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Item 1A. Risk Factors,” as well as “Item 1. Business”, “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this Annual Report, including the following factors:

•general economic conditions, such as inflation and government efforts to reduce inflation or a recession;

•persistent volatility in national and global crude oil demand and crude oil prices;

•the possibility of inefficiencies, curtailments or shutdowns in our customers’ operations, whether in response to reductions in demand or other factors;

•uncertainty regarding our future operating results;

•regulation of and dependence upon the energy industry;

•the cyclical nature of the energy industry;

•fluctuations in market prices for fuel, oil and natural gas;

•our ability to maintain acceptable pricing for our services;

•competitive conditions within the industry;

•the loss of or interruption in operations of one or more key suppliers;

•legislative or regulatory changes and potential liability under federal and state laws and regulations;

•decreases in the rate at which oil and/or natural gas reserves are discovered and/or developed;

•the impact of technological advances on the demand for our products and services;

•customers' delays in obtaining permits for their operations;

•hazards and operational risks that may not be fully covered by insurance;

•the write-off of a significant portion of intangible assets;

•our liquidity levels and the need to obtain additional capital or financing, and the availability and/or cost of obtaining such capital or financing;

•limitations originating from our organizational documents, debt instruments and U.S. federal income tax obligations may impact our financial flexibility, our ability to engage in strategic transactions or our ability to declare and pay cash dividends on our common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”);

•changes in supply, demand and costs of equipment, including as a result of tariffs;

•oilfield anti-indemnity provisions;

•seasonal and adverse weather conditions that can affect oil and natural gas operations;

•reliance on information technology ("IT") resources and the inability to implement new technology and services;

•the possibility of terrorist or cyberattacks and the consequences of any such events;

•increased labor costs or our ability to employ, or maintain the employment of, a sufficient number of key employees, technical personnel, and other skilled and qualified workers;

•the market environment and impacts resulting from a global pandemic and subsequent variants;

•the inability to successfully consummate or integrate our acquisitions or inability to manage potential growth; and

•our ability to remediate any material weakness in, or to maintain effective, internal controls over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures.

In light of these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements in this Annual Report. These statements should be considered only after carefully reading this entire Annual Report. Except as required under the federal securities laws and rules and regulations of the SEC, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additional risks that we may currently deem immaterial or that are not presently known to us could also cause the forward-looking events discussed in this Annual Report not to occur.

All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, included in this Annual Report are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This cautionary statement should also be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statement that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue.

RISK FACTOR SUMMARY

Below is a summary of the material risk factors that make an investment in our Common Stock speculative or risky. This summary does not address all of the risks that we face. Additional discussion of the risks summarized in this risk factor summary, and other risks that we face, can be found in Item 1A “Risk Factors” and should be carefully considered, together with other information in this Annual Report, before making investment decisions regarding our Common Stock.

•Our business depends on domestic capital spending by the oil and natural gas industry, and reductions in capital spending could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

•The volatility of oil and natural gas prices may adversely affect the demand for our services and negatively impact our results of operations.

•Our business may be adversely affected by a deterioration in general economic conditions or a weakening of the broader energy industry.

•We may be unable to maintain existing prices or implement price increases on our services.

•We have been expanding our available products and services in recent periods. Our inability to properly manage or support future expansion of our business may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations and could cause the market value of our Common Stock to decline.

•If we lose significant customers, significant customers materially reduce their purchase orders or significant programs on which we rely are delayed, scaled back or eliminated, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.

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•Global pandemics have previously, may continue to, and may in the future adversely impact our business.

•Conservation measures and technological advances could reduce demand for oil and natural gas.

•Our business involves many hazards and operational risks that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

•Increased labor costs, the unavailability of skilled workers or labor-related litigation could hurt our business, financial condition and results of operations.

•We operate in highly competitive markets and our failure to compete effectively may negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

•We have operated at a loss, and there is no assurance of our profitability in the future.

•Our assets require capital for maintenance, upgrades and refurbishment, and we may require capital expenditures for new equipment.

•We have substantial indebtedness, and our ability to repay such indebtedness as it becomes due will depend on our future operating performance.

•Our significant level of indebtedness may limit our ability to borrow additional funds or capitalize on acquisition or other business opportunities. The indenture that governs our Senior Secured Floating Rate Cash / PIK Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Senior Notes”) and the credit agreement that governs our asset-based lending facility (the “New ABL Facility”) have significant financial and operating restrictions that may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

•We may experience future impairment charges.

•Customer payment delays of outstanding receivables and customer bankruptcies could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, results of operations, and consolidated financial condition.

•Shortages or increases in the costs of the equipment we use in our operations could adversely affect our operations in the future.

•We are dependent on a small number of suppliers for key goods and services that we use in our operations.

•If suppliers are unable to supply us with the products used in our operations in a timely manner, in adequate quantities and/or at a reasonable cost, we may be unable to meet the demands of our customers, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

•Our inability to develop, obtain, maintain or implement new technology may cause us to become less competitive.

•Our success may be affected by our ability to use and protect our proprietary technology as well as our ability to enter into license agreements.

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•Oilfield anti‑indemnity provisions enacted by many states may restrict or prohibit a party’s indemnification of us.

•Changes in trucking regulations may increase our transportation costs and negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

•Legal requirements relating to hydraulic fracturing could increase our customers’ costs of doing business, limit the areas in which our customers can operate and reduce oil and natural gas production by our customers, which could adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

•We and our customers are subject to environmental and occupational health and safety laws and regulations that could increase our or our customers’ costs of doing business and adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

•Our and our customers’ operations are subject to a number of risks arising out of the threat of climate change, energy conservation measures, or initiatives that stimulate demand for alternative forms of energy, which could result in increased operating and capital costs for us and our customers, limit the areas in which oil and gas production may occur and reduce demand for the products and services we provide.

•Increasing attention to environmental, social and governance ("ESG") matters may impact our business.

•The federal Endangered Species Act (the "ESA") and comparable laws intended to protect certain species of wildlife govern our and our oil and natural gas exploration and production ("E&P") customers’ operations, which constraints could have an adverse impact on our ability to expand some of our existing operations or limit our customers’ ability to develop new oil and natural gas wells.

•Tariffs and other trade measures could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

PART I


ITEM 1.			BUSINESS

Company Overview

Except as otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, “KLX Energy Services,” “KLXE,” “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

KLX Energy Services is a growth-oriented provider of diversified oilfield services to leading onshore oil and natural gas E&P companies operating in both conventional and unconventional plays in all of the active major basins throughout the United States. KLXE was initially formed from the combination and integration of seven private oilfield service companies acquired during 2013 and 2014. Each of the acquired businesses was regional in nature and brought one or two specific service capabilities to KLX Energy Services. We were incorporated in Delaware on June 28, 2018, and on September 14, 2018, we completed our spin-off from KLX Inc. and became an independent, publicly traded company. See Item 7. "Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" for more details of our acquisitions since becoming a publicly traded company, including our 2020 acquisition of Quintana Energy Services Inc. (“QES,” and such acquisition the “QES Merger”) and our 2023 acquisition of Greene's Energy Group, LLC (“Greene's,” and such acquisition the “Greene's Acquisition”).

We deliver mission critical oilfield services to primarily independent major oil and gas companies focused on drilling, completion, production and intervention activities for technically demanding wells from over 50 service facilities located in the United States. Our primary services include directional drilling, coiled tubing, thru tubing, hydraulic frac rentals, fishing, pressure control, wireline, rig-assisted snubbing, fluid pumping, flowback, testing, pressure pumping and well control services. Our primary rentals and products include hydraulic fracturing stacks, blow out preventers, tubulars, downhole tools, dissolvable plugs, composite plugs and accommodation units. We operate in three segments on a geographic basis, including the Southwest Region (the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford), the Rocky Mountains Region (the Bakken, Williston, DJ, Uinta, Powder River, Piceance and Niobrara basins) and the Northeast/Mid-Con Region (the Marcellus and Utica as well as the Mid-Continent STACK and SCOOP and Haynesville).

Our proprietary products and specialized services are supported by technically skilled personnel and a broad portfolio of innovative in-house research and development (“R&D”), manufacturing, repair and maintenance capabilities. We work with our customers to provide engineered solutions across the entire lifecycle of the well, by streamlining operations, reducing non-productive time and developing cost-effective solutions and customized tools for our customers’ most challenging service needs, which include technically complex unconventional wells requiring extended reach horizontal laterals with greater completion intensity per well. We believe long-term revenue growth opportunities will continue to be driven by increases in the number of new customers served and the breadth of services we offer to existing and prospective customers. See Item 7. "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" for more details about our complementary suite of our targeted services and engineered solutions.

We endeavor to create a “next generation” oilfield services company in terms of management controls, processes and operating metrics and have driven these processes down through the operating management structure in every region. We believe this differentiates us from many of our competitors. This allows us to offer our customers in all of our geographic regions discrete, comprehensive and differentiated services that leverage both the technical expertise of our skilled engineers and our in-house R&D team.

Industry Overview

Demand for our services and products is cyclical and substantially dependent upon activity levels in the oil and gas industry, particularly our customers’ willingness to spend capital on the exploration for and development of oil and natural gas. Our customers’ spending plans are generally based on their outlook for near-term and long-term commodity prices, which are affected by both domestic and global supply and demand factors. In particular, while U.S. natural gas prices are correlated with global oil price movements, they are also affected by local weather, transportation and consumption patterns. As a result, the demand for our services and products is highly sensitive to current and expected commodity prices.

The oil and gas industry experienced significant increases in activity in late 2021 and 2022 due to the recovery from the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic and increasing demand for oil and gas. Average oil prices and natural gas prices and activity subsequently decreased in 2023 and in 2024. Oil and natural gas prices have been, and may remain, volatile, which impacts demand for our business. Global supply and demand factors may continue to result in commodity price volatility.

For more information, see “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Recent Trends and Outlook” in Item 7 of Part II of this Annual Report.

Products and Services

The principal high value-added services and related tools and equipment we offer to support our customers throughout the lifecycle of the well include drilling, completions, production and well intervention services and products in each of our geographic reporting segments.

Drilling: We provide directional drilling and associated drilling support services, including accommodations packages, to E&P companies in many of the most active areas of onshore oil and natural gas developments in the United States, including all active U.S. oil and natural gas basins with level 1 facilities in Appalachian Mountain, Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, West Texas and Rocky Mountain regions.

Our drilling activities are comprised of directional drilling services, downhole navigational and rental tools businesses and support services, including well planning, site supervision, accommodation rentals and other drilling rentals, which assist customers in the drilling and placement of complex directional and horizontal wellbores.

In addition to navigation, our systems offer various technologies, including gamma ray, azimuthal gamma ray, real-time continuous inclination and azimuth, rotary steerable, pressure-while-drilling, mode shifting, stick-slip and destructive dynamics, dynamic sequencing and real-time shock and vibration modules. KLXE utilizes modern well planning and anti-collision software to assist our well planners in providing accurate real-time information to our customers. Additionally, KLXE offers our K-series mud motor fleet that features a proprietary transmission-mandrel to deliver strong build rates, fights fatigue on extended laterals and is available to service all known well profiles. The demand for these services tend to be influenced primarily by customer drilling-related activity levels.

As of December 31, 2024, our market share of the U.S. onshore drilling market was 4.9%, as compared to 6.0% as of December 31, 2023, as measured by the number of rigs we have worked on during the year as a proportion of the total number of rigs published by Baker Hughes.

Completion: Our completions activities are focused on services that help our customers complete and stimulate extended reach horizontal laterals and more technical wellbores. We are highly experienced in safely servicing deep, high-pressure, high-temperature wells in all of the most active onshore basins in the United States and provide premium perforating services for both wireline and tubing-conveyed applications. We believe we offer best-in-class service execution at the wellsite and innovative downhole technologies, positioning us to benefit from our ability to service technically complex wells where the potential for increased operating leverage is high due to the large number of stages per well.

Our completions activities include a wide range of services:

•coiled tubing and nitrogen services;

•wireline services (including pump down perforating, logging and pipe recovery);

•pressure control products and services;

•wellhead and hydraulic fracturing rental products and services;

•flowback and testing services;

•thru-tubing technologies and services;

•fishing services;

•rig assist snubbing services;

•cementing products and services;

•acidizing and pressure pumping services; and

•downhole completion tools, including:

◦toe sleeves;

◦wet shoe cementing bypass subs;

◦composite plugs;

◦dissolvable plugs;

◦liner hangers;

◦stage cementing tools, inflatables, float and casing equipment; and

◦retrievable completion tools.

Our coiled tubing units are used in the provision of completion services or in support of well-servicing and workover applications. Our rig-assisted snubbing units are used in conjunction with a workover rig to insert or remove downhole tools or in support of other well services while maintaining pressure in the well, or in support of unconventional completions. Our nitrogen pumping units provide a non-combustible environment downhole and are used in support of other pressure control or well-servicing applications.

Last year we continued to optimize the quality and performance of our magnesium alloy based line of dissolvable hydraulic fracturing plugs. Our proprietary dissolvable plugs deliver all the benefits of a traditional hydraulic fracturing plug but without the need for bottom hole intervention for removal. Our latest generation dissolvable frac plug, the PhantM™, has been deployed successfully across major U.S. oil and natural gas basins in now more than 1,200 wells by more than 70 customers.

The Company has 62 wireline units in the fleet and 27, or 44%, are configured to run pump down or plug-and-perf operations. Our R&D organization also enables our operations to support our customers with cutting edge pump down operations that include greaseless wireline, addressable gun systems and addressable release tools, to provide our customers with high quality pump down services. Four of the 27 plug-and-perf units are our new Whisper™ Series units. These specialized units are electric/battery-powered and support

our and our customers' sustainability efforts by reducing carbon footprint and noise levels. Additionally, the significant fuel savings due to the units being electrically powered make these units more cost effective to operate. We also maintain a full line of radial cement bond tools, compensated neutron porosity tools and casing evaluation tools to provide well evaluation services to our clients. We also utilize greaseless line and quiet truck wireline technology to meet the environmental concerns of our customers.

We offer a full line of valves and corresponding services to assist clients with their pressure control needs during hydraulic fracturing operations. We have enhanced our hydraulic fracturing valve fleet line through the internal development of next generation technology, including our proprietary, patent pending hydraulic fracturing relief valve (“FRV”). Introduced in 2016, the FRV was built and designed to replace older “pop-off” systems. When tied into a hydraulic fracturing core (pumps), the FRV gives customers a safer and more reliable method for relieving surface pressure in the event of an unforeseen overpressure event. By doing this, we believe we minimize operational risk, as well as greatly reduce health, safety and environmental concerns that are associated with hydraulic fracturing operations.

Additional technologies that we currently deploy on behalf of our customers include our (i) patented flotation collar, which assists customers in getting completion casing to the bottom of extended reach wells when friction prevents getting casing to depth, (ii) proprietary internal pressure actuated toe sleeve, which allows customers a consistent and reliable hydraulic fracturing initiation sleeve at the toe of the completion, (iii) composite hydraulic fracturing plug, a flow control device that is set in the wellbore at given intervals to divert fluid into the formation, and (iv) dissolvable plugs.

Production: We also provide services to enhance and maintain oil and gas production throughout the productive lives of our customers’ wells. Our production services include maintenance-related intervention services as well as the provision of specifically required products and equipment. As with our completion and intervention service offerings, we have developed a portfolio of proprietary tools that we believe differentiates our production solutions service offering.

We believe our proprietary production tool portfolio creates a distinct competitive advantage for us in selling our production services. Key downhole production tools that we have developed and deployed with strong customer adoption include:

Punch Ram Tool—The punch ram tool gives customers the ability to safely and repeatedly release trapped pressure inside production tubulars during pulling operations. The alternative is to “hot-tap” the tubing, which is a high-risk operation that most operators are not willing to employ.

Hydraulic Fracturing Protect Rod Hang Off Tool—This tool is developed to give customers the ability to “hang off” a rod string rather than tripping it out of the hole and laying it down. The associated costs of tripping rods out of the hole coupled with the damage of laying them down and picking the string back, we believe, make this tool an excellent alternative option for customers. The hang off tool allows an operator to easily hang the rod string in the wellhead and still gives them the ability to tie into the tubing, if need be, to monitor pressure or pump fluid.

Intervention: Our intervention services consist of best-in-class technicians and equipment that are focused on providing customers engineered solutions to downhole complications. Intervention involves the application of specialized tools and procedures to retrieve lost equipment and remove other obstructions that either interfere with the completion of the well or are causing diminished production. The principal services we provide to remediate these complications include fishing, thru-tubing and pipe recovery. Given the unique geology and operating characteristics of each well, no two complications are the same, yet each complication our customers experience results in substantial disruption to their well operation and economics. As a result,

resolution is “mission critical” to our customers and superior outcomes can support premium pricing. Those outcomes rely principally on the skill and experience of the technicians dedicated to resolving the issues and the availability of exactly the right tools for every eventuality. We believe we have one of the leading teams of intervention specialists in the industry, supported by a comprehensive portfolio of intervention tools and equipment. Each of our geographic regions is fully staffed with top technicians and fully equipped with a comprehensive range and quantity of equipment given the wellbore profiles for the region.

We support our intervention group with a portfolio of tools consisting of patented and other proprietary technologies. These tools were designed to improve upon conventional technology used by our competitors.

DXD Venturi Tool—The patent pending DXD (Debris Extraction Device) is an internally developed downhole tool that assists customers in removing unwanted debris from the wellbore. Utilizing fluid dynamics, the tool consists of a jet section that accelerates fluid across a nozzle. This increase in fluid velocity creates a pressure drop inside the tool, which draws fluid through an inlet. As the fluid is drawn into the system through the inlet, it picks up unwanted debris in the fluid flow, which is then caught in a series of chambers installed below the tool. The chambers then carry the debris out of the hole when the system is brought back to surface.

SpectrA PDC Bearing Section—The patented SpectrA PDC bearing pack is an extremely reliable and robust thru-tubing motor that deploys the industry’s only all PDC (Polycrystalline Diamond Compact) bearing design - meaning no ball bearings. The elegant design greatly reduces the operating cost of our thru-tubing motors and provides us with a significant differentiator in the thru-tubing space. Since being deployed, SpectrA PDC has proven to be one of the most robust bearing packs available on the market, and its most recent enhancement is able to accommodate increased full flow through the bit.

Hydraulic By-Pass Tool—The patented hydraulic by-pass tool allows us to run our conventional motor assemblies and achieve substantially higher circulation rates without reducing the expected life of our conventional power section. The additional fluid being pumped and by-passed optimizes the downhole hydraulics for the operation and assists with proper debris removal.

Drill Mate (Mechanical By-Pass Valve)—The patented Drill Mate is a downhole tool that was developed to give customers a way to mechanically by-pass fluid during drill out or clean out operations. The tool is a two-piece system that opens and closes based upon the amount of weight being set on the mill or bit. During bottom milling with the tool, the tool is in the closed position, putting 100% of the flow through the motor bottomhole assembly ("BHA"). As weight is removed from the mill or bit either by milling through the obstruction or picking up off bottom, the tool strokes open, thereby exposing by-pass ports that divert fluid through them. At this point, a customer can increase the amount of fluid being pumped through the BHA to assist in debris removal. This increase in fluid rate does not affect the life of the motor as the additional fluid is by-passed through the Drill Mate tool.

Customers and Marketing

Substantially all of our customers are engaged in the energy industry. Most of our sales are to major, large independent and regional oil and natural gas companies, and these sales have resulted in a diversified and geographically balanced portfolio of more than 610 customers within North America. Revenues from our five largest customers collectively represented approximately 31% of our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2024. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenues during the year.

Our sales activities are conducted through a network of sales representatives and business development personnel, which provide coverage on a product-line and geographical basis. Sales representatives work closely with local operations managers to target potential opportunities through strategic focus and planning. Customers are identified as targets based on their drilling and completion activity, geographic location and economic viability. Direction of the sales team is conducted through weekly meetings and daily

communication. Our marketing activities are performed internally. Our strategy is based on building a strong North American brand though multiple media outlets including our website, select social media accounts, print, billboard advertisements, press releases and various industry-specific conferences, publications and lectures. We have a technical sales organization with expertise and focus within their specific service line. Our strategy is to sell our services using data to demonstrate safety and service quality. We accomplish this through communication across sales regions and operations departments to share best practices and leverage existing customer relationships.

Competition

The markets in which we operate are highly competitive. Additionally, projects are often awarded on a bid basis, which tends to create a highly competitive environment. To be successful, a company must provide services that meet the specific needs of oil and natural gas E&P companies and drilling, completions, production and intervention service contractors at competitive prices. We provide our services across the United States and we compete against different companies in each service and product line we offer. Our competition includes many large and small oilfield service companies, including the largest integrated oilfield services companies.

Our major competitors include Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Patterson-UTI Energy, Liberty Oilfield Services, RPC, ProPetro Holding Corp., Phoenix Technology Services, STEP Energy Services, Ranger Energy Services, Nine Energy Services, Scientific Drilling International and other private competitors.

We differentiate our company from our competitors by delivering a broad range of drilling, completion, production and intervention services safely with high quality equipment and highly competent personnel, which we believe enables us to deliver superior execution while operating an efficient and safe working environment. While we must be competitive in our pricing, we believe our customers select our services based on the local leadership, relationships and expertise that our field management and operating personnel use to deliver quality services. We maintain and develop new business through corporate, regional, safety, quality and discrete product/service specialist sales teams throughout the United States.

We believe our focus on cultivating our existing customer relationships as well as developing new relationships, while maintaining our high standard of customer service, technology, safety, performance and quality of crews, equipped us to effectively compete and succeed in a competitive market.

Suppliers and Procurement

We purchase a wide variety of materials, components and partially completed and finished products from manufacturers and suppliers for our use. To date, we have generally been able to obtain the equipment, parts and supplies necessary to support our operations on a timely basis. While we believe that we will be able to make satisfactory alternative arrangements in the event of any interruption in the supply of these materials and/or products by one of our suppliers, we may not always be able to make alternative arrangements. In addition, certain materials for which we do not currently have long-term supply agreements could experience shortages and significant price increases in the future. As a result, we may be unable to mitigate any future supply shortages and our results of operations, prospects and financial condition could be adversely affected.

Customer Service

We are highly differentiated in each of the geographic markets that we serve with our services and associated product offerings. This is achieved by providing targeted, complementary services and related products and being responsive to our customers with both quality, as measured by the industry-standard non-productive time, and timely responses to requests. The key elements include:

•24 hours a day, seven days a week operations;

•recognized industry leading technicians in our principal service and product lines;

•responsiveness to our customers’ requirements for ready-to-deploy American Petroleum Institute certified equipment and a “can do” philosophy;

•technical interface with customers via product line management personnel; and

•client relationship building.

Technology and Intellectual Property

Our engineering and technology efforts are focused on providing efficient and cost-effective solutions to maximize production for our customers across major North American onshore basins. We have dedicated resources focused on the internal development of new technology and equipment, as well as resources focused on sourcing and commercializing new technologies through strategic relationships.

Although in the aggregate our patents and licenses are important to us, we do not regard any single patent, license or strategic relationship as critical or essential to our business as a whole. We also consider the quality and timely delivery of our products, the service we provide to our customers, and the technical knowledge and skill of our personnel to be more important than our registered intellectual property in our ability to compete.

We believe we have become a “go-to” service provider for piloting certain new technologies across North America because of our service quality, execution at the wellsite and scale. These strategic relationships provide us and our customers with access to unique technology from independent innovators. This also allows us to minimize exposure to potential technology adoption risks and the significant costs associated with developing and implementing R&D internally. Our internal resources are focused on evolving our existing proprietary tools to stay on trend and ensure quicker, lower completion and production costs for our customers.

Risk Management and Insurance

The provision of technical services or use of certain of our tools and equipment in connection therewith could involve operational risk and thereby expose us to liabilities. An accident involving our services or equipment, or the failure of a product, could result in personal injury, loss of life and damage to property, equipment or the environment. Damages from a catastrophic occurrence, such as a fire or explosion, could result in substantial claims for damages. We generally attempt to negotiate the terms of our Master Services Agreements ("MSAs") consistent with industry practice. In general, we attempt to take responsibility for our own personnel and property, while our customers, such as the E&P companies and well operators, take responsibility for their own personnel, property and all liabilities arising from well and subsurface operations.

In addition, claims for loss of oil and gas production and damage to formations can occur in the oilfield services industry. If a serious accident were to occur at a location where our equipment and services are being used, it could result in us being named as a defendant in lawsuits asserting large claims.

Oilfield services companies, despite efforts to maintain high safety standards, from time to time, have suffered accidents. Our business is subject to the same risks and, as a result, there is a risk that we will experience accidents in the future. In addition to the property and personal losses from these accidents, the frequency and severity of these incidents affect our operating costs and insurability, and our relationship with customers, employees and regulatory agencies. In particular, in recent years many of our large customers have placed

an increased emphasis on the safety records of their service providers. Any significant increase in the frequency or severity of these incidents, or the general level of compensatory payments, could adversely affect the cost of, or our ability to obtain, workers’ compensation and other forms of insurance, and could have other material adverse effects on our financial condition and results of operations.

We maintain a risk management program that covers operating hazards, including products and completed operations, property damage and personal injury claims as well as certain limited environmental claims. Our risk management program includes primary, umbrella and excess umbrella liability policies in excess of $75.0 million per occurrence, including sudden and accidental pollution claims. We believe that our insurance is sufficient to cover property and casualty liability claims.

We retain the risk for any liability not indemnified by our customers and in excess of our insurance coverage. These MSAs delineate our and our customers’ respective warranty and indemnification obligations with respect to the services we provide. We endeavor to negotiate MSAs with our customers that provide, among other things, that we and our customers assume (without regard to fault) liability for damages to our respective personnel and property. For catastrophic losses, we endeavor to negotiate MSAs that include industry-standard carve-outs from the knock-for-knock indemnities. Additionally, our MSAs often provide carve-outs to the “without regard to fault” concept that would permit, for example, us to be held responsible for events of catastrophic loss only if they arise as a result of our gross negligence or willful misconduct. Our MSAs typically provide for industry-standard pollution indemnities, pursuant to which we assume liability for surface pollution associated with our equipment and originating above the surface (without regard to fault), and our customer assumes (without regard to fault) liability arising from all other pollution, including, without limitation, underground pollution and pollution emanating from the wellbore as a result of an explosion, fire or blowout. The summary of MSAs set forth above is a summary of the material terms of the typical MSA that we have in place and does not reflect every MSA that we have entered into or may enter into in the future, some of which may contain indemnity structures and risk allocations between our customers and us that are different than those described here.

Information Technology

Our IT systems provide us with a scalable integrated platform that facilitates efficient operations, consolidated invoicing and optimal equipment utilization on both a site and segment basis. Our operating strategy is based upon balancing high asset and personnel utilization levels with consistently superior customer service. As such, our IT systems are integral to effectively managing our business.

Government Regulation and Environmental, Health and Safety Matters

Our operations and those of our customers are subject to extensive and changing federal, state and local laws and regulations establishing health, safety and environmental quality standards, including those governing discharges of pollutants into the air and water, protection of natural resources and certain wildlife and the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations or comply with permits may result in the assessment of administrative, civil and criminal penalties; the imposition of remedial or corrective action requirements; and the imposition of injunctions or other orders to prohibit certain activities, restrict certain operations or force future compliance with environmental regulations. Historically, our environmental compliance costs have not had a material adverse effect on our operations. However, we could become subject to future liabilities or obligations as a result of new or more stringent interpretations of existing laws and regulations. In addition, we may have liabilities or obligations in the future if we discover any environmental contamination or liability relating to our facilities or operations.

The following is a summary of some of the existing laws, rules and regulations, as amended from time to time, to which we or our customers are subject.

Hazardous Substances and Waste Handling

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 guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”), 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 disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes in compliance with RCRA and analogous state laws. RCRA currently exempts many E&P wastes from classification as hazardous waste. Specifically, RCRA excludes from the definition of hazardous waste produced waters and other wastes intrinsically associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil and natural gas. However, efforts have been made from time to time to remove this exclusion and thus it is possible that certain E&P waste now classified as non-hazardous waste and excluded from treatment as hazardous wastes may in the future be designated as “hazardous wastes” under RCRA or other applicable statutes. Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (“NORM”) may contaminate extraction and processing equipment used in the oil and natural gas industry. The waste resulting from such contamination is regulated by federal and state laws. Standards have been developed for worker protection; treatment, storage, and disposal of NORM and NORM waste; management of NORM-contaminated waste piles, containers and tanks; and limitations on the relinquishment of NORM contaminated land for unrestricted use under RCRA and state laws. Stricter regulation of wastes generated during our or our customers’ operations could result in increased costs for our operations or the operations of our customers, which could in turn reduce demand for our products and services and adversely affect our business.

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 current and former owner or operator of the site where the release occurred, and anyone who transported or disposed or arranged for the transport or disposal of a hazardous substance released at the site. Persons who are or were responsible for releases of hazardous substances under CERCLA and any state analogs may be subject to joint and several, strict liability for the costs of cleaning up the hazardous substances that have been released into the environment, and for damages to natural resources and for the costs of certain health studies. We currently own, lease, or operate numerous properties that have been used for manufacturing and other operations for many years. 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. The EPA has the power to make additional substances subject to CERCLA and RCRA, including certain Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS). For example, in May 2024, the EPA adopted a final rule to list two PFAS (i.e., PFOA and PFOS) as CERCLA hazardous substances, which could result in additional remediation costs at certain properties in the future and could impose additional costs on some of our customers. 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 the hazardous substances released into the environment.

Endangered Species Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act

The ESA and comparable state laws were established to protect endangered and threatened species. Under the ESA, if a species is listed as threatened or endangered, restrictions may be imposed on activities adversely affecting that species’ habitat. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) has the ability to designate additional species as protected by the ESA and alter the areas designated as habitat for such species. For example, FWS recently published a rule listing two distinct population segments of the Lesser Prairie Chicken under the ESA, a species found in some states where we operate. Further, in May 2024, FWS listed the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard as an endangered species under the ESA. The listing of the Dunes

Sagebrush Lizard or designation of its habitat could impact the availability of frac sand used by our customers. Additionally, in April 2023, the FWS published a proposed rule to list the Greater Sage Grouse as threatened under the ESA. Both the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard and the Greater Sage Grouse can be found in some areas where we and our customers operate. While we cannot predict the outcome of these or any other future proposed or finalized listings, or whether the Trump Administration may take action that would impact any currently listed species or otherwise change the compliance obligations under ESA implementing regulations, the designation of previously unidentified endangered or threatened species, or other agency actions aimed at species conservation could indirectly cause us to incur additional costs, cause our or our oil and natural gas E&P customers' operations to become subject to operating restrictions or bans, result in new difficulties obtaining permits or other authorizations, and limit future development activity in affected areas, which could reduce demand for our products and services to those customers.

FWS has taken differing positions on the extent to which there is criminal liability under the MBTA for certain actions reacted to migratory birds, their nests, or their eggs.

National Environmental Policy Act

E&P activities on federal lands may be subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). NEPA requires federal agencies, including the Department of the Interior, to evaluate major agency actions that have the potential to significantly impact the environment. Approvals necessary for our customers to operate on federal or Tribal land are subject to NEPA. The NEPA review process has the potential to delay the permitting and subsequent development of oil and natural gas projects. NEPA requirements have been subject to or influenced by regulations and guidance from the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”), and the CEQ’s requirements and guidance for such reviews have altered several times during the past few years under different administrations, and are likely to continue to change. For example, in January 2023 the CEQ issued new guidance on consideration of greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions and climate change in NEPA environmental reviews. The guidance followed the publication of a final rule in April 2022 revoking some modifications made to the regulations under the first Trump Administration and reincorporating consideration of direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of major federal actions. It is uncertain to what extent the Trump Administration may take action to revise or revoke existing NEPA guidance.

In May 2024, the CEQ finalized a rule that revises the implementing regulations of the procedural provisions of NEPA and implements the amendments to NEPA included in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. The final rule is being challenged by various states in the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, and in February 2025, the court issued an order vacating the May 2024 rule after determining that the CEQ lacks authority to issue binding NEPA regulations. In November 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit similarly determined that the CEQ lacks authority to issue binding NEPA regulations. As a result of these rulings and the change in the U.S. presidential administration, there is uncertainty with respect to current and future requirements for NEPA analyses.

Worker Health and Safety

We are subject to a number of federal and state laws and regulations, including the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, which establishes requirements to protect the health and safety of workers. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") hazard communication standard, the EPA community right-to-know regulations under Title III of the federal Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act and comparable state statutes require maintenance of information about hazardous materials used or

produced in operations and provision of this information to employees, state and local government authorities and citizens. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulates and provides safety oversight of commercial motor vehicles, the EPA establishes requirements to protect human health and the environment, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ("ATF") establishes requirements for the safe use and storage of explosives, and the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission establishes requirements for the protection against ionizing radiation. 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 these laws and regulations.

Additionally, OSHA has implemented rules establishing a more stringent permissible exposure limit for exposure to respirable crystalline silica and other provisions to protect employees. OSHA and analogous state agencies may continue to propose changes in their regulations regarding workplace exposure to crystalline silica, such as permissible exposure limits and required controls and personal protective equipment. Additionally, the inhalation of respirable crystalline silica is associated with health risks, including the lung disease silicosis. These health risks have been, and may continue to be, a significant issue confronting the hydraulic fracturing industry. Concerns over silicosis and other potential adverse health effects, as well as concerns regarding potential liability from the use of hydraulic fracturing sand, may have the effect of discouraging our customers' use of hydraulic fracturing sand.

Transportation Safety and Compliance

Operating a fleet of over 1,500 vehicles, we are subject to regulation as a motor carrier by the U.S. Department of Transportation (the “DOT”) and analogous state agencies, which requires us to comply with a number of federal and state laws and regulations, including the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and Hazardous Material Regulations for interstate travel, and comparable state regulations for intrastate travel. These regulatory authorities exercise broad powers, governing activities such as the authorization to engage in motor carrier operations, regulatory safety, equipment testing, driver requirements and specifications, and insurance requirements. The trucking industry is subject to possible regulatory and legislative changes that may affect the economics of the industry by requiring changes in operating practices (including for example, changes in fuel emissions limits, hours of service regulations that govern the amount of time a driver may drive or work in any specific period and limits on vehicle weight and size) or by reducing the demand for common or contract carrier services or the cost of providing truckload services. Additional regulatory initiatives may be pursued relating to fuel quality, engine efficiency and GHG emissions, which could further increase our costs due to truck purchases and maintenance, impairment of equipment productivity, decreases in the residual value of vehicles, unpredictable fluctuations in fuel prices and increases in operating expenses. Our operations, including routing and weight restrictions, could be affected by road construction, road repairs, detours and state and local regulations and ordinances restricting access to certain roads and our increased truck traffic could contribute to deteriorating road conditions in some areas. Also, state and local regulation of permitted routes and times on specific roadways could adversely affect our operations. We cannot predict whether, or in what form, any legislative or regulatory changes or municipal ordinances applicable to our logistics operations will be enacted and to what extent any such legislation or regulations could increase our costs or otherwise adversely affect our business or operations. Moreover, 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 the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles.

Water Discharges

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (the “Clean Water Act” or “CWA”) 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, including jurisdictional wetlands, is prohibited, except in accordance with the terms of a permit issued by the EPA or U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ("Corps") or an analogous state agency.

There continues to be uncertainty on the federal government's applicable jurisdictional reach under the CWA over “waters of the United States”, including wetlands, as the EPA and the Corps under the Obama, Trump and Biden Administrations have pursued multiple rulemakings since 2015 in an attempt to define the scope of such reach. While the EPA and Corps under the Trump Administration issued a final rule in January 2021 narrowing federal jurisdictional reach over waters of the United States, the EPA and the Corps under President Biden issued a new rule in January 2023, the EPA and the Corps released a final revised definition of “waters of the United States” that again broadened federal jurisdiction over these waters. Judicial developments add further uncertainty as the Supreme Court invalidated certain parts of the January 2023 rule, resulting in a revised rule being issued in September 2023. Due to the injunction of the rule in certain states, the implementation of the September 2023 rule currently varies by state. The Trump Administration may seek to take additional action with respect to these regulations, although the substance and the timing of such action cannot be predicted.

To the extent the scope of the CWA's jurisdiction continues to change and expand in areas where we or our customers conduct operations, such developments could delay, restrict or halt the development of projects, result in longer permitting timelines, or increased compliance expenditures or mitigation costs for our customers’ operations, which may reduce our customers’ rate of production of oil and gas and reduce the demand for our products and services.

Federal and state regulatory agencies can impose administrative, civil and criminal penalties as well as other enforcement mechanisms for non-compliance with discharge permits or other requirements of the CWA and analogous state laws and regulations.

Air Emissions

The federal Clean Air Act (“CAA”), and comparable state laws, regulate emissions of various air pollutants through air emissions permitting programs and the imposition of other requirements. In addition, the EPA has developed, and continues to develop, stringent regulations governing emissions of toxic air pollutants at specified sources. These regulations change frequently. However, several groups challenged the December 2020 decision, and, in October 2021, the EPA announced it would reconsider the decision. A draft assessment released in April 2022 indicated a preliminary conclusion that the December 2020 decision would stand, but uncertainty remains until a final decision is released. In August 2023, the EPA announced a new review of the ozone NAAQS. The EPA's review remains ongoing and is not expected to be completed before the EPA's five-year cycle for NAAQS review in December 2025. More recently, in December 2024, the EPA issued a rule to revise the secondary NAAQS for sulfur oxides, but retained without revision the secondary standards for oxides of nitrogen and particulate matter. State implementation of the revised NAAQS could result in stricter permitting requirements, which in turn could delay or impair our or our customers’ ability to obtain air emission permits, and result in increased expenditures for pollution control equipment, the costs of which could be significant. Federal and state regulatory agencies can impose administrative, civil and criminal penalties, as

well as injunctive relief, for non-compliance with air permits or other requirements of the CAA and associated state laws and regulations.

Climate Change

The threat of climate change continues to attract considerable attention in the United States and around the world. Numerous proposals have been made and could continue to be made at the international, national, regional and state levels of government to monitor and limit existing emissions of GHGs as well as to restrict or eliminate such future emissions.

The U.S. Congress has not adopted comprehensive climate change legislation but did impose the first-ever fee on the emission of GHGs through a methane emissions charge. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”) amends the CAA to impose a fee on the emission of methane from sources required to report their GHG emissions to the EPA, including those sources in the onshore petroleum and natural gas production and gathering and boosting source categories. While we will not be required to pay this fee, some of our customers may. The methane emissions charge, starting in calendar year 2024 at $900 per ton of methane, will increase to $1,200 in 2025 and be set at $1,500 for 2026 and each year after. In November 2024, the EPA finalized a rule, applicable to oil and gas facilities that emit more than 25,000 metric tons of CO2 per year, to implement the methane emissions fee provisions of the IRA. The IRA also directed the EPA to revise GHG reporting requirements for segments of the oil and gas sector, including portions of our customer base, and in May 2024, the EPA finalized updates to the reporting requirements which will also impact the calculation of the methane emissions fee. We cannot predict whether, how, or when the Trump Administration or a future Congress might take action to alter either of these rules. The methane emissions charge and GHG reporting revisions could increase our customers' operating or compliance costs and adversely affect their businesses, thereby reducing demand for our products and services.

Additionally, the IRA contains hundreds of billions of dollars in incentives for the development of renewable energy, clean hydrogen, clean fuels, electric vehicles, and supporting infrastructure and carbon capture and sequestration, among other provisions. However, in January 2025, President Trump issued an executive order pausing certain funding disbursements under the IRA; the potential impact of this action and any future similar attempts to limit the incentives under the IRA are uncertain. Although the President's action was challenged in court, to the extent funding disbursements under the IRA continue or any future similar legislation begins to provide such incentives, these incentives could accelerate the transition of the U.S. economy away from the use of fossil fuels towards lower- or zero-carbon emissions alternatives, reduce demand for our customers’ products, and thereby reduce demand for our services.

The EPA has adopted rules that, among other things, establish construction and operating permit reviews for GHG emissions from certain large stationary sources, require the monitoring and annual reporting of GHG emissions from certain petroleum and natural gas system sources, and impose new standards reducing methane emissions from oil and gas operations through limitations on venting and flaring and the implementation of enhanced emission leak detection and repair requirements. EPA has also announced enforcement initiatives aimed at reducing GHG emissions from the oil and gas sector, although the extent to which these initiatives will change under the Trump Administration is uncertain.

In December 2023, the EPA issued a final rule and establishing more stringent methane regulations for new, modified, and reconstructed facilities in the oil and gas sector, known as Quad Ob, as well as standards for existing sources for the first time ever, known as Quad Oc. While these regulations do not apply directly to our operations, they will apply to many of our customers. Under the final rules, states have two years to prepare and submit their plans to impose methane emission controls on existing sources and may take up to an additional three years to implement requirements. The presumptive standards established under the final rule are generally the same for both new and existing sources and include enhanced leak detection survey requirements using optical gas imaging and other advanced monitoring to encourage the deployment of innovative technologies to detect and reduce methane emissions, reduction of emissions by 95% through capture and control systems, zero-emission requirements for certain devices, limitations on flaring, and the establishment of a “super emitter” response program that allows third parties to make reports to the EPA of

large methane emission events, triggering certain investigation and repair requirements. Fines and penalties for violations of these rules can be substantial. The final rule is currently being challenged by 23 states and a coalition of industry groups in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. During this challenge, Quad Ob remains in effect and we cannot predict the outcome or impact this case may have on the rule at this time. The Trump Administration may also take action to alter the methane rule, but we cannot predict whether such action will occur or its timing.

In addition, some states where we operate, such as New Mexico and Colorado, have also imposed new or more stringent methane emission regulations. The requirements of the EPA’s final methane rules and state methane emissions regulations could increase operating or compliance costs for our customers in these states and impact demand for our services.

At the international level, the United Nations-sponsored Paris Agreement is a non-binding agreement for nations to limit their GHG emissions through individually-determined reduction goals every five years after 2020. President Biden recommitted the United States to the Paris Agreement in January 2021 and announced in April 2021 a new, more rigorous nationally determined emissions reduction level of 50 percent to 52 percent from 2005 levels in economy-wide net GHG emissions by 2030. Subsequent United Nations climate conferences have called for additional action to transition away from fossil fuels and control or otherwise reduce GHG emissions, though none have been legally binding. The Trump Administration, however, has signed an executive order in January 2025 to re-withdraw from the Paris Agreement, and the United States' participation in future United Nations climate-related conferences cannot be predicted at this time.

Governmental, scientific, and public concern over the threat of climate change arising from GHG emissions has resulted in federal political risks in the United States under the Biden Administration. There has also been action at the state level related to GHG emissions. For example, both New York and Vermont have enacted "climate superfund" laws which seek to require compensatory payments from certain entities in the fossil fuel industry, including extractors and refiners, who are responsible for a certain amount of annual GHG emissions. While these laws have been or are expected to be challenged, and neither are directly applicable to our business, they could result in significant financial obligations to our customers. Additionally, in October 2023, the Governor of California signed the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (“CCDAA”) and Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (“CRFRA”) into law. The CCDAA requires both public and private U.S. companies that are “doing business in California” and that have a total annual revenue of $1 billion to publicly disclose and verify, on an annual basis, Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions. Both laws are vague and potentially broad with respect to their applicability, appearing to require only minimal contacts with California. The CRFRA requires the disclosure of a climate-related financial risk report (in line with the Task Force on the Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations or equivalent disclosure requirements under the International Sustainability Standards Board’s climate-related disclosure standards) every other year for public and private companies that are “doing business in California” and have total annual revenue of $500 million. Reporting under both laws would begin in 2026. Currently, the ultimate impact of these laws on our business is uncertain— both laws have been challenged in court and while the outcome of the challenges is uncertain at this time, the judge in the case declined to grant a temporary injunction of the laws while the litigation moves forward. Separately, these and other enhanced climate related disclosure requirements could lead to reputational or other harm with customers, regulators, investors or other stakeholders and could also increase our litigation risks relating to alleged climate-related damages resulting from our operations, statements alleged to have been made by us or others in our industry regarding climate change risks, or in connection with any future disclosures we may make regarding reported emissions, particularly given the inherent uncertainties and estimations with respect to calculating and reporting GHG emissions.

Litigation risks are also increasing as a number of states, municipalities and other plaintiffs have sought to bring suit against the largest oil and natural gas E&P companies in state or federal court alleging, among other things, that such energy companies created public nuisances by producing fuels that contributed to global warming effects, such as rising sea levels, and therefore, are responsible for roadway and infrastructure damages as a result, or alleging that the companies have been aware of the adverse effects of climate change for some time but defrauded their investors by failing to adequately disclose those impacts.

Additionally, climate change and ESG policies may impact the Company or our customers’ access to capital. Certain shareholders and bondholders currently invested in fossil-fuel energy companies are concerned about the potential effects of climate change and may elect in the future to shift some or all of their investments into non-fossil fuel energy related sectors. Many of the largest U.S. banks have made "net zero" carbon emission commitments and, while some of the commitments may be in flux, certain of the banks have announced that they will be assessing financed emissions across their portfolios and taking steps to quantify and reduce those emissions. These and other developments in the financial sector could lead to some lenders restricting access to capital for or divesting from certain industries or companies, including the oil and gas sector, or requiring that borrowers take additional steps to reduce their GHG emissions. Additionally, there is the possibility that financial institutions will be pressured or required to adopt policies that limit funding for fossil fuel energy companies. However, this trend has waned more recently. While we cannot predict how or to what extent sustainable lending and investment practice may impact our operations, a material reduction in the capital available to us or our fossil fuel-related customers could make it more difficult to secure funding for exploration, development, production, transportation, and processing activities, which could reduce the demand for our products and services.

In March 2024, the SEC finalized a rule that requires registrants to make certain climate-related disclosures in registration statements and annual reports, including their governance of climate-related risks; material climate-related impacts on strategy, outlook and business model; climate risk management; Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions under certain circumstances; and if the registrant has set them, climate-related targets and goals. The SEC's final rule is being challenged in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the implementation of the rule has been voluntarily stayed by the SEC pending the outcome of the legal challenge and may be revisited by the SEC in the future. The SEC has previously announced that it is scrutinizing existing climate-change related disclosures in public filings, increasing the potential for enforcement if the SEC were to allege that an issuer's existing climate disclosures were misleading or deficient, although this focus is subject to change. We cannot predict the impact that any future climate-related disclosure rule, if finalized, would have on our operations. To the extent that requirements or enforcement initiatives impose significant additional costs on us or our customers, we could be negatively impacted by the SEC’s regulatory or enforcement actions.

Finally, increasing concentrations of GHGs in the Earth’s atmosphere may produce climate changes that could have significant physical effects, such as increased frequency and severity of storms, droughts, and floods and other climatic events, as well as chronic shifts in temperature and precipitation patterns. These climatic developments have the potential to cause physical damage to our and our customers’ assets or disrupt operations and thus could have an adverse effect on each of our operations. Additionally, changing meteorological conditions, particularly temperature, may result in changes to the amount, timing, or location of demand for energy or its production. While our consideration of changing climatic conditions and inclusion of safety factors in design is intended to reduce the uncertainties that climate change and other events may potentially introduce, our ability to mitigate the adverse impacts of these events depends in part on the effectiveness of our facilities and our disaster preparedness and response and business continuity planning, which may not have considered or be prepared for every eventuality.

Hydraulic Fracturing

Our businesses are dependent on our customers’ hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling activities. Hydraulic fracturing is an important and common practice that is used to stimulate production of hydrocarbons, particularly natural gas, from tight formations, including shales. The process, which involves the injection of water, sand and chemicals under pressure into formations to fracture the surrounding rock and stimulate production, is typically regulated by state oil and natural gas commissions.

At the federal level, the EPA has asserted federal regulatory authority over certain hydraulic fracturing activities involving the use of diesel fuels and regarding certain wastewater discharges from onshore unconventional oil and gas extraction facilities under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The federal Bureau of Land Management has issued rules governing hydraulic fracturing activities on federal lands, and the drilling and completion of oil and gas wells, including hydraulic fracturing operations, are subject to federal, state and local regulation on federal lands.

The U.S. Congress has from time to time considered but refused to adopt federal legislation regarding hydraulic fracturing including considering amending the current exemption for hydraulic fracturing operations that do not include fracturing fluids that contain diesel fuel under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s Underground Injection Control program. The Biden Administration pursued various legislative and regulatory initiatives to restrict hydraulic fracturing activities on federal lands. These or similar actions, if taken in the future, could impose additional hydraulic fracturing limitations on our customers that could ultimately result in decreased demand for our products and services.

At the state level, many states have adopted legal requirements that have imposed new or more stringent permitting, public disclosure or well construction requirements on hydraulic fracturing activities, including states where our customers operate. States could also elect to place prohibitions on hydraulic fracturing and local governments may seek to adopt ordinances within their jurisdictions regulating the time, place or manner of drilling activities in general or hydraulic fracturing activities in particular.

Seismic Events and Water Availability

Wells used for the disposal by injection of flowback water or certain other oilfield fluids below ground into non-producing formations have been associated with an increased number of seismic events, with research suggesting that the link between seismic events and wastewater disposal may vary by region and local geology. The U.S. geological survey has identified six states with the most significant hazards from induced seismicity, which includes Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arkansas. In response to these concerns, regulators in some states have adopted additional requirements related to seismicity and its potential association with hydraulic fracturing. Texas and Oklahoma have also issued orders or other directives, from time to time, requesting or even compelling operators of certain wells where seismic incidents have occurred to restrict or suspend disposal well operations. Another consequence of seismic events may be lawsuits alleging that disposal well operations have caused damage to neighboring properties or otherwise violated state and federal rules regulating waste disposal.

Finally, water is an essential component of shale oil and natural gas production during both the drilling and hydraulic fracturing processes.

Employees

As of December 31, 2024, we had approximately 1,726 employees. Approximately 89% of our employees are engaged in operations, quality and purchasing, 4% in sales and marketing and 7% in finance, human resources, IT, management and general administration. Our employees are not unionized, and we consider our employee relations to be good.

Available Information

Our filings with the SEC, including this Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, our Proxy Statement, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to any of those reports are available free of charge on our website, https://www.klx.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. These reports may also be obtained on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxy statements, information statements, and other information regarding SEC registrants, including KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc.

In addition to the reports filed or furnished with the SEC and provided on our website, we publicly disclose material information from time to time in our press releases, at annual meetings of stockholders and in publicly accessible conferences and Investor presentations primarily through our Investor Relations pages (https://investor.klx.com).

It should be noted that references to the Company's website in this Annual Report are provided as a convenience and do not constitute, and should not be deemed, an incorporation by reference of the information contained on, or available through, the website, and such information should not be considered part of this Annual Report.


ITEM 1A.ITEM 1B.			RISK FACTORS (U.S. dollars in millions, except per unit data)

Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the information in this Annual Report, including the matters addressed under “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and the following risks before making an investment decision. If any of the following risks or uncertainties or any other risks or uncertainties of which we are currently unaware actually occur, or if any of our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

Risks Relating to Our Business

Our business depends on domestic capital spending by the oil and natural gas industry, and reductions in capital spending could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our revenues are generated primarily from customers who are engaged in drilling for and production of oil and natural gas. Demand for services in the oil and natural gas industry is cyclical and subject to sudden and significant volatility, and we depend on our customers’ willingness to make capital and operating expenditures to explore for, develop and produce oil and natural gas in the United States. The oil and gas industry experienced significant increases in activity in late 2021 and 2022 due to the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing demand for oil and gas. Average oil prices and natural gas prices and activity subsequently decreased in 2023 and 2024 compared to 2022, with average oil prices and activity stabilizing in late 2023 and natural gas prices continuing to decrease through the end of 2024. Oil and natural gas prices have been, and may remain, volatile, which impacts demand for our business. However, an unexpected slowdown in economic activity may result in lower capital expenditures, project modifications, delays or cancellations, general business disruptions, and delays in payment of, or nonpayment of, amounts that are owed to us, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Over the past several years, an increasing number of E&P companies increased their focus on generating free cash flow; as a result, if oil prices drop or spending for activities exceeds amounts budgeted earlier in their fiscal years, many E&P companies will sharply curtail spending, which negatively impacts demand for our services. This practice has been commonly referred to as “budget exhaustion” in the industry. The lack of notice of budget exhaustion negatively impacts our hiring practices and operating efficiencies.

Additional factors over which we have no control that could affect our customers’ willingness to undertake drilling, completion, production, and intervention spending activities include:

The volatility of oil and natural gas prices may adversely affect the demand for our services and negatively impact our results of operations.

The demand for our services is primarily determined by current and anticipated oil and natural gas prices and the related levels of capital spending and drilling activity in the areas in which we have operations. Volatility or weakness in oil prices or natural gas prices (or the perception that oil prices or natural gas prices will decrease) affects the spending patterns of our customers and may result in the drilling of fewer new wells.

This, in turn, could lead to lower demand for our services and may cause lower utilization of our assets. We have experienced, and may in the future experience, significant fluctuations in operating results as a result of the reactions of our customers to changes in oil and natural gas prices.

Historically, prices for oil and natural gas have been extremely volatile and are expected to continue to be volatile.

Significant factors that are likely to affect commodity prices in current and future periods include, but are not limited to, price reductions or increased production by OPEC members and other oil exporting nations, the effect of U.S. energy, monetary and trade policies, U.S. and global economic conditions, U.S. and global political and economic developments, including initiatives introduced by the Trump Administration and resulting energy and environmental policies, war or other military conflict, including the continuing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and conditions in the U.S. oil and gas industry and the resulting demand for domestic land oilfield services.

Our business may be adversely affected by a deterioration in general economic conditions or a weakening of the broader energy industry.

Although oil prices have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry has still not fully recovered, and is currently still at a lower rig count than before the COVID-19 pandemic. We cannot assure you these conditions will not continue to exist throughout 2025. The risks associated with our business are more acute during periods of economic slowdown or recession because such periods may be accompanied by decreased spending by our customers. A prolonged period of economic slowdown and/or recession in the United States, particularly if coupled with a prolonged slowdown in the E&P industry, would materially and adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The oil and gas industry has historically been both cyclical and seasonal. Activity levels historically have been driven primarily by E&P company capital spending, well completions and workover activity, the geological characteristics of the producing wells and their effect on the services required to commence and maintain production levels, and our customers’ capital and operating budgets. All of these indicators are generally driven by commodity prices, which are affected by both domestic and global supply and demand factors. In particular, while U.S. oil and natural gas prices are correlated with global oil price movements, they are also affected by local markets, weather and consumption patterns.

A continued recession or long-term market correction could further materially affect the value of our Common Stock, affect our access to capital and affect our business in the near and long-term. The borrowing base of our New ABL Facility is dependent upon our receivables, which may be significantly lower in the future due to reduced activity levels or decreases in pricing for our services.

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

Some of our largest customers have consolidated in recent years and are using their size and purchasing power to achieve economies of scale and pricing concessions. This consolidation may result in reduced capital spending by E&P customers or the acquisition of one or more of our other primary customers, which may lead to decreased demand for our products and services. If we cannot maintain sales levels for customers that have consolidated or replace such revenue with increased business activities from other customers, this consolidation activity could have a significant negative impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, if a significant customer experiences liquidity constraints or other financial difficulties, it may be unable to make required payments to us or may seek to renegotiate contracts, which could adversely affect our liquidity and profitability.

We may be adversely affected by the effects of inflation.

The U.S. inflation rate began increasing significantly in 2021 and has remained at an elevated level as of year-end 2024. Inflation in wages, materials, parts, equipment and other costs has the potential to adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial position by increasing our overall cost structure, particularly if we are unable to achieve commensurate increases in the prices we charge our customers for our products and services. In addition, the existence of inflation in the economy has resulted in higher interest rates, which could result in higher borrowing costs, supply shortages, increased costs of labor, weakening exchange rates and other similar effects. Sustained levels of high inflation caused the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks to increase interest rates several times in an effort to curb inflationary pressure on the costs of goods and services across the United States, including the significant increases in prevailing interest rates that occurred during 2022 and 2023 as a result of the 525 aggregate basis point increase in the federal funds rate, and the associated macroeconomic impact on slowdown in economic growth could negatively impact our business. While the Federal Reserve reduced benchmark interest rates by 75 basis points in late 2024, it has recently announced a pause on interest rate cuts. To the extent elevated inflation remains, we may experience further cost increases for our operations, including labor costs and equipment. We cannot predict any future trends in the rate of inflation and a significant increase in inflation, to the extent we are unable to timely pass through the cost increases to our customers, would negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be unable to maintain existing prices or implement price increases on our services.

Our ability to maintain our existing prices or to implement price increases depends on our customers’ ability and willingness to pay such prices. As a result, and given the volatility in the market, we may not be successful in maintaining our existing prices or, in the future, implementing price increases. We cannot predict the magnitude or duration of volatility in oil and gas prices and therefore on the prices we charge our customers. Any inability to maintain our pricing or to increase our pricing from reduced levels could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

There could also be pressure on our pricing and limitations on our ability to increase prices during future periods of increased market demand when a significant amount of new service capacity, including new well service rigs, wireline units and coiled tubing units, may enter the market. In periods of high demand for oilfield services, a tighter labor market may result in higher labor costs. During such periods, our labor costs could increase at a greater rate than our ability to raise prices. Also, we may not be able to successfully increase prices without adversely affecting our activity levels. Even if we are able to increase our prices in future periods, we may not be able to do so at a rate that is sufficient to offset any rising costs, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We have been expanding our available products and services in recent periods. Our inability to properly manage or support future expansion of our business may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations and could cause the market value of our Common Stock to decline.

We have been expanding our available products and services in recent periods and may continue to expand over time through the internal expansion of products and services and potential acquisitions. We may not be able to expand effectively or manage our expansion successfully, and the failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and could cause the market value of our Common Stock to decline.

If we lose significant customers, significant customers materially reduce their purchase orders or significant programs on which we rely are delayed, scaled back or eliminated, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.

Our significant customers change from year to year, depending on the level of E&P activity and the use of our services. A reduction in purchases of our products and services by, or the loss of, one of our larger customers for any reason, such as the current industry conditions and economic downturn, insolvency of a customer, decreased production, changes in drilling practices, loss of a customer as a result of the acquisition of such customer by a purchaser who uses a competitor, in-sourcing by customers, a transfer of business to a competitor, or failure to adequately service our clients, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be unable to effectively and efficiently manage our equipment fleet as we expand our business, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Business expansion places increasing demands on us to increase the inventories that we carry and/or our equipment fleet. The inability to effectively and efficiently manage our assets to meet the current and future needs of our customers, which may vary widely from what is originally forecast due to a number of factors beyond our control, including periods of adverse weather, difficult market conditions or slowdowns in oil and natural gas exploration in the various regions in which we operate, could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Possible decreased revenues, difficulty in obtaining access to financing and increased funding costs we experience may be exacerbated by the geographic concentrations of our completion and production operations. We could experience any of these conditions at the same time, resulting in a relatively greater impact on our results of operations than they might have on other companies that have more geographically diversified operations. Such delays or interruptions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We regularly evaluate acquisition opportunities, frequently engage in acquisition discussions and conduct due diligence activities and, where appropriate, engage in acquisition negotiations, some of which could be material to us. Our ability to continue to achieve our goals may depend upon our ability to

effectively identify attractive businesses, access financing sources on acceptable terms, negotiate favorable transaction terms and successfully integrate any businesses we acquire, achieve cost efficiencies and manage these businesses as part of our company.

If we encounter unanticipated problems with one of our acquisitions, our senior management may be required to divert attention away from other aspects of our business. We may lose key employees and customers of the acquired and merged businesses, and we may be unable to commercially develop acquired technologies. With any future acquisition or merger, we may also risk entering markets in which we have limited prior experience. Acquisitions also pose the risk that we may be exposed to successor liability relating to actions by an acquired company and its management before the acquisition. The due diligence we conduct in connection with an acquisition, and any contractual guarantees or indemnities that we receive from the sellers of acquired companies, may not be sufficient to protect us from, or compensate us for, actual liabilities that we assume or incur in connection with acquisitions we complete.

The 2030 Senior Notes Indenture (as defined below) permits us to incur additional pari passu indebtedness up to $150.0 within twelve months of the Refinancing (as defined below) to, among other things, consummate permitted acquisitions and investments, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein.

The process of integrating an acquired business may involve unforeseen costs and delays or other operational, technical and financial difficulties and may require a disproportionate amount of management attention and financial and other resources. Our failure to achieve consolidation savings, to incorporate the acquired businesses and assets into our existing operations successfully or to minimize any unforeseen operational difficulties could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, there is intense competition for acquisition opportunities in our industry. Competition for acquisitions may increase the cost of, or cause us to refrain from, completing acquisitions.

Global pandemics have previously, may continue to, and may in the future adversely impact our business.

Global pandemics and the actions taken by third parties, including, but not limited to, governmental authorities, businesses, and consumers, in response to such pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, have previously adversely impacted and may in the future adversely impact the global economy, resulting in significant volatility in the oil and gas industry. A continued, prolonged period or a renewed period of reduced demand for oil and other commodities and other adverse impacts from a pandemic may adversely affect our business, financial condition, cash flows, and results of operations. Further, to the extent COVID-19 or any other pandemic adversely affects our business or the global economic conditions more generally, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this report.

Risks Relating to Our Industry

Conservation measures and technological advances could reduce demand for oil and natural gas.

Fuel conservation measures, alternative fuel requirements, increasing consumer demand for or legislative incentives for alternatives to oil and natural gas, technological advances in fuel economy and energy generation devices could reduce demand for oil and natural gas. We cannot predict the impact of the changing demand for oil and natural gas services, and any major changes may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our business involves many hazards and operational risks that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Conditions inherent in the oil and natural gas industry can cause personal injury or loss of life, disruption or suspension in operations, damage to geological formations, damage to facilities, substantial revenue loss, business interruption and damage to, or destruction of, property, equipment and the environment. Our operations are subject to many hazards and risks, including the following:

If any of these hazards materialize, they could result in the suspension of operations, termination of contracts without compensation, damage to or destruction of our equipment and the property of others, or injury or death to our personnel or third parties and could expose us to substantial liability or losses. Although we customarily include a waiver of consequential damages in our customer contracts, defects or other performance problems in the services or products we offer could result in our customers seeking to invalidate such waiver and seek damages from us for losses associated with these defects or other performance problems. The frequency and severity of such incidents will affect operating costs, insurability and relationships with customers, employees and regulators. Our customers may elect not to purchase our services if they view our safety record as unacceptable or otherwise experience material defects in our products or performance problems, which could cause us to lose customers and substantial revenue, and any litigation or claims, even if fully indemnified or insured, could negatively affect our reputation with our customers and the public and make it more difficult for us to compete effectively or obtain adequate insurance in the future. In addition, these risks may be greater for us upon the acquisition of another company that has not allocated significant resources and management focus to safety and has a poor safety record.

We maintain what we believe is customary and reasonable insurance to protect our business against most potential losses, but we are not fully insured against all risks inherent in our business and such insurance may not be adequate to cover our liabilities, especially as the inherent risks in our operations increase with increasing well complexity. For example, although we are insured for environmental pollution resulting from certain environmental accidents that occur on a sudden and accidental basis, we may not be insured against all environmental accidents or events that might occur, some of which may result in toxic tort claims. If a significant accident or event occurs for which we are not adequately insured, it could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, we may not be able to maintain or obtain insurance of the type and amount we desire at reasonable rates. As a result of market conditions, premiums and deductibles for certain of our insurance policies may substantially increase. In some instances, certain insurance could become unavailable or available only for reduced amounts of coverage.

Our insurance has deductibles or self-insured retentions and contains certain coverage exclusions. The current trend in the insurance industry is towards larger deductibles and self-insured retentions. In addition, insurance may not be available in the future at rates that we consider reasonable and commercially justifiable, compelling us to have larger deductibles or self-insured retentions to effectively manage expenses. As a result, we could become subject to material uninsured liabilities or situations where we have high deductibles or self-insured retentions that expose us to liabilities that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, customers maintain their own compliance and reporting requirements. Failure to comply with these health and safety laws and regulations, or failure to comply with our customers’ compliance or reporting requirements, could tarnish our reputation for safety and quality and have a material adverse effect on our competitive position, business, financial condition and results of operations.

Increased labor costs, the unavailability of skilled workers or labor-related litigation could hurt our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are dependent upon a pool of available skilled employees to operate and maintain our business. We compete with other oilfield services businesses and other similar employers to attract and retain qualified personnel with the technical skills and experience required to provide the highest quality service. The demand for skilled workers is high and the supply is limited, and a shortage in the labor pool of skilled workers or other general inflationary pressures or changes in applicable laws and regulations could make it more difficult for us to attract and retain personnel and could require us to enhance our wage and benefits packages, which could increase our operating costs.

Although our employees are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, union organizational efforts could occur and, if successful, could increase our labor costs. A significant increase in the wages paid by competing employers or the unionization of groups of our employees could result in increases in the wage rates that we must pay. Likewise, laws and regulations to which we are subject, such as the Fair Labor Standards Act, which governs such matters as minimum wage, overtime and other working conditions, can increase our labor costs or subject us to liabilities to our employees. Our operations are also exposed to risks of claims for alleged employment-related liabilities, including risks of claims related to alleged wrongful termination or discrimination, wage payment practices, retaliation claims and other human resource related matters. We cannot assure you that labor costs will not increase. Increases in our labor costs or unavailability of skilled workers could impair our capacity, diminish our profitability and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In recent years, oilfield services companies have been the subject of a significant volume of wage and hour-related litigation, including claims brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, in which employee pay practices have been challenged. The frequency and significance of wage or other employment-related claims may affect expenses, costs and relationships with employees and regulators. Additionally, we could become subject to material uninsured liabilities that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We operate in highly competitive markets and our failure to compete effectively may negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The markets in which we operate are highly competitive. Price competition, equipment availability, location and suitability, experience of the workforce, safety records, reputation, operating integrity and the condition of equipment are all factors used by customers in awarding contracts. Our competitors are numerous and may

have greater financial and technological resources than we do. Contracts are traditionally awarded on the basis of competitive bids or direct negotiations with customers. The competitive environment has intensified as mergers among E&P companies have reduced the number of available customers and may further increase if E&P company bankruptcies further reduce the number of available customers or our existing and potential customers may develop their own service businesses. The fact that certain oilfield services equipment is mobile and can be moved from one market to another in response to market conditions heightens the competition in the industry. In addition, any increase in the supply of hydraulic fracturing fleets could have a material adverse impact on market prices. This increased supply could also require higher capital investment to keep our services competitive.

Some of our competitors may have greater financial, technical, marketing and personnel resources than we do. The larger size of many of our competitors provides them with cost advantages as a result of their economies of scale and their ability to obtain volume discounts and purchase raw materials at lower prices. Many of our competitors also have better brand name recognition, stronger presence in certain geographic markets, more established distribution networks, larger customer bases, more in-depth knowledge of the target markets, and the ability to provide a much broader array of services. Some of our competitors may also be able to devote greater resources to the R&D, promotion and sale of their services and products and better withstand the evolving industry standards and changes in market conditions as compared to us. Our operations may be adversely affected if our competitors introduce new products or services with better features, performance, prices or other characteristics than our products and services or expand into service areas where we operate. Our operations may also be adversely affected if our competitors are able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and services and changes in customer requirements. Our future success and profitability will partly depend upon our ability to keep pace with our customers’ demands for awarding contracts.

The competitive pressures described herein, and any others we may not currently be aware of, could reduce our market share or require us to reduce the price of our services and products, particularly during industry downturns, either of which could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations. Significant increases in overall market capacity have also caused active price competition and led to lower pricing and utilization levels for our services and products. Any significant future increase in overall market capacity for completion, intervention and production services may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Seasonal and adverse weather conditions adversely affect demand for services and operations.

Specifically, we typically have experienced a pause by our customers around the holiday season in the fourth quarter, which may be compounded as our customers exhaust their annual capital spending budgets towards year end. Additionally, our operations are directly affected by weather conditions, which can severely disrupt the normal operation of our business and adversely impact our financial condition and results of operations. During the winter months (first and fourth quarters) and periods of heavy snow, ice or rain, particularly in the northeastern U.S., Colorado, North Dakota and Wyoming, our customers may delay operations or we may not be able to operate or move our equipment between locations. Also, during the spring thaw, which normally starts in late March and continues through June, some areas impose transportation restrictions to prevent damage. In addition, throughout the year heavy rains adversely affect activity levels, as dirt access roads can become impassible in wet conditions and well locations become inaccessible. These locations and activities are susceptible to the physical effects of climate change, such as increased frequency or severity storm systems, hurricanes, droughts, floods, extreme winter weather, or geologic/geophysical conditions.

Risks Relating to Financial Considerations

We have operated at a loss, and there is no assurance of our profitability in the future.

We have experienced periods of low demand for our services and have incurred operating losses. Although there have been improvements in profitability, we still had a net loss during the most recent period. We serve customers who are involved in drilling for and production of oil and natural gas. Demand for services in the oil and natural gas industry is cyclical and has experienced significant downturns in recent years, which have significantly affected the performance of our business. Additional adverse developments affecting this industry could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We may not be able to sufficiently reduce our costs or increase our revenues to achieve profitability and generate positive operating income. We may incur further operating losses and experience negative operating cash flow, which may be significant.

Our assets require capital for maintenance, upgrades and refurbishment, and we may require capital expenditures for new equipment.

Our equipment requires periodic capital investment in maintenance, upgrades and refurbishment to maintain its competitiveness. The costs of components and labor have increased in the past and may increase in the future with increases in demand, which will require us to incur additional costs to upgrade any equipment we may acquire in the future. Our equipment typically does not generate revenue while it is undergoing maintenance, refurbishment or upgrades. Any maintenance, upgrade or refurbishment project for our assets could increase our indebtedness or reduce cash available for other opportunities. Further, such projects may require proportionally greater capital investments as a percentage of total asset value, which may make such projects difficult to finance on acceptable terms. To the extent we are unable to fund such projects, we may have less equipment available for service or our equipment may not be attractive to potential or current customers. Moreover, if challenging business conditions in the energy sector occur for a prolonged period, we may be unable to make capital investments. Additionally, competition or advances in technology within our industry may require us to update our products and services.

We have substantial indebtedness, and our ability to repay such indebtedness as it becomes due will depend on our future operating performance.

We have substantial indebtedness. Upon completing the Refinancing on March 12, 2025, we had total outstanding long-term indebtedness of $287.2, comprised of $55.0 outstanding borrowings under our New ABL Facility and $232.2 in aggregate principal amount of 2030 Senior Notes. Our New ABL Facility matures in 2028. See Item 8. Note 7 - Long Term Debt for more information. Under the terms of the 2030 Senior Notes Indenture, we are required to make quarterly redemptions of our 2030 Senior Notes in an amount equal to two percent per annum of all 2030 Senior Notes outstanding as of the prior interest payment date, which will require us to dedicate all or a substantial portion of cash from operations to fund such redemptions. Our ability to pay the principal and interest on our debt as it becomes due, including the quarterly redemptions of the 2030 Senior Notes, and to satisfy our other liabilities will depend on our future operating performance. Our future operating performance will be affected by prevailing economic and political conditions, the level of drilling, completion, production and intervention services activity for North American onshore oil and natural gas resources, the willingness of capital providers to lend to our industry and other financial and business factors, many of which are beyond our control.

To service and repay our debt as it becomes due, we may be forced to sell assets or take other disadvantageous actions, including (1) reducing financing in the future for working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes and (2) dedicating an unsustainable level of our cash flow from operations to the payment of principal and interest on our indebtedness. The lenders or other investors

who hold debt that we fail to service or on which we otherwise default could also accelerate amounts due, which could in such an instance potentially trigger a default or acceleration of other debt we may incur.

Our significant level of indebtedness may limit our ability to borrow additional funds or capitalize on acquisition or other business opportunities. The 2030 Senior Notes Indenture and the New ABL Facility have significant financial and operating restrictions that may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our leverage and the restrictions and obligations contained in the 2030 Senior Notes Indenture and the New ABL Facility and any agreements governing future indebtedness may reduce our ability to incur additional indebtedness, engage in certain transactions or capitalize on acquisition or other business opportunities. If our future cash flows and available borrowings under our New ABL Facility are insufficient to fund our operating expenses, we may be forced to consider additional financing alternatives. Our ability to request borrowings for the working capital or general corporate purposes under the New ABL Facility is subject to satisfaction of certain customary conditions, including representations and warranties, no default or event of default, and the amount of requested borrowing not exceeding the lesser of the aggregate commitments thereunder and the borrowing base then in effect.

Our indebtedness and other financial obligations and restrictions could have financial consequences. For example, they could:

Despite our current level of indebtedness, we may incur more debt in the future, including additional pari passu indebtedness of up to $150.0 within twelve months of the Refinancing (including for the purpose of consummating permitted acquisitions and investments) which could further exacerbate the risks described above. Any additional indebtedness may also increase the applicable interest rates with respect to our 2030 Senior Notes, which are floating and based, in part, on our Secured Net Leverage Ratio.

It also includes a covenant to deliver annual audited financial statements that are not qualified by a “going concern” or like qualification or exception. A failure to comply with the obligations contained in the New ABL Facility could result in an event of default, which could permit acceleration of the debt, termination of undrawn commitments and enforcement against any liens securing the debt.

The 2030 Senior Notes Indenture contains certain financial covenants that include (i) a maximum total net leverage ratio of not greater than 4.50 to 1.0 for the test periods ending March 31, 2025 through December 31, 2025, stepping down to 4.00 to 1.0 for the test periods ending March 31, 2026 through December 31, 2026, 3.50 to 1.0 for the test periods ending March 31, 2027 through December 31, 2027, 3.00 to 1.0 for the

test periods ending March 31, 2028 through December 31, 2028, and 2.50 to 1.0 for each test period thereafter and (ii) restrictions on making net capital expenditures in any test period in excess of the greater of (x) $65.0 in the aggregate or (y) 7% of revenues during such test period.

The 2030 Senior Notes Indenture also restricts, among other things, the Company’s ability to incur indebtedness and liens, pay dividends or make other distributions, make certain other restricted payments or investments, sell assets, enter into restrictive agreements, enter into transactions with the Company’s affiliates, and merge or consolidate with other entities or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the Company’s properties and assets to another person, which, in each case, is subject to certain limitations and exceptions.

A failure to comply with the obligations contained in any such agreement governing our indebtedness could result in an event of default under such agreement, which could permit acceleration of the related debt, enforcement against any liens securing the related debt and acceleration of debt under other instruments that may contain cross acceleration or cross default provisions. We may not have, or may not be able to obtain, sufficient funds to make any required accelerated payments.

We may experience future impairment charges.

To conduct our business operations and execute our strategy, we acquire tangible and intangible assets, which affect the amount of future period amortization expense and possible impairment expense that we may incur. The determination of the value of such intangible assets requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect our financial statements. As part of our strategy, we may make additional acquisitions, which may result in the addition of duplicative assets. In the event such an acquisition results in the combined assets of our Company and the acquired assets being in excess of any reasonable forecast of future need, the excess portion of the book value of these assets may be judged to be impaired. Our judgment regarding the existence of impairment indicators and future cash flows related to intangible assets is based on operational performance of our acquired businesses, expected changes in the global economy, oil and gas price and industry projections, discount rates and other judgmental factors. We would be required to record any such impairment losses resulting from any such test as a charge to operating results. To perform the annual assessment, we utilize a combination of income and market-based approaches to value the reporting units. The income approach to valuation relies on a discounted cash flow analysis to determine the fair value of each reporting unit, which considers forecasted cash flows discounted at an appropriate discount rate. The annual goodwill impairment test requires us to make a number of assumptions and estimates concerning future levels of revenue growth, operating margins and working capital requirements, which are based upon our long-term strategic plan. The discount rate is an estimate of the overall after-tax rate of return required by a market participant, whose weighted average cost of capital includes both equity and debt, including a risk premium. Any future impairment loss could have a material non-cash adverse impact on our results of operations.

Customer payment delays of outstanding receivables and customer bankruptcies could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, results of operations, and consolidated financial condition.

We often provide credit to our customers for our services and we are, therefore, subject to the risk of our customers delaying or failing to pay outstanding invoices. Although we monitor individual customer financial viability in granting such credit arrangements and maintain reserves we believe are adequate to cover

exposure for doubtful accounts, in weak economic environments, customers’ delays and failures to pay often increase due to, among other reasons, a reduction in our customers’ cash flow from operations and their access to credit markets.

Some of our customers have entered bankruptcy proceedings in the past, and certain of our customers’ businesses face financial challenges that put them at risk of future bankruptcies. Customer bankruptcies could delay or in some cases eliminate our ability to collect accounts receivable that are outstanding at the time the customer enters bankruptcy proceedings. We are also at risk that we may be required to refund amounts collected from a customer during the period immediately prior to that customer’s bankruptcy filing, and the amount we ultimately collect from the customer’s bankruptcy estate may be significantly less. Although we maintain reserves for potential customer credit losses, customer bankruptcies could result in unanticipated credit losses. As a result, if one or more of our customers enter bankruptcy proceedings, particularly our larger customers or those to whom we have greater credit exposure, it could have a material adverse impact on our liquidity, operating results and financial condition.

On March 9, 2021, the Company filed claims in the District Court of Harris County, Texas against Magellan E&P Holdings, Inc. (“Magellan”), Redmon-Keys Insurance Group, Inc. On March 30, 2021, Magellan filed for bankruptcy pursuant to Chapter 7 of the U.S. bankruptcy code. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2021, the Company reserved the full amount of its invoices totaling $4.6 as a prudent action in light of the Chapter 7 filing. Through the bankruptcy proceedings, the Company recovered $1.0 in March 2024 and, following a settlement by the Chapter 7 Trustee with the Magellan Underwriters in December 2024 and approved by the Court in January 2025, the Company expects to receive an additional $1.0 to $1.3 in 2025. The Company continues to pursue claims against Redmon-Keys.

Risks Relating to Third Parties

Shortages or increases in the costs of the equipment we use in our operations could adversely affect our operations in the future.

We generally do not have specialized tools, trucks or long-term contracts in place that provide for the delivery of equipment, including, but not limited to, replacement parts and other equipment. We could experience delays in the delivery of the equipment that we have ordered and its placement into service due to factors that are beyond our control. Demand by other oilfield services companies and numerous other factors beyond our control could either adversely affect our ability to procure equipment that we have not yet ordered or cause the prices of such equipment to increase. Price increases, delays in delivery and interruptions in supply may require us to increase capital and repair expenditures and incur higher operating costs. Each of these could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are dependent on a small number of suppliers for key goods and services that we use in our operations.

We do not have long-term contracts with third-party suppliers of many of the goods and services used in large volumes in our operations, including manufacturers of technical services equipment and fishing tools, wireline perforating guns and charges and other tools and equipment used in our operations. If demand for goods and services exceeds supply, such as from disruptions to the supply chain or supplier bankruptcies, the availability of certain goods and services used in our industry decreases and the price of such goods and services increases. We are dependent on a small number of suppliers for key goods and services. Our reliance on such suppliers could increase the

difficulty of obtaining such goods and services in the event of a disruption to the supply chain or upon a bankruptcy of one or more of these suppliers or upon a shortage in our industry. Price increases, delays in delivery and interruptions in supply may require us to incur higher operating costs. Each of these could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We rely on a limited number of third parties for sand, proppant and chemicals, and delays in deliveries of such materials, increases in the cost of such materials or our contractual obligations to pay for materials that we ultimately do not require could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We have established relationships with a limited number of suppliers of our raw materials (such as sand, proppant and chemical additives). Should any of our current suppliers be unable to provide the necessary materials or otherwise fail to deliver the materials in a timely manner and in the quantities required, any resulting delays in our ability to provide our services could have a material adverse effect on our ability to compete, business, financial condition and results of operations. While we believe that we will be able to make satisfactory alternative arrangements in the event of any interruption in the supply of these materials and/or products by one of our suppliers, we may not always be able to make alternative arrangements. In addition, certain materials for which we do not currently have long-term supply agreements could experience shortages and significant price increases in the future. Increasing costs of such materials may negatively impact demand for our services or the profitability of our business operations. In the past, our industry faced sporadic proppant shortages associated with hydraulic fracturing operations requiring work stoppages, which adversely impacted the operating results of several competitors. We may not be able to mitigate any future shortages of materials, including proppant, and our results of operations, prospects and financial condition could be adversely affected. Furthermore, to the extent our contracts require us to purchase more materials, including proppant, than we ultimately require, we may be forced to pay for the excess amount under “take or pay” contract provisions.

An increase in the cost of proppant as a result of increased demand or a decrease in the number of proppant providers as a result of consolidation could increase our cost of an essential raw material in hydraulic stimulation and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If suppliers are unable to supply us with the products used in our operations in a timely manner, in adequate quantities and/or at a reasonable cost, we may be unable to meet the demands of our customers, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We depend on third-party companies to support our operations through the timely supply of products. Our suppliers may experience capacity constraints that may result in their inability to supply us with products in a timely fashion, with adequate quantities or at a desired price. Factors affecting suppliers can include labor disputes, general economic issues, and changes in raw material and energy costs. These factors could lead to increased prices and/or the unfavorable allocation of products by our suppliers, which could reduce our revenues and profit margins and harm our customer relations. Significant disruptions in our supply chain could negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Relating to Technology and Intellectual Property

Our inability to develop, obtain, maintain or implement new technology may cause us to become less competitive.

The energy services industry is subject to the introduction of new drilling, completion and well intervention techniques using new technologies, some of which may be subject to patent protection or costly to obtain. As our competitors and others use or develop new technologies in the future, we may be placed at a competitive

disadvantage if we fail to keep pace with technological advancements within our industry. Furthermore, we may face competitive pressure to implement or acquire certain new technologies at a substantial cost. These large national and multinational companies may also have a larger number of manufacturers for their products or ability to manufacture their own products. New technology could also make it easier for our oil and natural gas E&P customers to vertically integrate their operations, thereby reducing or eliminating their need for our services. Thus, limits on our ability to effectively use and implement new and emerging technologies may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Termination of the manufacturing relationship with any of these manufacturers could affect our ability to provide such products and services to our customers. Although we believe other alternate sources of supply for our proprietary products exist, we would need to establish relationships with new manufacturers, which could potentially involve significant expense, delay or potential changes to certain product components. Any interruptions to the supply of any of our key products could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, business, or results of operations.

Our success may be affected by our ability to use and protect our proprietary technology as well as our ability to enter into license agreements.

Our success may be affected by our development and implementation of new product designs and improvements and by our ability to protect, obtain and maintain intellectual property assets related to these developments. We have received patents and have filed patent applications with respect to certain aspects of our technology in the U.S. and international jurisdictions. In addition to seeking patent protection, we also protect our proprietary technology with other protective measures, including through a combination of trade secrets and employee and third-party non-disclosure agreements. Further, we cannot assure you that our intellectual property rights will deter or prevent competitors from creating similar products or services. Any failure to adequately protect or enforce our intellectual property rights could have a material adverse effect to our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Publicly available information (e.g. In addition, while we have patented some of our key technologies, we do not seek patent protection for all of our proprietary technology, even if such technology is patentable. The process of maintaining, monitoring and enforcing patent protection can be long and expensive. Further, with respect to exclusive third-party intellectual property arrangements, existing arrangements could be terminated and future arrangements may not be available on commercially acceptable terms, if at all, which could result in a material adverse effect on our financial condition, business or results of operations.

We may be adversely affected by disputes regarding intellectual property rights and the value of our intellectual property rights is uncertain.

We may become involved in claims, litigation or dispute resolution proceedings from time to time to maintain, protect or enforce our intellectual property rights against potential third-party infringers, which could be costly and time-consuming. Moreover, in these dispute resolution proceedings, a defendant or opposing third party may assert claims, defenses, counterclaims and countersuits that attack the validity or enforceability of our intellectual property rights, and/or allege that that our business, services, or products infringe, impair, misappropriate, dilute or otherwise violate their intellectual property rights. We may not prevail in any such dispute resolution proceedings, and our intellectual property rights may be found invalid or unenforceable, or our products and services may be found to infringe, impair, misappropriate, dilute or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of others. The results or costs of any such dispute resolution proceedings may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Any dispute resolution proceeding concerning intellectual property could be protracted and costly, is inherently unpredictable and could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations, regardless of its outcome.

We may not be able to obtain the necessary licenses on acceptable terms, or at all, or be able to re-engineer our technologies successfully. Also, as a part of resolving such disputes, we may need to enter into cross-licenses, which could reduce the value of our intellectual property rights. If our inability to obtain required licenses for certain technologies or products prevents us from using the infringed technologies or products, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely impacted.

IT plays a crucial role in all of our operations. To remain competitive, our hardware, software and related services must properly and efficiently interact with our suppliers’ and customers' products, services and technology, record and process our financial transactions accurately, and obtain accurate and timely data and information to enable our analysis of trends and plans and the execution of our strategies. A cyber incident could be caused by malicious insiders or third parties using sophisticated, targeted methods to circumvent firewalls, encryption, and other cybersecurity defenses, including hacking, fraud, trickery, or other forms of deception. Emerging artificial intelligence technologies may improve or expand the capabilities of malicious third parties in a way we cannot predict at this time, including being used to develop new hacking tools, exploit vulnerabilities, obscure malicious activities and increase the difficulty detecting threats. The U.S. government has issued public warnings that indicate that energy assets might be specific targets of cybersecurity threats. The increase in companies and individuals working remotely has increased the risk of cyberattacks and potential cybersecurity incidents, both deliberate attacks and unintentional events.

Moreover, we may not be able to anticipate, detect or prevent cyberattacks or security breaches, particularly because the methodologies used by attackers change frequently or may not be recognized until such attack is underway, and because attackers are increasingly using technologies specifically designed to circumvent cybersecurity measures and avoid detection. In addition, as technologies evolve, and cyberattacks become increasingly sophisticated, we may incur significant costs to modify, upgrade or enhance our security measures to protect against such cyberattacks and we may face difficulties in fully anticipating or implementing adequate security measures or mitigating potential harm. To date, we have not experienced any

material losses relating to cyberattacks; however, there can be no assurance that we will not suffer such losses in the future.

We are subject to various laws related to cybersecurity requirements, which are continuing to develop and evolve at a rapid pace. We may not be able to monitor and react to all legal developments in a timely manner. As legislation continues to develop and cyber incidents continue to evolve, we will likely be required to expend additional resources to continue to modify or enhance our protective measures, or to investigate and remediate any vulnerability to cyber incidents in order to comply with such laws. These data privacy laws are not uniform and as the privacy legal landscape continues to develop, we will likely be required to expend significant resources to continue to modify or enhance our compliance measures to comply with such laws, rules and regulations. Any failure or perceived failure by us or our third-party service providers to comply with such data privacy laws, rules and regulations, or any security compromise that results in the unauthorized access, improper disclosure, or misappropriation of personal data or other customer data, could result in significant liabilities, negative publicity or reputational harm. Our systems and insurance coverage for cyber incidents, including deliberate attacks, may not be sufficient to cover all of the losses we may experience as a result of such cyberattacks. These risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, reputation or results of operations. See “Item 1C. Cybersecurity” for additional information on our cybersecurity risk management, strategy and governance.

Risks Relating to Government Regulation and Legal Matters

Oilfield anti-indemnity provisions enacted by many states may restrict or prohibit a party’s indemnification of us.

We typically enter into agreements with our customers governing the provision of our services, which usually include certain indemnification provisions for losses resulting from operations. These agreements may require each party to indemnify the other against certain claims regardless of the negligence or other fault of the indemnified party; however, many states place limitations on contractual indemnity provisions, particularly agreements that indemnify a party against the consequences of its own negligence. Furthermore, certain states, including Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming, have enacted statutes generally referred to as “oilfield anti-indemnity acts” expressly prohibiting certain indemnity agreements contained in or related to oilfield services agreements. Such oilfield anti-indemnity acts may restrict or void a party’s indemnification of us, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Changes in trucking regulations may increase our transportation costs and negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, regulations issued by environmental and highway safety regulators can have an adverse impact on our trucking costs, and therefore, on our results of operations. See Part I, Item 1. “Business – Government Regulation and Environmental, Health and Safety Matters” for more discussion on the DOT and analogous state legal requirements relating to trucking matters. While we cannot predict whether, or in what form, any legislation or regulatory and executive actions that change existing trucking legal requirements will occur, we may incur increased expenses associated with new or changed trucking laws, regulatory and executory actions, or other restrictions, which could negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Legal requirements relating to hydraulic fracturing could increase our customers’ costs of doing business, limit the areas in which our customers can operate and reduce oil and natural gas production by our customers, which could adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We do not directly engage in hydraulic fracturing but provide products and services in support of our customers’ fracturing activities. The practice is controversial in certain parts of the country and there remains increased scrutiny and government regulation of the hydraulic fracturing process. Our customers’ inability to locate or contractually acquire and sustain the receipt of sufficient amounts of water could also adversely impact their operations. See Part I, Item 1. “Business – Government Regulation and Environmental, Health and Safety Matters” for more discussion on these hydraulic fracturing, seismicity and water availability matters. One or more of these developments could decrease completion of our customers’ oil and gas wells, increase our and our customers’ compliance costs and reduce demand for our products and services, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

We and our customers are subject to environmental and occupational health and safety laws and regulations that could increase our or our customers’ costs of doing business and adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

See Part I, Item 1. “Business – Government Regulation and Environmental, Health and Safety Matters” for more discussion on these matters.

Our and our customers’ operations are subject to a number of risks arising out of the threat of climate change, energy conservation measures, or initiatives that stimulate demand for alternative forms of energy, which could result in increased operating and capital costs for us and our customers, limit the areas in which oil and gas production may occur and reduce demand for the products and services we provide.

The occurrence of one or more of these developments could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Increasing attention to ESG matters may impact our business.

Increasing attention to climate change and environmental conservation, for example, may result in demand shifts for our customers’ hydrocarbon products and additional governmental investigations and private litigation against those customers. To the extent that societal pressures or political or other factors are involved, it is possible that such liability could be imposed without regard to our causation of or contribution to the asserted damage, or to other mitigating factors.

We may be required to assume responsibility for environmental and other liabilities of companies we have acquired or will acquire.

We may incur liabilities in connection with environmental conditions currently unknown to us relating to our existing, prior or future operations or those of predecessor companies whose liabilities we may have assumed or acquired. We also could be subject to third-party and governmental claims with respect to environmental matters, including claims under CERCLA in instances where we are identified as a potentially responsible party. We believe that indemnities provided to us in certain of our pre-existing acquisition agreements may cover certain environmental conditions existing at the time of the acquisition, subject to certain terms, limitations and conditions. However, if these indemnification provisions terminate or if the indemnifying parties do not fulfill their indemnification obligations, we may be subject to liability with respect to the environmental matters that those indemnification provisions address.

We face risks from increasing activism against, and negative investor sentiment towards the oil and gas industry, which may adversely impact our business.

Furthermore, certain segments of the investor community have developed negative sentiment towards investing in the oil and gas industry, with some investors (including certain investment advisers, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, university endowments and family foundations) having introduced policies to disinvest in the oil and gas sector for stated social and environmental considerations. Commercial and investment banks have also faced pressure to stop financing oil and gas production and related projects. Companies which do not adapt to or comply with investor or stakeholder expectations and standards, which are evolving, or which are perceived to have not responded appropriately to the growing concern for ESG issues, regardless of whether there is a legal requirement to do so, may suffer from reputational damage and the business, financial condition, and/or stock price of such a company could be materially and adversely affected. Increasing attention to climate change, increasing societal expectations on companies to address climate change, and potential consumer use of substitutes to energy commodities may result in increased costs, reduced demand for our customers’ hydrocarbon products and our products and services, reduced profits, increased investigations and litigation, and negative impacts on our stock price and access to capital markets.

In addition, organizations that provide information to investors on corporate governance and related matters have developed ratings processes for evaluating companies on their approach to ESG matters. Currently, there are no universal standards for such scores or ratings, but the importance of sustainability evaluations is becoming more broadly accepted by investors and shareholders. Such ratings are used by some investors to inform their investment and voting decisions. Additionally, certain investors use these scores to benchmark companies against their peers and, if a company is perceived as lagging, these investors may engage with

companies to require improved ESG disclosure or performance. Consequently, a low sustainability score could result in exclusion of our stock from consideration by certain investment funds, engagement by investors seeking to improve such scores and a negative perception of our operations by certain investors. These organizations can also place pressure on companies to set sustainability targets, including targets to reduce GHG emissions which could adversely impact demand for our services or result in increased costs for ourselves or our customers.

Restrictions, delays or cancellations imposed by governmental authorities in issuing permits or leases for our or our customers’ operations could impair our business.

We and our customers are required to obtain permits from one or more governmental agencies in order to perform certain activities. Such permits are typically required by state agencies but can also be required by federal and local governmental agencies. The requirements for such permits vary depending on the type of operations, including the location where our customers’ drilling and completion activities will be conducted. As with all governmental permitting processes, there is a degree of uncertainty as to whether a permit will be granted, the time it will take for a permit to be issued and the conditions that may be imposed in connection with the granting of the permit. Certain regulatory authorities have delayed or suspended the issuance of permits while the potential environmental impacts associated with issuing such permits can be studied and appropriate mitigation measures evaluated. Permitting or lease delays, an inability to obtain or renew permits or leases, or revocation of our or our customers’ current permits could cause a loss of revenue and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Consequently, our customers’ operations in certain areas of the United States may be interrupted or suspended for varying lengths of time, resulting in reduced demand for our products and services and a corresponding loss of revenue to us as well as adversely affecting our results of operations in support of those customers.

Silica-related legal requirements, including compliance with OSHA regulations relating to respirable crystalline silica or litigation, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operation and reputation.

We are subject to laws and regulations relating to human exposure to crystalline silica. See Part I, Item 1. “Business – Government Regulation and Environmental, Health and Safety Matters” for more discussion on exposure to crystalline silica and other occupational health and safety matters. If we are unable to satisfy these exposure requirements, or are not able to do so in a manner that is cost effective or attractive to our customers, availability or demand for our products and services could be significantly affected and we can provide no assurance that we will be able to comply with any future laws and regulations relating to exposure to crystalline silica that are adopted, or that the costs of complying with such future laws and regulations would not have a material adverse effect on our operating results by requiring us to modify or cease our operations. Moreover, the actual or perceived health risks of handling hydraulic fracturing sand could materially and adversely affect hydraulic fracturing service providers, including us, through reduced use of hydraulic fracturing sand, the threat of product liability or employee or third-party lawsuits, increased scrutiny by federal, state and local regulatory authorities of us and our E&P customers or reduced financing sources available to the hydraulic fracturing industry.

Explosive incidents arising out of dangerous materials used in our business could disrupt operations and result in bodily injuries and property damages, which occurrences could have a material adverse effect our business, results of operations and financial conditions.

Our operations include the licensing, storage and handling of explosive materials that are subject to regulation by the ATF and analogous state agencies. It is possible that such incidents could result in death or significant injuries to employees and other persons. Material property damage to us, our customers and third parties arising from an explosion or resulting fire could also occur. Any explosion could expose us to adverse publicity and liability for damages and injuries or cause production restrictions, delays or cancellations, any of which occurrences could have a material adverse effect on our operating results, financial condition and cash flows. Moreover, failure to comply with applicable requirements or the occurrence of an explosive incident may also result in the loss of our ATF or analogous state license to store and handle explosives, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial conditions.

The ESA and comparable laws intended to protect certain species of wildlife govern our and our oil and natural gas E&P customers’ operations, which constraints could have an adverse impact on our ability to expand some of our existing operations or limit our customers’ ability to develop new oil and natural gas wells.

The federal ESA and comparable state laws were established to protect endangered and threatened species. Under the ESA, if a species is listed as threatened or endangered, restrictions may be imposed on activities adversely affecting that species' habitat. See Part I, Item 1. “Business – Government Regulation and Environmental, Health and Safety Matters” for more discussion on the impact of wildlife laws. Customer oil and natural gas operations may be adversely affected by seasonal or permanent restrictions on drilling activities designed to protect various wildlife, which may limit their ability to operate in protected areas.

We may be subject to claims for personal injury and property damage or other litigation, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our services are subject to inherent risks that can cause personal injury or loss of life, damage to or destruction of property, equipment or the environment or the suspension of our operations. As the wells we service continue to become more complex, our exposure to such inherent risks becomes greater as downhole risks increase exponentially with an increase in complexity and lateral length. Litigation arising from operations where our facilities are located, or our services are provided, may cause us to be named as a defendant in lawsuits asserting potentially large claims including claims for exemplary damages. For example, transportation of heavy equipment creates the potential for our trucks to become involved in roadway accidents, which in turn could result in personal injury or property damages lawsuits being filed against us.

Generally, our oil and natural gas E&P customers agree to indemnify us against claims arising from their employees’ personal injury or death to the extent that, in the case of our well site services, their employees are injured or their properties are damaged by such operations, unless, in most instances, resulting from our gross negligence or willful misconduct. Similarly, we generally agree to indemnify our E&P customers for liabilities arising from personal injury to or death of any of our employees, unless, in most instances, resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct of the E&P customer. In addition, our E&P customers generally agree to indemnify us for loss or destruction of customer-owned property or equipment and in turn, we agree to indemnify our customers for loss or destruction of property or equipment we own. Losses due to catastrophic events, such as blowouts, are generally the responsibility of the E&P customer. However, despite this general allocation of risk, we might not succeed in enforcing such contractual allocation, might incur an

unforeseen liability falling outside the scope of such allocation or may be required to enter into a service agreement with terms that vary from the above allocations of risk. As a result, we may incur substantial losses which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Although either we or our affiliates expect to maintain insurance at a level that we believe is consistent with that of similarly situated companies in our industry, we cannot guarantee that this insurance will 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.

Tariffs and other trade measures could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial position, and cash flows.

The cost of raw materials, parts, and components that are manufactured and supplied for our operations may be adversely affected by tariffs imposed by the U.S. government on products imported into the United States and tariffs or other retaliatory trade measures imposed by other jurisdictions. Tariffs and other trade restrictions could also disrupt our supply chain and logistics, restrict or limit the availability of materials or supplies, and cause adverse financial impacts due to volatility in foreign exchange rates and interest rates or inflationary pressures on raw materials and energy. We may not be able to fully mitigate the impact of these increased costs or pass price increases on to our customers. While tariffs and other retaliatory trade measures imposed by other countries on U.S. goods have not yet had a significant impact on our business or results of operations, we cannot predict further developments, and such existing or future tariffs could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position, and cash flows. Recently, the United States has proposed changes in trade policies that include export control restrictions, the negotiation or termination of trade agreements, the imposition of higher tariffs on imports into the United States, increased economic sanctions on individuals, companies, or countries, and other government regulations affecting trade between the United States and other countries where we may have direct or indirect business relationships, including with suppliers, and a number of other nations have proposed similar measures directed at trade with the United States in response. As a result of these developments, there may be greater restrictions and economic disincentives on international trade that could adversely affect our business.

Risks Relating to Our Common Stock

Future sales of our Common Stock in the public market could reduce our stock price, and any additional capital raised by us through the sale of equity or convertible securities may dilute your ownership interest.

We may sell shares of Common Stock in the future. We also have registered 2,477,051 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under our Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"). An amendment to the LTIP was approved by stockholders on May 10, 2023 to, among other things, increase the total number of shares of Common Stock for issuance by 1,200,000 shares, resulting in an increase of the total number of shares of our Common Stock reserved for issuance to 1,256,289, and extend the expiration date to March 8, 2033.

In connection with the Refinancing, on March 12, 2025, we issued warrants to purchase, in aggregate, up to 2,373,187 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, subject to adjustment (the “Warrants”), as described in greater detail in Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial

Condition and Results of Operations” below. The Warrants are exercisable immediately, and in lieu of exercising such Warrant, the holders thereof may convert their Warrants, in whole or in part, into the number of shares of Common Stock they would otherwise be entitled to purchase pursuant to the terms of the Warrants at any time prior to the expiration date. The warrant agreements governing the Warrants stipulate that the Company will file a registration statement with SEC with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants within 90 days of their issuance.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, we entered into a debt-for-equity exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with a noteholder of our 11.5% senior secured notes due 2025 (the “2025 Senior Notes”). Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the noteholder exchanged $1.0 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 2025 Senior Notes for an aggregate of 190,476 shares of our Common Stock (the “Exchange”).

During the year ended December 31, 2023, we did not engage in any debt-for-equity exchanges.

Subject to the satisfaction of vesting conditions and the requirements of Rule 144, the registered restricted shares of our Common Stock will be available for resale immediately in the public market without restriction. With respect to shares of restricted stock granted to certain members of our management, we have filed a resale prospectus in order to allow such members of our management to freely resell their restricted stock once it has vested. In addition, (i) certain former members of our management are entitled to registration rights with respect to their shares of restricted stock, and (ii) certain former QES stockholders are entitled to registration rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock they received in the QES Merger.

On March 8, 2023, we entered into a Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement with Greene’s Holding Corporation in connection with the Greene’s Acquisition. Following their receipt of Common Stock as consideration in the Greene’s Acquisition, subject to release from the associated lock-up provisions and the filing of a resale registration statement or satisfaction of the requirements of Rule 144, the seller may seek to sell the Common Stock delivered to them. These sales (or the perception that these sales may occur), coupled with the increase in the outstanding number of shares of Common Stock, may affect the market for, and the market price of, our Common Stock in an adverse manner.

On June 14, 2021, we entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Equity Distribution Agreement”) with Piper Sandler & Co. as sales agent (the “Agent”). Pursuant to the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement, we may sell from time to time through the Agent (the “ATM Offering”) the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, having an aggregate offering price of up to $50.0. On November 16, 2022, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Equity Distribution Agreement (the “EDA Amendment”). Among other things, the EDA Amendment allows for debt-for-equity exchanges in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). During the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024, the Company did not sell any shares of Common Stock and incurred legal and administrative fees of $0.3 and $0.5, respectively.

Shares of Common Stock offered and sold in the ATM Offering were issued pursuant to the Company's shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-256149) filed with the SEC on May 14, 2021 and declared effective on June 11, 2021 (the “Registration Statement”), the prospectus supplement relating to the ATM Offering filed with the SEC on June 14, 2021 and any applicable additional prospectus supplements related to the ATM Offering that form a part of the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement expired on June 11, 2024 pursuant to Rule 415(a)(5) under the Securities Act. Sales under the ATM Offering program may restart when and if the Company files a prospectus supplement under a successor registration statement.

We cannot predict the size of future issuances of our Common Stock or securities convertible into 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 or other transactions relating to shares of our Common Stock by our significant stockholders, directors, officers or employees could cause a perception in the marketplace that adverse events or trends have occurred or may be occurring at our company or that it is otherwise an advantageous time to sell shares of our Common Stock.

We cannot assure you that we will pay dividends on our Common Stock, and our indebtedness could limit our ability to pay dividends on our Common Stock.

We do not currently intend to pay dividends. In addition, the terms of the agreements governing our debt limit, and the terms of the agreements governing any future debt may limit or prohibit, the payments of dividends. We cannot assure you that we will pay dividends in the future or continue to pay any dividends if we do commence the payment of dividends.

Additionally, our indebtedness could have important consequences for holders of our Common Stock. We cannot assure you that we will be able to effect any such actions or do so on satisfactory terms, if at all, or that such actions would be permitted by the terms of our debt or our other credit and contractual arrangements.

Certain provisions contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, and certain provisions of Delaware law may prevent or delay an acquisition of our company or other strategic transactions, which could decrease the trading price of our Common Stock.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws contain, and Delaware law contains, provisions that are intended to deter coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids and to encourage prospective acquirers to negotiate with our Board rather than to attempt a hostile takeover. Some of these provisions include:

In addition, because we have not chosen to be exempt from Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), this provision could also delay or effectively prevent a change of control that some stockholders may favor. In general, Section 203 provides that, subject to limited exceptions, persons that, together with their affiliates and associates, acquire ownership of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a Delaware corporation shall not engage in any “business combination” with that corporation or its subsidiaries, including any merger or various other transactions, for a three-year period following the date on which that person became the owner of 15% or more of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock.

We believe these provisions will protect our stockholders from coercive or otherwise unfair takeover tactics by requiring potential acquirers to negotiate with our Board and by providing our Board with more time to assess any acquisition proposal. These provisions are not intended to make us immune from takeovers. However, these provisions will apply even if the offer may be considered beneficial by some stockholders and could delay or effectively prevent an acquisition that our Board determines is not in the best interests of our company and our stockholders. These provisions may also prevent or discourage attempts to remove and replace incumbent directors.

Our amended and restated bylaws designate courts in the State of Delaware as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a different judicial forum for intra-corporate disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees or agents.

Our amended and restated bylaws provide that, unless we otherwise consent in writing to selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) will be the sole and exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of KLX Energy Services, any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of KLX Energy Services to KLX Energy Services or KLX Energy Services’ stockholders, any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, KLX Energy Services’ certificate of incorporation or the bylaws, or any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. This provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a different judicial forum, including one that it may find favorable or convenient for intra-corporate disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees or agents, which may discourage such lawsuits.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research reports or publish unfavorable research about our business, the price and trading volume of our Common Stock could decline.

The trading market for our Common Stock depends in part on the research reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. If one or more of the analysts who covers us downgrades our securities, the price of our securities would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases to cover us or fails to publish regular reports on us, interest in the purchase of our securities could decrease, which could cause the price of our Common Stock and its trading volume to decline.

General Risks

We may be unable to attract or retain personnel who are key to our operations.

Our success, among other things, is dependent on our ability to attract, develop and retain highly qualified senior management and other key personnel. Competition for key personnel is intense, and our ability to attract and retain key personnel is dependent on a number of factors, including prevailing market conditions and compensation packages offered by companies competing for the same talent. The inability to hire, develop and retain these key employees may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Many key responsibilities within our business have been assigned to a small number of employees. The loss of their services could adversely affect our business. In particular, the loss of the services of one or more members of our management team, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and certain of our Vice Presidents, could disrupt our operations. We do not maintain “key person” life insurance policies on any of our employees. As a result, we are not insured against any losses resulting from the death of our key employees.


ITEM 1B.			UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.


ITEM 1C.ITEM 1B.			CYBERSECURITY

Risk Management and Strategy

We perform technical assessments with feedback incorporated into our systems and procedures through continual upgrades intended to further improve our cybersecurity posture.

We continue to evaluate internal systems, processes, and controls to identify potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities and mitigate potential loss from cyber-attacks. We have implemented a monitoring and detection system to help identify cybersecurity incidents. All incidents are escalated to our cybersecurity committee, which includes Vice President of IT, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer/General Counsel and other senior management. We also require our employees to receive annual cybersecurity awareness training. We perform cybersecurity tabletop exercises and implement post-incident “lessons learned” to enhance our response. We provide our system users with access consistent with the principle of least privilege, which requires that such users be given no more access than necessary to complete their job functions. We have also implemented a multi-factor authentication process for employees accessing company information.

We engage third-party service providers in connection with our cybersecurity risk program, including assessors, consultants, and auditors. We recognize that third-party service providers introduce cybersecurity risks. In an effort to mitigate these risks, we include security and privacy addendums to our contracts where applicable.

Impacts from Cybersecurity Threats

As of the date of this report, the Company and our service providers have been subject to certain cybersecurity incidents (including phishing attempts). We are not aware of any prior cybersecurity threats that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company. However, we acknowledge that cybersecurity threats are continually evolving, and the possibility of future cybersecurity incidents remains. Despite the implementation of our cybersecurity processes, our security measures cannot guarantee that a significant cyberattack will not occur. A successful attack on our IT systems could have significant consequences to the business. See “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I for additional information about the risks to our business associated with a breach or compromise to our IT systems.

Governance

Our Board considers cybersecurity risk as part of its overall risk oversight function and has delegated to our audit committee oversight of cybersecurity and other information security risks. Our audit committee oversees management’s activities related to our cybersecurity risk program. Our cybersecurity committee, which includes Vice President of IT, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer/General Counsel and other senior management, reports to the audit committee on a quarterly basis regarding information security and cybersecurity matters, including cybersecurity risks, or as needed, and the audit committee reports to the Board.

Our IT department is made up of experienced professionals with an extensive background in information security, risk management and incident response. Our Vice President of IT leads our IT department, which is responsible for assessing, identifying, and managing risks from cybersecurity threats. Our Vice President of IT reports to the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, including with respect to emerging cybersecurity incidents. To facilitate effective oversight, our Vice President of IT holds discussions on cybersecurity risks, incident trends, and the effectiveness of cybersecurity measures as necessitated by emerging material cyber risks.

Our Vice President of IT has over thirty years of IT background in a variety of industries, with experience developing security frameworks, training on cyber security best practices, and emergency response and remediation.

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