RPC INC

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RPC, Inc. (RPC or the Company) provides a broad range of specialized oilfield services primarily to independent and major oilfield companies engaged in exploration, production and development of oil and gas properties throughout the United States, including the Gulf of Mexico, mid-continent, southwest, Rocky Mountain and Appalachian regions, and in selected international locations. The Company’s revenues and profits are generated by providing equipment and services to customers who operate oil and gas properties and invest capital to drill new wells and enhance production or perform maintenance on existing wells. We continuously monitor factors that impact current and expected customer activity levels, such as the prices of oil and natural gas, changes in pricing for our services and equipment, and utilization of our equipment and personnel. Our financial results are affected by geopolitical factors such as political instability in the petroleum-producing regions of the world, the actions of the OPEC oil cartel, overall economic conditions and weather in the United States, the prices of oil and natural gas, other shifting trends in our industry, and our customers’ drilling and production activities.

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RPC, Inc. (RPC or the Company) provides a broad range of specialized oilfield services primarily to independent and major Oilfield companies engaged in exploration, production and development of oil and gas properties throughout the United States, including the Gulf of America, mid-continent, southwest, Rocky Mountain and Appalachian regions, and in selected international locations. The Company’s revenues and profits are generated by providing equipment and services to customers who operate oil and gas properties and invest capital to drill new wells and enhance production or perform maintenance on existing wells. We continuously monitor factors that impact current and expected customer activity levels, such as the prices of oil and natural gas, changes in pricing for our services and equipment, and utilization of our equipment and personnel. Our financial results are affected by geopolitical factors such as political instability in the petroleum-producing regions of the world, the actions of the OPEC oil cartel, overall economic conditions and weather in the United States, the prices of oil and natural gas, other shifting trends in our industry, and our customers’ drilling and production activities.

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Net cash provided by operating activities decreased to $255.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $299.1 million in the same period of 2023 primarily due to a decrease in net income during the first nine months of 2024 compared to the same period in the prior year, partially offset by favorable changes in working capital due primarily to a $52.8 million federal tax refund received during the second quarter of 2024.

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Net cash provided by operating activities decreased to $39.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $56.6 million in the same period of 2024 primarily due to a decrease in net income.

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*Revenues.*Revenues of $337.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, increased 2.2% compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increase in revenues is primarily due to higher pressure pumping activity levels compared to a particularly soft year-ago quarter. Pressure pumping remains highly competitive. Management believes the industry continues to be over-supplied, with frac fleets from gassy basins moving into the Permian over the past year and efficiency gains that are consistently adding pump hour capacity to the industry. These challenges have recently resulted in activity, asset utilization, and pricing trending lower. International revenues represented 3.2% of total revenues in the third quarter of 2024 compared to 2.2% in the same period of the prior year. We believe that international revenues will continue to be less than ten percent of RPC’s consolidated revenues in the foreseeable future.

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*Revenues.*Revenues of $332.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, decreased 11.9% compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease in revenues was primarily due to lower pressure pumping activity levels compared to the prior year. Pressure pumping remains highly competitive. Management believes the industry continues to be over-supplied and efficiency gains are consistently adding pump hour capacity to the industry. These challenges, as well as a declining rig count, have resulted in activity, asset utilization, and pricing trending lower. International revenues represented 2.4% of total revenues in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 2.6% in the same period of the prior year. We believe that international revenues will continue to be less than 10% of RPC’s consolidated revenues in the foreseeable future.

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During the third quarter of 2024, the average price of oil was 6.8% lower and the average price of natural gas was 18.9% lower, both as compared to the same period in the prior year. The average domestic rig count (Source: Baker Hughes, Inc.) for the three months ended September 30, 2024, was 9.7% lower than the same period in 2023.

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During the first quarter of 2025, the average price of oil was 1.9% higher and the average price of natural gas was 70.4% higher, both as compared to the same period in the prior year. The average domestic rig count (Source: Baker Hughes, Inc.) for the three months ended March 31, 2025, was 6.5% lower than in the same period in 2024.

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The Technical Services segment revenues for the third quarter of 2024 increased by 3.4% compared to the same period of the prior year due primarily to an increase in Pressure Pumping revenues, partially offset by lower coiled tubing revenues. Technical Services reported operating income of $16.3 million during the third quarter of 2024 compared to operating income of $18.9 million in the third quarter of 2023. The decrease in Technical Services operating income was primarily due to lower pricing in pressure pumping and several other service lines, as well as lower activity levels in coiled tubing. Support Services segment revenues for the third quarter of 2024 decreased by 11.7% compared to the same period in the prior year, primarily due to lower activity levels within rental tools. Support Services reported operating income of $5.3 million for the third quarter of 2024 compared to operating income of $6.9 million for the third quarter of 2023. Third quarter 2024 Support Services operating profit decreased by $1.6 million compared to the third quarter of the prior year due to lower activity levels and lower revenues over costs that are relatively fixed during the short term.

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The Technical Services segment revenues for the first quarter of 2025 decreased by 12.5% compared to the same period of the prior year due primarily to a decrease in Pressure Pumping revenues. Technical Services reported operating income of $14.0 million during the first quarter of 2025 compared to operating income of $32.0 million in the first quarter of 2024. The decrease in Technical Services operating income was primarily due to lower pricing in pressure pumping and several other service lines. Support Services

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*Cost of revenues.*Cost of revenues decreased 2.9% to $786.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $810.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Cost of revenues decreased primarily due to reduced expenses consistent with lower activity levels, such as materials and supplies expenses and maintenance and repairs expenses. These costs decreased less than the revenue decrease given the fixed nature of some of these costs, including labor, and the timing of maintenance and repairs. In accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) Topic 11.B, cost of revenues presented on the Consolidated Statements of Operations excludes depreciation and amortization totaling $88.7 million for the first nine months of 2024 compared to $71.2 million for the first nine months of 2023.

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*Cost of revenues.*Cost of revenues decreased 11.8% to $243.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $276.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Cost of revenues decreased in line with revenues primarily due to a decrease in expenses consistent with lower activity levels, such as materials and supplies, fleet and transportation and maintenance and repairs expenses. In accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) Topic 11.B, cost of revenues presented on the Consolidated Statements of Operations excludes depreciation and amortization totaling $32.4 million for the first quarter of 2025 compared to $27.3 million for the first quarter of 2024.

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*Selling, general and administrative expenses.*Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to $37.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $42.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, primarily due to a decrease in incentive compensation expense.

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*Selling, general and administrative expenses.*Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $42.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $40.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to ERP system implementation costs.

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*Depreciation and amortization.*Depreciation and amortization increased 23.4% to $35.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $28.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Depreciation and amortization increased due to capital expenditures in the past year.

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*Depreciation and amortization.*Depreciation and amortization increased 18.7% to $35.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $30.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Depreciation and amortization increased due to capital expenditures in the past year, including the addition of a Tier 4 duel-fuel pressure pumping fleet that went into service during the second quarter of 2024.

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Gain on disposition of assets, net. Gain on disposition of assets, net was $1.8 million for both the three months ended September 30, 2024, and for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The gain on disposition of assets, net is generally comprised of gains and losses related to various property and equipment dispositions or sales to customers of lost or damaged rental equipment.

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Gain on disposition of assets, net. Gain on disposition of assets, net was $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $1.2 for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The gain on disposition of assets, net is generally comprised of gains and losses related to various property and equipment dispositions or sales to customers of lost or damaged rental equipment.

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*Other income, net.*Other income, net was $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $804 thousand for the same period in the prior year.

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*Other income, net.*Other income, net was $885 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $767 thousand for the same period in the prior year.

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*Interest expense and interest income.*Interest expense increased to $261 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $101 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Interest expense includes facility fees on the unused portion of the credit facility and the amortization of loan costs. Interest income increased to $3.5 million compared to $1.5 million in the prior year due to a higher average cash balance.

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*Interest expense and interest income.*Interest expense decreased to $131 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $234 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Interest expense includes facility fees on the unused portion of the credit facility and the amortization of loan costs. Interest income increased to $3.4 million compared to $3.0 million in the prior year due to a slightly higher average cash balance.

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Income tax provision. Income tax provision was $4.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $6.5 million for the same period in 2023. The effective tax rate was 19.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 26.3% for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in the 2024 effective tax rate is primarily due to a favorable change in permanent adjustments and favorable discrete adjustments, mainly resulting from provision to tax return entries.

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Income tax provision. Income tax provision was $4.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to $8.4 million tax provision for the same period in 2024. The effective tax rate was 27.2%for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to a 23.4% effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase in effective tax rate is primarily due to a stronger impact of detrimental permanent and discrete adjustments on a decreased pretax income.

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The Company’s cash and cash equivalents increased $53.6 million to $276.9 million as of September 30, 2024, compared to cash and cash equivalents of $223.3 million as of December 31, 2023.

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The Company’s cash and cash equivalents increased $749 thousand to $326.7 million as of March 31, 2025, compared to cash and cash equivalents of $326.0 million as of December 31, 2024.

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The following table sets forth the historical cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:

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The following table sets forth the historical cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024:

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Cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, decreased by $43.9 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023, primarily due to a decrease in net income, partially offset by favorable changes in working capital. Change in working capital was a source of cash of $77.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $40.9 million in the same period last year. Changes in working capital during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, is comprised of the following: a decrease of $51.3 million in taxes receivable primarily due to a $52.8 million federal tax refund received during the second quarter of 2024, coupled with a $49.4 million decrease in accounts receivable, partially offset by an unfavorable change of $15.7 million in unearned revenue. The decrease in unearned revenue was due to the satisfaction of performance obligations that were associated with a customer cash prepayment we received in 2023. The changes in the other components were mainly due to the timing of payments and receipts.

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Cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025, decreased by $16.7 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to a decrease in net income, coupled with unfavorable changes in working capital. Change in working capital was a use of cash of $6.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to a $3.9 million use of cash in the same period last year. The most significant working capital related cash flows during the three months ended March 31, 2025, were a cash use of $44.0 million due to a decrease in unearned revenue due to the satisfaction of performance obligations that were associated with a customer cash prepayment we received in 2024, a $24.3 million cash source from a decrease in accounts receivable due to lower business activity levels compared to the prior year coupled with the timing of receipts. The changes in the other components were mainly due to the timing of payments and receipts.

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Cash used for investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, decreased by $49.7 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023, primarily due to the purchase of Spinnaker during 2023, partially offset by an increase in capital expenditures primarily due to the timing of new equipment deliveries. Capital expenditures were $179.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $148.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

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Cash used for investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025, decreased by $21.6 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to a decrease in capital expenditures primarily related to the timing of new equipment deliveries and consistent with lower business activity levels. Capital expenditures were $32.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $52.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. In the prior year period, the Company was purchasing components of a new Tier 4 dual fuel pressure pumping fleet.

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Cash used for financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, decreased by $2.3 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023, primarily due to a decrease in repurchases of the Company’s common shares in the open market.

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Cash used for financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025, decreased by $7.0 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to a decrease in repurchases of the Company’s common shares in the open market.

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The Company’s financial condition as of September 30, 2024, remains strong. We believe the liquidity provided by our existing cash and cash equivalents and our overall strong capitalization will provide sufficient liquidity to meet our requirements for at least the next twelve months. The Company’s decisions relating to the amount of cash to be used for investing and financing activities are influenced by our capital position, and the expected amount of cash to be provided by operations. RPC does not currently expect to utilize our revolving credit facility to meet these liquidity requirements.

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The Company’s financial condition remains strong. We believe the liquidity provided by our existing cash and cash equivalents and our overall strong capitalization will provide sufficient liquidity to meet our requirements for at least the next twelve months. The Company’s decisions about the amount of cash to be used for investing and financing activities are influenced by our capital position, and the expected amount of cash to be provided by operations. RPC does not expect to utilize our revolving credit facility to meet these liquidity requirements in the near term.

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The majority of our cash and cash equivalents are held at a single financial institution and are in excess of amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). This financial institution is among the largest in the United States and we believe it is a safe place to hold our deposits.

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The majority of our cash and cash equivalents are held at multiple financial institutions, each of which holds funds in excess of amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). These financial institutions are among the largest in the United States and we believe are a safe place to hold our deposits.

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termination date for revolving loans from July 26, 2024 to June 22, 2027, (2) replaces LIBOR with Term SOFR as an interest rate option in connection with revolving loan borrowings and reduces the applicable rate margins by approximately 0.25% at each pricing level, (3) introduces a 1.00% per annum floor for base rate borrowings, and (4) permits the issuance of letters of credit in currencies other than U.S. dollars. As of September 30, 2024, RPC had no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility, and letters of credit outstanding relating to self-insurance programs and contract bids totaled $16.5 million; therefore, a total of $83.5 million of the facility was available. The Company was in compliance with the credit facility financial covenants as of September 30, 2024. For additional information with respect to RPC’s facility, see the note titled Notes Payable to Banks of the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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The Company currently has a $100.0 million revolving credit facility that matures in June 2027. The facility contains customary terms and conditions, including restrictions on indebtedness, dividend payments, business combinations and other related items. The revolving credit facility includes a full and unconditional guarantee by the Company's 100% owned domestic subsidiaries whose assets equal substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. Certain of the Company’s minor subsidiaries are not guarantors. The Credit Agreement’s maturity date is June 22, 2027, and the interest rate is based on Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Term SOFR). In addition, the terms of the agreement have a 1.00% per annum floor for Base Rate borrowings and permits the issuance of letters of credit in currencies other than U.S. dollars. As of March 31, 2025, RPC had no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility, and letters of credit outstanding relating to self-insurance programs and contract bids totaled $16.1 million; therefore, a total of $83.9 million of the facility was available. The Company is currently in compliance with the credit facility financial covenants. For additional information with respect to RPC’s facility, see the note titled Notes Payable to Banks of the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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The Company has a stock buyback program to repurchase up to 49,578,125 shares in the open market, including an additional 8,000,000 shares authorized for repurchase by the Board of Directors in the second quarter of 2023. As of September 30, 2024, 12,768,870 shares remained available to be repurchased. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there were no shares repurchased by the Company in the open market. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, the Company repurchased 136,692 shares in the open market. The Company may repurchase outstanding common shares periodically based on market conditions and our capital allocation strategies considering restrictions under our credit facility. The stock buyback program does not have a predetermined expiration date. For additional information with respect to RPC’s stock buyback program, see note of the Consolidated Financial Statements titled Cash Paid for Common Stock Purchased and Retired.

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The Company has a stock buyback program to repurchase up to 49,578,125 shares in the open market. As of March 31, 2025, 12,768,870 shares remained available to be repurchased. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, there were no shares repurchased by the Company in the open market. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company repurchased 1,010,258 shares in the open market. The Company may repurchase outstanding common shares periodically based on market conditions and our capital allocation strategies considering restrictions under our credit facility. The stock buyback program does not have a predetermined expiration date. For additional information with respect to RPC’s stock buyback program, see note of the Consolidated Financial Statements titled Cash Paid for Common Stock Purchased and Retired.

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On October 22, 2024, the Board of Directors approved the termination of the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”). Pursuant to the Internal Revenue Service rules, participant balances will be distributed 12 months after the termination of the SERP. The Company expects to distribute participant balances in the fourth quarter of 2025 and is currently evaluating its funding options.

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In the fourth quarter of 2024, the Board of Directors approved the termination of the SERP. Pursuant to the Internal Revenue Service rules, participant balances will be distributed between 12 and 24 months after termination. The Company is currently evaluating its funding options and timing to distribute participant balances.

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The Company purchases its equipment and materials from suppliers who provide competitive prices and employ skilled workers from competitive labor markets. If inflation in the general economy increases, the Company’s costs for equipment, materials and labor could increase as well. In addition, increases in activity in the domestic oilfield can cause upward wage pressures in the labor markets from which it hires employees, especially if employment in the general economy increases. Also, activity increases can cause supply disruptions and higher costs of certain materials and key equipment components used to provide services to the Company’s customers. In recent years, the price of labor and raw materials increased while labor shortages caused by the departure of skilled labor from the domestic oilfield industry in prior years. These cost increases have moderated but remain high by historical standards.

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The Company purchases its equipment and materials from suppliers who provide competitive prices and employ skilled workers from competitive labor markets. If inflation in the general economy increases, the Company’s costs for equipment, materials and labor could increase as well. In addition, increases in activity in the domestic oilfield can cause upward wage pressures in the labor markets from which it hires employees, especially if employment in the general economy increases. Also, activity increases can cause supply disruptions and higher costs of certain materials and key equipment components used to provide services to the Company’s customers. In recent years, the price of labor and raw materials increased while labor shortages caused by the departure of skilled labor from the domestic oilfield industry in prior years. These cost increases have moderated but remain high by historical standards. Though the full impact is unclear, the Company does expect tariffs on goods imported into the US to result in increased prices for equipment.

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The current and projected prices of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids are important catalysts for U.S. domestic drilling activity and can be impacted by economic developments as well as geopolitical disruptions, such as the continuing conflicts in the Middle East as well as Russia and Ukraine. RPC believes that oil prices remain at or above levels sufficient to motivate our customers to continue drilling and completion activities.

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The current and projected prices of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids are important catalysts for U.S. domestic drilling activity and can be impacted by economic and policy developments as well as geopolitical disruptions, such as the continuing conflicts in the Middle East as well as Russia and Ukraine. RPC believes that oil prices currently remain at levels sufficient to motivate our customers to maintain drilling and completion activities, however the recent decline of oil prices and potential further volatility could

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The Company periodically purchases, in the ordinary course of business, products or services from suppliers that are owned by officers or significant stockholders of or affiliated with certain directors of RPC. The total amounts paid to these affiliated parties were $1.3 million for both the nine months ended September 30, 2024, and the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

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The Company periodically purchases, in the ordinary course of business, products or services from suppliers that are owned by officers or significant stockholders of or affiliated with certain directors of RPC. The total amounts paid to these affiliated parties were $16 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and $284 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

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RPC and Marine Products own 50% each of a limited liability company called 255 RC, LLC that was created for the joint purchase and ownership of a corporate aircraft. RPC recorded certain net operating costs comprised of rent and an allocable share of fixed costs of $153 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and $150 thousand for the comparable period in 2023.

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RPC and Marine Products own 50% each of a limited liability company called 255 RC, LLC that was created for the joint purchase and ownership of a corporate aircraft. RPC recorded certain net operating costs comprised of rent and an allocable share of fixed costs of $53 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and $51 thousand for the comparable period in 2024.

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selected growth opportunities; our belief that international revenues will continue to be less than ten percent of our consolidated revenues in the foreseeable future; our belief that current and projected prices of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids are important catalysts for U.S. domestic drilling activity and can be impacted by economic developments as well as geopolitical disruptions, such as the continuing conflicts in the Middle East as well as Russia and Ukraine; our belief that oil prices remain at or above levels sufficient to motivate our customers to maintain drilling and completion activities; our belief that the majority of the U.S. domestic rig count remains directed towards oil; our belief that oil-directed drilling will remain the majority of domestic drilling, and that natural gas-directed drilling will remain a low percentage of U.S. domestic drilling in the near term; our belief that natural gas-directed drilling will increase in the future because of favorable long-term market dynamics and our belief that this projected higher demand should drive increased activity in most of the basins in which we operate; our plans to continue to monitor the market for our services and the competitive environment including the current trends and expectations with regard to environmental concerns and related impact on our equipment fleets; our belief that the growing efficiency in recent years with which oilfield completion crews are providing services is a catalyst for the oversupplied nature of the oilfield services market; our plans to continue to maintain and upgrade our current fleet capacity of revenue-producing equipment; our plans to remain highly disciplined about investing in new incremental revenue-producing equipment capacity and to make such investments only when we believe the projected financial returns of such capital expenditures meet our financial return criteria; our intent not to add incremental pressure pumping capacity to the industry given the oversupplied nature of oilfield services; our plans to allocate capital to maintain the capacity of our pressure pumping fleet to offset anticipated fleet retirements and our evaluation of future investments and options to further transition our asset base toward dual-fuel or electric equipment; our belief that the industry continues to be over-supplied, with frac fleets from gassy basins moving into the Permian over the past year and efficiency gains that are consistently adding pump hour capacity to the industry; the strength of our financial condition; our plans with respect to our stock buyback program; our belief that the liquidity provided by our existing cash and cash equivalents and our overall strong capitalization will provide sufficient liquidity to meet our requirements for at least the next twelve months; our belief that we will not need our revolving credit facility to meet our liquidity requirements; our expectations to continue to pay cash dividends to commo…

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Certain statements made in this report that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “project,” “estimate,” “focus,” “plan,” and similar expressions generally identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, statements that relate to our business strategy, plans and objectives, and our beliefs and expectations regarding future demand for our equipment and services, trends in the industry, and other events and conditions that may influence the oilfield services market and our performance in the future. Forward-looking statements made elsewhere in this report include, without limitation, statements regarding: our belief that the likelihood of a material loss related to the outstanding state tax assessment is remote and cannot be reasonably estimated at this time, and the Company currently does not believe the resolution of this claim will have a material impact on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows; statements that repurchases of the Company’s stock may be made from time to time in the open market by block purchases, in privately negotiated transactions or in such other manner as determined by the Company; our ability to continue to monitor factors that impact current and expected customer activity levels, such as the prices of oil and natural gas, changes in pricing for our services and equipment, and utilization of our equipment and personnel; the effect of geopolitical factors such as political instability in the petroleum-producing regions of the world, the actions of the OPEC oil cartel, overall economic conditions and weather in the United States, the prices of oil and natural gas, and our customers’ drilling and production activities on our financial results; our belief that EBITDA, EBITDA margin and free cash flow are important indicators of performance; our belief that EBITDA and EBITDA margin enable investors to compare the operating performance of our core business consistently over various time periods without regard to changes in our capital structure and that free cash flow is an important financial measure for evaluating our financial condition; our belief that the industry continues to be over-supplied and efficiency gains are consistently adding pump hour capacity to the industry, and these challenges as well as a declining rig count, have resulted in activity, asset utilization, and pricing trending lower; our belief that international revenues will continue to be less than ten percent of our consolidated revenues in the foreseeable future; our belief that our financial condition remains strong; our belief that the liquidity provided by our existing cash and cash equivalents and our overall strong capitalization will provide sufficient liquidity to meet our requirements for at least the next twelve months; …

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Such forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by our management in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes to be appropriate. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of RPC to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Risk factors that could cause such future events not to occur as expected include the following: the volatility of oil and natural gas prices; our concentration of customers in the energy industry and periodic downturns; our business depends on capital spending by our customers, many of whom rely on outside financing to fund their operations; dependence on our key personnel; our ability to identify or complete acquisitions; our ability to attract and retain skilled workers; some of our equipment and several types of materials used in providing our services are available from a limited number of suppliers; whether outside financing is available or favorable to us; increasing expectations from customers, investors and other stakeholders regarding our environmental, social and governance practices; our compliance with regulations and environmental laws; the combined impact of the OPEC disputes and the COVID-19 pandemic on our operating results; possible declines in the price of oil and natural gas, which tend to result in a decrease in drilling activity and therefore a decline in the demand for our services; the ultimate impact of current and potential political unrest and armed conflict in the oil producing regions of the world, including the current conflict involving Israel and the Gaza Strip, which could impact drilling activity; adverse weather conditions in oil or gas producing regions, including the Gulf of Mexico; competition in the oil and gas industry, especially in pressure pumping, and adverse impacts from the industry being over-supplied; limits to the Company’s ability to implement price increases; the potential impact of possible future regulations on hydraulic fracturing on our business; risks of international operations; reliance on large customers; our operations rely on digital systems and processes that are subject to cyber-attacks or other threats; and our cash and cash equivalents are held primarily at a single financial institution. Additional discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ from management’s projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations is contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Such forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by our management in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes to be appropriate. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of RPC to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Risk factors that could cause such future events not to occur as expected include the following: the volatility of oil and natural gas prices; our concentration of customers in the energy industry and periodic downturns; our business depends on capital spending by our customers, many of whom rely on outside financing to fund their operations; dependence on our key personnel; our ability to identify or complete acquisitions; our ability to attract and retain skilled workers; some of our equipment and several types of materials used in providing our services are available from a limited number of suppliers; whether outside financing is available or favorable to us; increasing expectations from customers, investors and other stakeholders regarding our environmental, social and governance practices; our compliance with regulations and environmental laws; the combined impact of the OPEC disputes and the COVID-19 pandemic on our operating results; possible declines in the price of oil and natural gas, which tend to result in a decrease in drilling activity and therefore a decline in the demand for our services; the ultimate impact of current and potential political unrest and armed conflict in the oil producing regions of the world, including the current conflict involving Israel and the Gaza Strip, which could impact drilling activity; adverse weather conditions in oil or gas producing regions, including the Gulf of America; competition in the oil and gas industry, especially in pressure pumping, and adverse impacts from the industry being over-supplied; limits to the Company’s ability to implement price increases; the potential impact of possible future regulations on hydraulic fracturing on our business; risks of international operations; reliance on large customers; our operations rely on digital systems and processes that are subject to cyber-attacks or other threats; and our cash and cash equivalents are held primarily at a single financial institution. Additional discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ from management’s projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations is contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.