other Current Liabilities
December 31,
2016
2015
$
$
36,269
79,309
2,343
6,921
124,842
$
$
45,254
536
2,031
5,112
52,933
Accrued and other current liabilities at December 31, 2016 and 2015 consisted of the following (in thousands):
Accrued compensation
Accrued property and other taxes
Accrued severance and other charges
Income taxes
Accrued inventory
Accrued medical claims
Accrued purchase orders
Other
Total accrued and other current liabilities
Note 9—Debt
Credit Facility
December 31,
2016
2015
10,250
19,740
6,150
6,857
—
604
2,083
19,266
64,950
$
$
25,281
23,790
22,244
7,385
5,281
4,141
5,562
18,200
111,884
$
$
We have a $100.0 million revolving credit facility with certain financial institutions, including up to $20.0 million
in letters of credit and up to $10.0 million in swingline loans, which matures in August 2018 (the “Credit Facility”).
Subject to the terms of our Credit Facility, we have the ability to increase the commitments to $150.0 million. At
December 31, 2016 and 2015, we had no outstanding indebtedness under the Credit Facility. In addition, we had $3.7
million and $4.7 million in letters of credit outstanding as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. As of December
31, 2016, our ability to borrow under the Credit Facility has been reduced to approximately $50 million from $100
million as a result of our decreased Adjusted EBITDA. Our borrowing capacity under the Credit Facility could be
further reduced or eliminated depending on our future Adjusted EBITDA. We will seek a multi-quarter covenant waiver
sometime during the first quarter of 2017.
Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest, at our option, at either a base rate or an adjusted Eurodollar
rate. Base rate loans under the Credit Facility bear interest at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the prime rate as published
in the Wall Street Journal, (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.50% or (iii) the adjusted Eurodollar rate plus
1.00%, plus an applicable margin ranging from 0.50% to 1.50%, subject to adjustment based on the leverage ratio.
Interest is in each case payable quarterly for base-rate loans. Eurodollar loans under the Credit Facility bear interest at
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an adjusted Eurodollar rate equal to the Eurodollar rate for such interest period multiplied by the statutory reserves,
plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.50% to 2.50%. Interest is payable at the end of applicable interest periods
for Eurodollar loans, except that if the interest period for a Eurodollar loan is longer than three months, interest is paid
at the end of each three-month period. The unused portion of the Credit Facility is subject to a commitment fee ranging
from 0.250% to 0.375% based on certain leverage ratios.
The Credit Facility contains various covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to grant certain liens,
make certain loans and investments, enter into mergers or acquisitions, enter into hedging transactions, change our
lines of business, prepay certain indebtedness, enter into certain affiliate transactions, incur additional indebtedness or
engage in certain asset dispositions.
The Credit Facility also contains financial covenants, which, among other things, require us, on a consolidated
basis, to maintain: (i) a ratio of total consolidated funded debt to adjusted EBITDA (as defined in our credit agreement)
of not more than 2.50 to 1.0; and (ii) a ratio of EBITDA to interest expense of not less than 3.0 to 1.0. As of December 31,
2016, we were in compliance with all financial covenants under the Credit Facility.
In addition, the Credit Facility contains customary events of default, including, among others, the failure to make
required payments, the failure to comply with certain covenants or other agreements, breach of the representations and
covenants contained in the agreements, default of certain other indebtedness, certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency
and the occurrence of a change in control.
Citibank Credit Facility
In 2016, we entered into a three-year credit facility with Citibank N.A., UAE Branch in the amount of $6.0 million
for issuance of standby letters of credit and guarantees. The credit facility also allows for open ended guarantees.
Outstanding amounts under the credit facility bear interest of 1.25% per annum for amounts outstanding up to one year.
Amounts outstanding more than one year bear interest at 1.5% per annum. As of December 31, 2016, we had $2.2
million in letters of credit outstanding.
AFCO Credit Corporation - Insurance Notes Payable
In 2015, we entered into a note to finance annual insurance premiums for $7.6 million. The note bore interest at
an annual rate of 1.9% and matured in October 2016. At December 31, 2016, we had no outstanding balance. At
December 31, 2015, the total outstanding balance was $6.9 million.
Note 10—Fair Value Measurements
We follow fair value measurement authoritative accounting guidance for measuring fair values of assets and
liabilities in financial statements. 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:
• 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.
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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
A summary of financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis, as of December 31,
2016 and 2015 were as follows (in thousands):
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 1)
(Level 2)
(Level 3)
Total
$
— $
146
$
— $
146
December 31, 2016
Assets:
Derivative financial instruments
Investments:
Cash surrender value of life insurance
policies - deferred compensation plan
Marketable securities - other
Liabilities:
December 31, 2015
Assets:
Derivative financial instruments
Investments:
Cash surrender value of life insurance
policies - deferred compensation plan
Marketable securities - other
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan
—
30,307
—
3,692
36,269
—
—
—
—
36,269
3,692
30,307
$
— $
210
$
— $
210
Deferred compensation plan
—
43,568
—
2,387
45,254
—
—
—
—
45,254
2,387
43,568
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, 2016 and 2015, derivative financial instruments are included in accounts receivable, net in our
consolidated balance sheets.
Our investment associated with our deferred compensation plan consists primarily of the cash surrender value of
life insurance policies and is included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. Our investment changes 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-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 Non-recurring Basis
We apply the provisions of the fair value measurement standard to our non-recurring, non-financial measurements
including business combinations as well as impairment related to goodwill and other long-lived assets. For business
combinations (see Note 3 - Acquisitions), 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. We utilize a discounted cash flow model in evaluating impairment considerations related to
goodwill and long-lived assets. Given the unobservable nature of the inputs, the discounted cash flow models are
deemed to use Level 3 inputs.
Other Fair Value Considerations
The carrying values on our consolidated balance sheet of our cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable,
other current assets, accounts payable, accrued and other current liabilities and lines of credit approximate fair values
due to their short maturities.
Note 11— Derivatives
In December 2015, we began entering 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 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.
As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, we had the following foreign currency derivative contracts outstanding in
U.S. dollars (in thousands):
Derivative Contracts
Canadian dollar
Euro
Euro
Norwegian kroner
Pound sterling
Derivative Contracts
Canadian dollar
Euro
Norwegian kroner
Pound sterling
$
$
Notional
Amount
December 31, 2016
Contractual
Exchange Rate
4,553
4,753
2,558
3,643
3,908
1.3179
1.0563
1.0659
8.5101
1.2607
Notional
Amount
December 31, 2015
Contractual
Exchange Rate
5,091
19,706
11,498
7,516
1.3751
1.0948
8.6973
1.5031
Settlement
Date
3/14/17
3/14/17
1/13/17
3/14/17
3/14/17
Settlement
Date
1/13/16
1/13/16
1/13/16
1/13/16
The following table summarizes the location and fair value amounts of all derivative contracts in the consolidated
balance sheets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):
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Derivatives not designated as
Hedging Instruments
Consolidated Balance Sheet
Location
December 31,
2016
December 31,
2015
Foreign currency contracts
Accounts receivable, net
$
146
$
210
The following table summarize the location and amounts of the unrealized gains on derivative contracts in the
consolidated statements of operations as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):
Derivatives not designated as
Hedging Instruments
Location of gain (loss) recognized
in income on derivative contracts
December 31,
2016
December 31,
2015
Unrealized gain (loss) on foreign
currency contracts
Realized loss on foreign currency
contracts
Total net income (loss) on foreign
currency contracts
Other income
Other income
$
$
(64) $
(296)
(360) $
210
—
210
Our derivative transactions are governed through International Swaps and Derivatives Association ("ISDA") 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.
The following table presents the gross and net fair values of our derivatives as of December 31, 2016 and 2015
(in thousands):
Derivative Asset Positions
Derivative Liability Positions
December 31,
December 31,
2016
2015
2016
2015
Gross position - asset / (liability)
Netting adjustment
Net position - asset / (liability)
$
$
181
(35)
146
$
$
316
(106)
210
$
$
$
(35)
35
— $
(106)
106
—
Note 12—Preferred Stock
At December 31, 2015, we had 52,976,000 shares of Series A preferred stock, par value €0.01 per share (the
"Preferred Stock") issued and outstanding, all of which were held by Mosing Holdings. Each share of Preferred Stock
had a liquidation preference equal to its par value of €0.01 per share and was entitled to an annual dividend equal to
0.25% of its par value. We paid the annual dividend for the year ended December 31, 2015 of $1,476 on June 3, 2016.
Additionally, each share of Preferred Stock entitled its holder to one vote. Preferred stockholders voted with the common
stockholders as a single class on all matters presented to FINV's shareholders for their vote.
Before the conversion, Mosing Holdings had the right to convert all or a portion of its Preferred Stock into shares
of our common stock by delivery of an equivalent portion of its interest in FICV to us. Accordingly, the increase in our
interest in FICV in connection with a conversion would decrease the noncontrolling interest in our financial statements
that was attributable to Mosing Holdings' interest in FICV.
On August 19, 2016, we received notice from Mosing Holdings that it was exercising its right to exchange, for
52,976,000 common shares, each of the following securities: (i) 52,976,000 shares of Preferred Stock and (ii) 52,976,000
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units in FICV. On August 26, 2016, we issued 52,976,000 common shares to Mosing Holdings. Upon conversion of
the Preferred Stock, we had no issued or outstanding convertible preferred shares and the number of common shares
of authorized capital was increased by 52,976,000 shares, equal to the number of convertible preferred shares that were
converted into common shares. Additionally, upon the exchange of the convertible preferred stock, Mosing Holdings
was entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the nominal value of each convertible preferred share plus any accrued
but unpaid dividends with respect to such stock. The cash payment of $0.6 million was paid on September 23, 2016.
In conjunction with the conversion, Mosing Holdings delivered its interest in FICV to us and no longer owns any
interest in FICV. As a result of the transaction, we have also reallocated the accumulated other comprehensive loss
attributable to the noncontrolling interest.
The Preferred Stock was classified outside of permanent equity in our consolidated balance sheet at its redemption
value of par plus accrued and unpaid dividends because the conversion provisions were not solely within our control.
Note 13—Treasury Stock
At December 31, 2016, common shares held in treasury totaled 759,929 with a cost of $12.6 million. At December
31, 2015, common shares held in treasury totaled 514,812 with a cost of $9.3 million. These shares were withheld from
employees to settle personal tax withholding obligations that arose as a result of restricted stock units that vested.
Note 14—Related Party Transactions
We have engaged in certain transactions with other companies related to us by common ownership. We have entered
into various operating leases to lease office space from an affiliated company. Rent expense related to these leases was
$8.0 million, $7.6 million and $7.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
We are a party to certain agreements relating to the rental of aircraft to Western Airways, Inc. ("WA"), an entity
controlled by the Mosing family. The WA agreements reflect both dry lease and wet lease rental, whereby we are charged
a flat monthly fee primarily for crew, hangar, maintenance and administration costs in addition to other variable costs
for fuel and maintenance. We also earn charter income from third party usage through a revenue sharing agreement.
We recorded net charter expense of $1.3 million, $2.0 million and $1.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2016,
2015 and 2014, respectively.
Tax Receivable Agreement
Mosing Holdings and its permitted transferees converted all of their Preferred Stock into shares of our common
stock on a one-for-one basis on August 26, 2016, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits,
stock dividends and reclassifications and other similar transactions, by delivery of an equivalent portion of their interests
in FICV to us (the “Conversion”). FICV will make an election under Section 754 of the Code. Pursuant to the Section
754 election, the Conversion will result in an adjustment to the tax basis of the tangible and intangible assets of FICV
with respect to the portion of FICV now held by FINV. These adjustments will be 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 are expected to 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 tax receivable agreement (the "TRA") that we entered into with FICV and Mosing Holdings in connection
with our IPO generally provides for the payment by FINV of 85% of the amount of the actual reductions, if any, in
payments of U.S. federal, state and local income tax or franchise tax (which reductions we refer to as “cash savings”)
in periods after our IPO as a result of (i) the 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. In addition, the
TRA provides for payment by us of interest earned 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 either FICV or FINV. We will retain the remaining
15% of cash savings, if any.
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As of December 31, 2016 our estimated TRA liability was $124.6 million. This represents 85% of the future cash
savings expected from the utilization of the original basis adjustments plus subsequent basis adjustments that will result
from payments under the TRA agreement. The estimation of the TRA liability is by its nature imprecise and subject to
significant assumptions regarding the amount and timing of taxable income in the future and the tax rates then applicable.
The time period over which the cash savings is expected to be realized is estimated to be over 20 years. Based on
FINV’s estimated tax position, we expect to make a TRA payment of approximately $0.8 million for the tax year ending
December 31, 2016.
The payment obligations under the TRA are our obligations and are not obligations of FICV. The term of the TRA
will continue until all such tax benefits have been utilized or expired, unless FINV elects to exercise its sole right to
terminate the TRA early. If FINV elects to terminate the TRA early, it would be required to make an immediate payment
equal to the present value of the anticipated future tax benefits subject to 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 such
benefits and that any FICV interests that Mosing Holdings or its transferees own on the termination date are deemed
to be exchanged on the termination date). Any early termination payment may be made significantly in advance of 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, 2016, the estimated termination payment would be approximately $105.3 million
(calculated using a discount rate of 4.96%). 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 FICV to make distributions to it in an amount sufficient to cover FINV’s obligations
under such agreements; this ability, in turn, may depend on the ability of FICV’s subsidiaries to provide payments to
it. The ability of FICV and its 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 of 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 15—Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share
Basic earnings (loss) per common share is determined by dividing net income (loss), less preferred stock dividends,
by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is
determined by dividing net income (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. Through August 26, 2016, the date of the conversion of all of Mosing
Holdings' Preferred Stock and Mosing Holdings' transfer of interest in FICV to us (See Note 12 – Preferred Stock), the
diluted earnings (loss) per share calculation assumed the conversion of 100% of our outstanding Preferred Stock on an
as if converted basis. Accordingly, the numerator was also adjusted to include the earnings allocated to the noncontrolling
interest after taking into account the tax effect of such exchange.
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The following table summarizes the basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share calculations (in thousands, except
per share amounts):
Year Ended December 31,
2015
2014
2016
Numerator - Basic
Net income (loss)
Less: Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
Less: Preferred stock dividends
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
$
$
(156,079) $
20,741
(1)
(135,339) $
106,110
(27,000)
(2)
79,108
Numerator - Diluted
Net (loss) attributable to common shareholders
Add: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest (1), (2)
Add: Preferred stock dividends (2)
Dilutive net income (loss) available to common shareholders
$
(135,339) $
—
—
$
(135,339) $
Denominator
Basic weighted average common shares
Exchange of noncontrolling interest for common stock (Note 12) (2)
Restricted stock units (2)
Stock to be issued pursuant to ESPP (2)
Diluted weighted average common shares
176,584
—
—
—
176,584
79,108
24,784
2
103,894
154,662
52,976
1,512
2
209,152
$
$
$
$
229,312
(70,275)
(1)
159,036
159,036
54,866
1
213,903
153,814
52,976
1,038
—
207,828
Earnings (loss) per common share:
Basic
Diluted
(1) Adjusted for the additional tax expense upon the assumed
conversion of the Preferred Stock
(2) Approximate number of shares of potentially convertible preferred
stock to common stock up until the time of conversion on August
26, 2016, unvested restricted stock units and stock to be issued
pursuant to the ESPP have been excluded from the computation of
diluted earnings (loss) per share as the effect would be anti-dilutive
when the results from operations are at a net loss.
$
$
$
(0.77) $
(0.77) $
0.51
0.50
$
$
1.03
1.03
— $
2,216
$
15,409
35,556
—
—
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Note 16—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, 2016,
15,166,425 shares remained available for issuance.
Restricted Stock Units
Upon completion of the IPO and pursuant to the LTIP, we began granting restricted stock units. Substantially all
RSUs granted under the LTIP vest ratably over a period of one to three years. 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, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was $11.6 million, $14.6 million and $3.1 million,
respectively. Compensation expense is recognized ratably over the vesting period. As of December 31, 2016, we assumed
no annual forfeiture rate because of our lack of turnover and history for this type of award.
Stock-based compensation expense relating to RSUs included in general and administrative expenses on the
consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was $15.6 million, $26.1
million and $38.4 million, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2015, an additional $2.3 million of stock-
based compensation expense was recorded in severance and other charges as a result of our reduction efforts mentioned
in Note 19 – Severance and Other Charges, bringing the total stock-based compensation expense recorded to $28.4
million for the year ended December 31, 2015. Unamortized stock compensation expense as of December 31, 2016
relating to RSUs totaled approximately $11.8 million, which will be expensed over a weighted average period of 1.46
years.
Non-vested RSUs outstanding as of December 31, 2016 and the changes during the year were as follows:
Non-vested at December 31, 2015
Granted
Vested
Forfeited
Non-vested at December 31, 2016
Performance Restricted Stock Units
Weighted
Number of
Average Grant
Shares
2,359,373
929,160
(1,643,999)
(11,056)
1,633,478
Date Fair Value
18.95
$
12.53
19.86
16.09
14.40
$
In February 2016, we granted performance restricted stock unit awards ("PRSUs") with a fair value of $2.8 million
or 199,168 units ("Target Level"). The performance period for this grant is a three-year period from January 1, 2016
to December 31, 2018 ("Performance Period").
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The purpose of the PRSU's is to closely align the incentive compensation of the executive leadership team for the
duration of the three-year 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 return ("TSR") based
on a comparison to the returns of a peer group. (2) TSR is computed over the entire three-year Performance Period
(using a 30-day averaging period for the first 30 calendar days and the last 30 calendar days of the Performance Period
to mitigate the effect of stock price volatility). 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); and (iv) 150% of the Target Level if the Company achieves a rank in the 75th percentile
and above (the maximum level). (4) Unless there is a qualifying termination as defined in the PRSU award agreement,
the PRSU's of an executive will be forfeited upon an executive's termination of employment during the Performance
Period.
The fair value and compensation expense of the PRSU grant was estimated based on the Company's closing stock
price as of the day before the grant date using a Monte Carlo simulation. Though the value of the RPSU 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. We assumed no
forfeiture rate for the RPSUs. The weighted average assumptions for the PRSUs granted February 23, 2016 are as
follows:
Expected term (in years)
Expected volatility
Risk-free interest rate
Correlation range
February 23, 2016
2.86
42.7%
0.88%
24.4% to 71.0%
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 death or disability and
vesting of those PRSUs will continue as per the agreement. In the event of involuntary termination except for cause,
the Company will 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 PRSU's will be forfeited.
Stock-based compensation expense related to PRSUs included in general and administrative expenses on the
consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $0.8 million. We had no stock-based
compensation expense related to PRSUs for the years ended December 31, 2015 or 2014. Unamortized stock
compensation expense as of December 31, 2016 relating to PRSUs totaled approximately $2.0 million , which will be
expensed over a weighted average period of 2.15 years.
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Non-vested PRSUs outstanding as of December 31, 2016 and the changes during the year were as follows:
Weighted
Number of
Average Grant
Non-vested at December 31, 2015
Granted
Vested
Forfeited
Non-vested at December 31, 2016
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Shares
— $
199,168
—
—
199,168
Date Fair Value
—
14.21
—
—
14.21
$
The Frank's International N.V. ESPP (the "ESPP") was effective January 1, 2015. Under the 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 2.9 million
shares were available for issuance as of December 31, 2016. Shares of our common stock issued to our employees
under the ESPP totaled 75,974 in 2016 and 20,291 shares in 2015. For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015,
we recognized $0.3 million and $0.2 million of compensation expense related to stock purchased under the ESPP,
respectively.
In January 2017, we issued 50,141 shares of our common stock to our employees under this plan to satisfy the
employee purchase period from July 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, which increased our common stock outstanding.
Note 17—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. Under the terms of the Plan, we match 100% of the first 3% of eligible
compensation an employee contributes to the Plan up to the annual allowable IRS limit. Additionally, the Company
provides a 50% match on any employee contributions between 4% to 6% of eligible compensation. Our matching
contributions to the Plan totaled $3.8 million, $3.4 million and $3.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2016,
2015 and 2014, 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 7).
We recorded compensation expense related to the vesting of the Company’s contribution of $1.7 million, $1.9
million and $2.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The total liability recorded
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at December 31, 2016 and 2015, related to the EDC Plan was $31.1 million and $43.6 million, respectively, and was
included in other noncurrent liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.
Foreign Benefit Plans
We sponsor certain benefit plans as dictated by host country law. We recorded expense related to foreign benefit
plans of $4.2 million, $5.5 million and $6.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Note 18—Income Taxes
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) was comprised of the following for the periods indicated (in
thousands):
United States
Foreign
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)
Year Ended December 31,
2016
2015
2014
$
$
(128,396) $
(53,326)
(181,722) $
30,795
112,634
143,429
$
$
144,756
159,968
304,724
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 of income tax expense (benefit) consist of the following for the periods
indicated (in thousands):
Current
U.S. federal
U.S. state and local
Foreign
Total current
Deferred
U.S. federal
U.S. state and local
Foreign
Total deferred
Total income tax expense (benefit)
Year Ended December 31,
2016
2015
2014
$
$
(13,389) $
379
14,903
1,893
(25,838)
(1,512)
(186)
(27,536)
(25,643) $
3,141
(1,424)
30,734
32,451
8,138
(3,042)
(228)
4,868
37,319
$
$
19,152
2,663
25,602
47,417
20,521
3,357
4,117
27,995
75,412
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Foreign taxes were incurred in the following regions for the periods indicated (in thousands):
Latin America
West Africa
Middle East
Europe
Asia Pacific
Other
Total foreign income tax expense
Year Ended December 31,
2016
2015
2014
$
$
1,159
3,687
1,880
5,132
1,364
1,495
14,717
$
$
6,077
8,413
5,474
3,317
1,454
5,771
30,506
$
$
2,301
11,247
8,630
1,690
2,032
3,819
29,719
A reconciliation of the differences between the income tax provision computed at the U.S. statutory rate and the
reported provision for income taxes for the periods indicated is as follows (in thousands):
Income tax expense (benefit) at statutory rate
Branch profits tax
Taxes on foreign earnings at less than the U.S. statutory rate
Noncontrolling interest
Other
Total income tax expense (benefit)
Year Ended December 31,
2016
2015
2014
$
$
(63,603) $
(3,805)
33,381
7,367
1,017
(25,643) $
50,200
4,654
(12,569)
(2,991)
(1,975)
37,319
$
$
106,653
9,904
(31,468)
(14,116)
4,439
75,412
A reconciliation using the Netherlands statutory rate was not provided as there are no significant operations in the
Netherlands.
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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 using the applicable tax rates in effect at year-
end. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is not more likely than not that some or all of the benefit from the
deferred tax asset will be realized. Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in
thousands):
Deferred tax assets
Foreign net operating loss
U.S. net operating loss
Research and development credit
Tax receivable agreement
Intangibles
Inventory
Property and equipment
Other
Valuation allowance
Total deferred tax assets
Deferred tax liabilities
Investment in partnership
Property and equipment
Goodwill
Other
Total deferred liabilities
$
December 31,
2016
2015
$
5,442
42,578
297
49,775
6,939
1,161
—
1,240
(5,442)
101,990
(28,309)
(7,898)
(7,147)
(277)
(43,631)
2,798
—
—
—
—
—
240
296
(2,798)
536
(39,962)
—
—
(295)
(40,257)
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)
$
58,359
$
(39,721)
The valuation allowance increased from $2.8 million to $5.4 million during 2016 as a result of tax losses in various
foreign jurisdictions. We determined that it is more likely than not that these 2016 losses will not be realized.
Undistributed earnings of certain of our foreign subsidiaries amounted to approximately $256.0 million at
December 31, 2016. It is our intention to permanently reinvest undistributed earnings and profits from the subsidiaries
of the consolidated companies’ operations that have been generated through December 31, 2016 and future plans do
not demonstrate a need to repatriate the foreign amounts to fund parent company activity.
As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, we have total gross unrecognized tax benefits of $0.2 million and $0.1 million,
respectively. Substantially all of the uncertain tax positions, if recognized in the future, would impact our effective tax
rate. We have elected to classify interest and penalties incurred on income taxes as income tax expense.
We file income tax returns in various international tax jurisdictions. As of December 31, 2016, the tax years 2010
through 2015 remain open to examination in the major foreign taxing jurisdictions to which we are subject.
Note 19—Severance and Other Charges
During 2015, we executed a workforce reduction plan as part of our cost savings initiatives due to depressed oil
and gas prices. The reduction was communicated to affected employees on various dates. Also, the then Chairman of
the board of supervisory directors (who also held the role of Executive Chairman of our company) transitioned to a
non-executive director of the supervisory board effective as of December 31, 2015. During 2016, we continued to take
steps to adjust our workforce to meet the depressed demand in the industry and identified certain equipment that, based
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on its specifications and current market conditions, no longer has economic utility and therefore has reached the end
of its useful life. Accordingly, management has decided to retire this equipment and has recorded a charge of $29.9
million in Severance and Other Charges.
During the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, we incurred $16.5 million and $35.5 million, respectively,
in severance expense. We had no severance expense for the year ended December 31, 2014. At December 31, 2016,
our outstanding accrual was approximately $6.2 million and included severance payments and other employee-related
termination costs.
Below is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending liability balance (in thousands):
International
Services
U.S. Services Tubular Sales
Total
Beginning balance, December 31, 2015
$
78
$
22,166
$
— $
Additions for costs expensed
Other adjustments
Severance and other payments
Asset retirement
12,187
—
(7,519)
(282)
33,661
(687)
(23,855)
(29,599)
558
(32)
(526)
—
22,244
46,406
(719)
(31,900)
(29,881)
Ending balance, December 31, 2016
$
4,464
$
1,686
$
— $
6,150
We expect to pay a significant portion of the remaining liability in the first quarter of 2017. We had no staff
reductions in our Blackhawk segment.
Note 20—Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
We are committed under various noncancelable operating lease agreements primarily related to facilities and
equipment that expire at various dates throughout the next several years. Future minimum lease commitments under
noncancelable operating leases with initial or remaining terms of one year or more at December 31, 2016, are as follows
(in thousands):
Year Ending December 31,
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Thereafter
Total future lease commitments
$
$
12,768
9,039
4,984
4,315
3,676
13,094
47,876
Total rent expense incurred under operating leases was $19.1 million, $19.6 million, and $17.2 million for the
years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
We also have purchase commitments for inventory in the amount of $8.5 million. We enter into purchase
commitments as needed.
Contingencies
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 reasonable estimated. As of December 31, 2016, we had no material
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accruals for loss contingencies, individually or in the aggregate. 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 internal review to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, the United States Department of Justice and other governmental entities. While our review does not
currently indicate that there has been any material impact on our previously filed financial statements, we continue to
collect information and are unable to predict the ultimate resolution of these matters with these agencies.
Note 21—Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Supplemental cash flows and non-cash transactions were as follows for the periods indicated (in thousands):
Cash paid for interest
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds
Non-cash transactions:
Change in accounts payable related to capital expenditures
Insurance premium financed by note payable
Value of shares issued for Blackhawk Group acquisition
Note 22—Segment Information
Reporting Segments
Year Ended December 31,
2016
2015
2014
$
$
$
$
447
8,754
1,658
—
144,047
$
180
20,499
559
28,004
(3,534) $
7,630
—
(3,479)
—
—
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available
that is regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources and
assess performance. We are comprised of four reportable segments: International Services, U.S. Services, Tubular Sales
and Blackhawk.
The International Services segment provides tubular services in international offshore markets and in several
onshore international regions. Our customers in these international markets are primarily large exploration and
production companies, including integrated oil and gas companies and national oil and gas companies.
The U.S. Services segment provides tubular services in the active onshore oil and gas drilling regions in the U.S.,
including the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale, Haynesville Shale, Marcellus Shale, DJ Basin and Utica Shale, as well
as in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
The Tubular Sales segment designs, manufactures and distributes large outside diameter ("OD") pipe, connectors
and casing attachments and sells large OD pipe originally manufactured by various pipe mills. We also provide
specialized fabrication and welding services in support of offshore projects, including drilling and production risers,
flowlines and pipeline end terminations, as well as long length tubulars (up to 300 feet in length) for use as caissons
or pilings. This segment also designs and manufactures proprietary equipment for use in our International and U.S.
Services segments.
The Blackhawk segment provides well construction and well intervention rental equipment, services and products,
in addition to cementing tool expertise, in the U.S. and Mexican Gulf of Mexico, onshore U.S. and other select
international locations.
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Adjusted EBITDA
We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) before net interest income or expense, depreciation and
amortization, income tax benefit or expense, asset impairments, gain or loss on sale of assets, foreign currency gain or
loss, equity-based compensation, unrealized and realized gain or loss, other non-cash adjustments and other charges.
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.
Our CODM uses Adjusted EBITDA as the primary measure of segment reporting performance.
The following table presents a reconciliation of Segment Adjusted EBITDA to income (loss) from continuing
operations (in thousands):
Segment Adjusted EBITDA:
International Services
U.S. Services
Tubular Sales
Blackhawk
Total
Corporate and other
Interest income (expense), net
Income tax (expense) benefit
Depreciation and amortization
Gain (loss) on sale of assets
Foreign currency loss
Charges and credits (1)
Net income (loss)
Year Ended December 31,
2016
2015
2014
$
$
$
33,264
(11,490)
1,741
1,038
24,553
478
2,073
25,643
(114,215)
(1,117)
(10,819)
(82,675)
(156,079) $
182,475
95,516
40,999
—
318,990
96
341
(37,319)
(108,962)
1,038
(6,358)
(61,716)
106,110
$
$
231,469
181,712
38,366
—
451,547
(34)
87
(75,412)
(90,041)
(289)
(17,041)
(39,505)
229,312
(1) Comprised of Equity-based compensation expense (2016: $15,978; 2015: $26,318; 2014: $38,368), Merger and acquisition costs (2016: $13,784;
2015: none; 2014: none), Severance and other charges (2016: $46,406; 2015: $35,484; 2014: none), Changes in value of contingent consideration
(2016: none; 2015: $(1,532); 2014: none), Unrealized and realized (gains) losses (2016: $110; 2015: none; 2014: none) and FCPA matters (2016:
$6,397; 2015: $1,446; 2014: $1,137).
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The following table sets forth certain financial information with respect to our reportable segments. Included in
“Corporate and Other” are intersegment eliminations and costs associated with activities of a general nature (in
thousands):
International
Services
U.S.
Services
Tubular
Sales
Blackhawk
Corporate
and Other
Total
$
$
$
Year Ended December 31, 2016
Revenue from external customers
Inter-segment revenues
Adjusted EBITDA
Depreciation and amortization
Property, plant and equipment
Capital expenditures
Year Ended December 31, 2015
Revenue from external customers
Inter-segment revenues
Adjusted EBITDA
Depreciation and amortization
Property, plant and equipment
Capital expenditures
Year Ended December 31, 2014
Revenue from external customers
Inter-segment revenues
Adjusted EBITDA
Depreciation and amortization
Property, plant and equipment
Capital expenditures
$
$
$
$
237,207
68
33,264
59,435
247,913
23,461
$ 152,827
19,590
(11,490)
47,438
201,772
18,112
87,515
19,456
1,741
4,087
73,316
540
442,107
754
182,475
58,163
288,089
42,772
$ 326,437
25,844
95,516
46,548
248,153
28,881
$ 206,056
35,927
40,999
4,251
88,717
28,070
537,259
1,471
231,469
52,363
314,031
100,483
$ 439,638
23,734
181,712
34,314
149,485
30,215
$ 175,735
64,542
38,366
3,364
116,626
42,254
$
9,982
—
1,038
3,255
44,023
14
— $
—
—
—
—
—
— $
—
—
—
—
—
* Non-GAAP financial measure not disclosed.
(39,114)
478
—
—
—
(62,525)
96
—
—
—
(89,747)
(34)
—
—
—
— $ 487,531
—
— $ 974,600
—
*
114,215
567,024
42,127
*
108,962
624,959
99,723
*
90,041
580,142
172,952
— $ 1,152,632
—
The CODM does not review total assets by segment as part of the financial information provided; therefore, no
asset information is provided in the above table.
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We are a Netherlands based company and we derive our revenue from services and product sales to clients primarily
in the oil and gas industry. For the year ended December 31, 2016, one customer accounted for 13% of our revenue.
No single customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenue for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014.
Geographic Areas
Revenue:
United States
Europe/Middle East/Africa
Latin America
Asia Pacific
Other countries
Year Ended December 31,
2016
2015
2014
$
247,864
$
530,133
$
160,651
314,173
35,390
30,325
13,301
56,515
55,995
17,784
573,773
385,064
55,021
77,952
60,822
$
487,531
$
974,600
$
1,152,632
The revenue generated in the Netherlands was immaterial for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014.
Other than the United States, no individual country represented more than 10% of our revenue for the years ended
December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the United States as well as the
United Arab Emirates, which had revenues of $140.4 million, represented more than 10% of our revenue.
Long-Lived Assets (PP&E)
United States
International
December 31,
2016
2015
$
$
319,111
247,913
567,024
$
$
336,870
288,089
624,959
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 onshore assets can only be used in the U.S. based upon
certification. Revenues from customers and long-lived assets in the Netherlands were insignificant in each of the years
presented.
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Note 23—Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
Summarized quarterly financial data for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 is set forth below (in
thousands, except per share data).
2016
Revenue
Operating loss
Net loss
Net loss attributable to Frank's International N.V.
Loss per common share: (1)
Basic
Diluted
2015
Revenue
Operating income
Net income
Net income attributable to Frank's International N.V.
Earnings per common share: (1)
Basic
Diluted
$
$
$
$
$
$
First
Quarter
Second
Quarter
Third
Quarter
Fourth
Quarter
Total
$
153,486
(2,882)
(2,408)
(772)
$
120,946
(50,678)
(45,287)
(31,398)
105,114
(48,932)
(42,198)
(36,982)
$
$
107,985
(60,870)
(66,186)
(66,186)
487,531
(163,362)
(156,079)
(135,338)
— $
— $
(0.20) $
(0.20) $
(0.21) $
(0.21) $
(0.30) $
(0.30) $
(0.77)
(0.77)
277,437
55,035
46,401
34,279
$
254,304
41,309
28,853
20,830
$
239,883
39,097
24,088
16,565
$
202,976
8,214
6,768
7,436
$
974,600
143,655
106,110
79,110
0.22
0.21
$
$
0.14
0.14
$
$
0.11
0.11
$
$
0.05
0.04
$
$
0.51
0.50
(1) The sum of the individual quarterly earnings 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 average number of common shares
outstanding during that period.
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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, 2016 at the reasonable
assurance level.
Management's Report Regarding Internal Control
See Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting under Item 8 of this Form 10-K.
Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm
See Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm under Item 8 of this Form 10-K.
Changes in Control Over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended
December 31, 2016, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over
financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information
None.
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Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance
PART III
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, 2016.
Item 11. 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, 2016.
Item 12. 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, 2016.
Item 13. 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, 2016.
Item 14. 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, 2016.
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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 of this Form 10-K. For a listing of these
statements and accompanying footnotes, see "Index to Consolidated Financial Statements" at page 51.
(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Account
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 the Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, Item 8, or notes thereto.
(a)(3) Exhibits
Exhibits are listed in the exhibit index beginning on page 96.
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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Account
(In thousands)
Balance at
Beginning of
Period
Additions/
Charged to
Expense
Deductions
Other
Balance at
End of
Period
Year Ended December 31, 2016
Allowance for doubtful accounts
Year Ended December 31, 2015
Allowance for doubtful accounts
Year Ended December 31, 2014
Allowance for doubtful accounts
$
$
$
2,528
$
10,374
$
(761) $
2,196
$
14,337
2,477
$
570
$
(751) $
232
$
2,528
13,614
$
1,062
$
(10,497) $
(1,702) $
2,477
95
Exhibit Index
#2.1 Membership Interest Purchase Agreement by and among Mark L. Guidry, Michael P. Maraist
and Frank’s International, LLC, dated March 11, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1
to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36053), filed on May 1, 2015).
*#2.2
3.1
10.1
†10.2
†10.3
†10.4
†10.5
†10.6
†10.7
†10.8
†10.9
†10.10
†10.11
†10.12
†10.13
Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Frank’s International N.V., FI Tools Holdings,
LLC, Blackhawk Group Holdings, Inc. and Bain Capital Private Equity, LP (solely in its capacity
as Stakeholder Representative) dated as of October 6, 2016.
Deed of Amendment to Articles of Association of Frank's International N.V., dated May 14, 2014
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053),
filed on May 16, 2014).
Revolving Credit Agreement, dated August 14, 2013, by and among Frank's International C.V.
(as Borrower), Amegy Bank National Association (as Administrative Agent), Capital One,
National Association (as Syndication Agent) and the other lenders party thereto (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on August
19, 2013).
Indemnification Agreement dated August 14, 2013, by and among Frank's International N.V.
and Donald Keith Mosing (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Current Report on
Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on August 19, 2013).
Indemnification Agreement dated August 14, 2013, by and among Frank's International N.V. and
Kirkland D. Mosing (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Current Report on Form
8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on August 19, 2013).
Indemnification Agreement dated August 14, 2013, by and among Frank's International N.V. and
Sheldon Erikson (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Current Report on Form 8-
K (File No. 001-36053), filed on August 19, 2013).
Indemnification Agreement dated August 14, 2013, by and among Frank's International N.V. and
Steven B. Mosing (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Current Report on Form 8-
K (File No. 001-36053), filed on August 19, 2013).
Indemnification Agreement dated August 14, 2013, by and among Frank's International N.V. and
W. John Walker (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
(File No. 001-36053), filed on August 19, 2013).
Indemnification Agreement dated November 6, 2013, by and between Frank’s International N.V.
and Michael C. Kearney (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Annual Report on
Form 10-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on March 6, 2015).
Indemnification Agreement dated November 6, 2013, by and between Frank’s International N.V.
and Gary P. Luquette (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Annual Report on Form
10-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on March 6, 2015).
Indemnification Agreement dated February 3, 2014, by and among Frank's International N.V.
and Burney J. Latiolais, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Annual Report on
Form 10-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on March 4, 2014).
Indemnification Agreement dated December 1, 2014, by and between Frank’s International N.V.
and Jeffrey J. Bird (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-
K (File No. 001-36053), filed on December 1, 2014).
Indemnification Agreement dated January 23, 2015, by and between Frank’s International N.V.
and William B. Berry (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form
8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on January 27, 2015).
Indemnification Agreement dated May 4, 2015, by and between Frank's International N.V. and
Daniel A. Allinger (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Annual Report on Form 10-
K (File No. 001-36053), filed on February 29, 2016).
Indemnification Agreement dated August 4, 2015, by and between Frank's International N.V. and
Alejandro Cestero (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Annual Report on Form 10-
K (File No. 001-36053), filed on February 29, 2016).
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†10.14
*†10.15
†10.16
*†10.17
*†10.18
*†10.19
†10.20
†10.21
†10.22
†10.23
†10.24
†10.25
†10.26
†10.27
†10.28
†10.29
†10.30
†10.31
†10.32
†10.33
Indemnification Agreement dated October 19, 2015, by and between Frank's International N.V.
and Ozong E. Etta (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Annual Report on Form 10-
K (File No. 001-36053), filed on February 29, 2016).
Indemnification Agreement dated November 15, 2016, by and between Frank's International N.V.
and Douglas Stephens.
Separation Agreement and Release dated as of July 27, 2016 and effective as of August 15, 2016,
by and between Frank's International, LLC and William John Walker (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36053), filed on November
3, 2016).
Employment Offer for Burney J. Latiolais, Jr. effective as of October 5, 2016.
Separation, Consulting, and General Release Agreement by and between Gary P. Luquette,
Frank’s International, LLC and Frank’s International N.V., effective as of November 11, 2016.
Employment Offer Letter for Douglas Stephens effective as of November 15, 2016.
Separation Agreement dated December 31, 2015, by and among Frank’s International, LLC,
Frank’s International N.V. and Donald Keith Mosing (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on February 29, 2016).
Frank's International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-190607), filed on August 13, 2013).
Frank's International N.V. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.6 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-190607), filed on August 13, 2013).
First Amendment to Frank's International N.V. Employee Stock Purchase Plan effective as of
December 31, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Annual Report on Form
10-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on March 4, 2014).
Second Amendment to Frank's International N.V. Employee Stock Purchase Plan effective as of
November 5, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q (File No. 001-36053), filed on November 7, 2014).
Third Amendment to Frank's International N.V. Employee Stock Purchase Plan effective as of
January 1, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-
Q (File No. 001-36053), filed on August 5, 2015).
Frank's International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
(Non-Employee Director Form) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-188536), filed on July 16, 2013).
Frank's International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
(Non-Employee Director Form) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Annual Report
on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on March 4, 2014).
Frank's International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
(Employee Form) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-1/A (File No. 333-188536), filed on July 16, 2013).
First Amendment to the Frank's International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted
Stock Unit Agreement (Employee Form) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36053), filed on November 7, 2014).
Frank's International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
(Employee Form) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Annual Report on Form 10-
K (File No. 001-36053), filed on March 4, 2014).
Frank's International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
(Employee Form) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-
K (File No. 001-36053), filed on December 1, 2014).
Amendment to Frank's International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit
Agreement (IPO Grants Form) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on June 17, 2015).
Amendment to Frank's International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit
Agreement (Bonus Grants Form) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on June 17, 2015).
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†10.34
†10.35
†10.36
Frank's International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Employee Restricted Stock Unit
Agreement (Time Vested Form) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.36 to the Annual Report
on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on February 29, 2016).
Frank's International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Employee Restricted Stock Unit
Agreement (Performance Based Form) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.37 to the Annual
Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on February 29, 2016).
Frank's International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
(Non-Employee Director Form) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36053), filed on July 28, 2016).
*†10.37
Frank's International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Employee Restricted Stock Unit
Agreement (Special Incentives and Retention Form).
10.38
10.39
10.40
10.41
10.42
*10.43
10.44
10.45
10.46
10.47
10.48
*21.1
*23.1
*31.1
*31.2
Frank's International N.V. Executive Change-in-Control Severance Plan, dated May 20, 2015
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
001-36053), filed on May 27, 2015).
Form of Frank's International N.V. Executive Change-in-Control Severance Plan Participation
Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
(File No. 001-36053), filed on August 5, 2015).
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).
Tax Receivable Agreement, dated August 14, 2013, by and among Frank's International N.V.,
Frank's International C.V. and Mosing Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on August 19, 2013).
Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 14, 2013, by and among Frank's International N.V.,
Mosing Holdings, Inc. and FWW B.V. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on August 19, 2013).
Form of Limited Waiver of Registration Rights to that certain Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of August 14, 2013, with Mosing Holdings, LLC, FWW B.V., and the other parties
thereto.
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2016, among Frank's International N.V.,
the Bain Capital Investors and certain other investors named therein (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-214509), filed on
November 8, 2016).
Global Transaction Agreement, dated July 22, 2013, by and among Frank's International N.V.
and Mosing Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-188536), filed on July 24, 2013).
Voting Agreement, dated July 22, 2013, by and among Ginsoma Family C.V., FWW B.V., Mosing
Holdings, Inc., and certain other parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-188536), filed on July 24, 2013).
Frank's International C.V. Management Agreement, dated August 14, 2013, by and among Frank's
International N.V., Frank's International LP B.V., Frank's International Management B.V. and
Mosing Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form
8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on August 19, 2013).
Amendment No. 9 to the Limited Partnership Agreement of Frank's International C.V., dated as
of August 26, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q (File No. 001-36053), filed on November 3, 2016).
List of Subsidiaries of Frank's International N.V.
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
98
**32.1
**32.2
*101.INS
*101.SCH
*101.CAL
*101.DEF
*101.LAB
*101.PRE
Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
XBRL Instance Document.
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document.
XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document.
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
† Represents management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
# Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted
schedule to the SEC upon request.
* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.
99
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.
SIGNATURES
By: Frank's International N.V.
(Registrant)
Date: February 24, 2017
By:
/s/ Jeffrey J. Bird
Jeffrey J. Bird
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 February 24, 2017.
Signature
/s/ Douglas Stephens
Douglas Stephens
/s/ Jeffrey J. Bird
Jeffrey J. Bird
/s/ Ozong Etta
Ozong E. Etta
/s/ Michael C. Kearney
Michael C. Kearney
/s/ William B. Berry
William B. Berry
/s/ Sheldon Erikson
Sheldon R. Erikson
/s/ Gary P. Luquette
Gary P. Luquette
/s/ Michael E. McMahon
Michael E. McMahon
/s/ Donald Keith Mosing
Donald Keith Mosing
/s/ Kirkland D. Mosing
Kirkland D. Mosing
/s/ Steven B. Mosing
Steven B. Mosing
/s/ Alexander Vriesendorp
Alexander Vriesendorp
Title
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Chairman of the Board of Supervisory Directors
Supervisory Director
Supervisory Director
Supervisory Director
Supervisory Director
Supervisory Director
Supervisory Director
Supervisory Director
Supervisory Director
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Directors and Officers
Stock Information
Forward-Looking Statements
SUPERVISORY BOARD
Michael C. Kearney
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
DeepFlex, Inc.
William B. Berry
Former Executive Vice President,
Exploration and Production
ConocoPhillips Company
Sheldon R. Erikson
Former Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Cameron International Corporation
Gary P. Luquette
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Frank’s International
Michael E. McMahon
Founder and Former Partner
Pine Brook Partners LLC
Keith Mosing
Former Executive Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Frank’s International
Kirkland D. Mosing
Supervisory Director
S. Brent Mosing
Supervisory Director
Alexander Vriesendorp
Partner
Shamrock Partners B.V.
MANAGEMENT
Douglas Stephens
President and Chief Executive Officer
Kyle McClure
Senior Vice President of Finance, Treasurer
and Interim Chief Financial Officer
Burney J. Latiolais, Jr.
Executive Vice President, Global Operations
Alejandro (Alex) Cestero
Senior Vice President, General Counsel,
Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer
FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND
NEWS RELEASES
Information updates about us, including
quarterly financial results and current
news releases, are available to the public
on our website at franksinternational.
com or upon request from our Investor
Relations Department.
STOCK TRANSFER AGENT AND
REGISTRAR
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6201 15th Avenue
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
STOCK LISTING
New York Stock Exchange
Symbol: FI
FORM 10-K
A copy of the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K is available by writing to:
Investor Relations
Frank’s International N.V.
10260 Westheimer, Suite 700
Houston, TX 77042
GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
The Company’s annual general meeting
of shareholders will be held at
2:00 p.m. Central European Time on
May 19, 2017 at:
Hotel Sofitel Legend
The Grand Amsterdam
Oudezijds Voorburgwal 197
1012 EX Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Information above as of March 20, 2017
In addition to statements of historical
fact, this report contains forward-
looking statements within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Statements that
are not historical in nature or that
relate to future events and conditions
are, or may be deemed to be, forward-
looking statements. These “forward-
looking statements” are based on our
current projections about us and our
industry, and our management’s beliefs
and assumptions concerning future
events and financial trends affecting
our financial condition and results
of operations. Our forward-looking
statements are generally accompanied
by words such as “estimate,” “project,”
“predict,” “believe,” “expect,”
“anticipate,” “potential,” “plan,”
“goal” or other terms that convey
the uncertainty of future events or
outcomes, although not all forward-
looking statements contain such
identifying words. These statements
are only predictions and are subject to
substantial risks and uncertainties and
are not guarantees of performance.
Future actions, events and conditions
and future results of operations may
differ materially from those expressed
in these statements. In evaluating those
statements, you should keep in mind
the risk factors and other cautionary
statements included in our 2016 Annual
Report on Form 10-K included in this
report. We caution you not to place
undue reliance on forward-looking
statements, and we undertake no
obligation to update this information.
We urge you to carefully review and
consider the disclosures made in
this report and other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
regarding the risks and factors that may
affect our business.
Frank’s International
Principal Executive Offices
Frank’s International N.V.
Mastenmakersweg 1
1786 PB Den Helder,
The Netherlands
U.S. Headquarters
Frank’s International
10260 Westheimer Road
Suite 700
Houston, Texas 77042
USA
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