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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q
xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Form 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017

2022

OR

¨TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to

Commission File Number: 001-36590

Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware37-1653648

Delaware

37-1653648

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

11601 North Galayda Street
Houston, Texas
77086
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)
(281)

20475 State Highway 249, Suite 300

Houston, TX77070

(Address of principal executive offices)

(281) 598-1230

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class

Trading symbol(s)

Name of each exchange where registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

ICD

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes   x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”filer,” “smaller reporting company” and "emerging“emerging growth company"company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated Filer

¨

Accelerated Filer   

Large accelerated filer

¨

Accelerated filer

x

Non-Accelerated Filer

Smaller Reporting Company   

Non-accelerated filer

¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

¨

Emerging Growth Company   

Emerging growth companyx
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. x

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

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

37,981,534

13,617,005 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock were outstanding as of October 27, 2017.28, 2022.




CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Various statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including those that express a belief, expectation or intention, as well as those that are not statements of historical fact, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may include projections and estimates concerning the timing and success of specific projects and our future revenues, income and capital spending. Our forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by words such as “estimate,” “project,” “predict,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “potential,” “plan,” “goal,” “will” or other words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and assumptions about future events. While our management considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, contingencies and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These and other important factors may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks, contingencies and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:

inability to predict the duration or magnitude of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, operations, and financial condition;
a decline in or substantial volatility of crude oil and natural gas commodity prices;
a decrease in domestic spending by the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry;
fluctuation of our operating results and volatility of our industry;
inability to maintain or increase pricing of our contract drilling services, or early termination of any term contract for which early termination compensation is not paid;
our backlog of term contracts declining rapidly;
the loss of any of our customers, financial distress or management changes of potential customers or failure to obtain contract renewals and additional customer contracts for our drilling services;
overcapacity and competition in our industry;
an increase in interest rates and deterioration in the credit markets;
our inability to comply with the financial and other covenants in debt agreements;
unanticipated costs, delays and other difficulties in executing our long-term growth strategy;
the loss of key management personnel;
new technology that may cause our drilling methods or equipment to become less competitive;
labor costs or shortages of skilled workers;
the loss of or interruption in operations of one or more key vendors;
the effect of operating hazards and severe weather on our rigs, facilities, business, operations and financial results, and limitations on our insurance coverage;
increased regulation of drilling in unconventional formations;
risks related to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, including the effects of related sanctions and supply chain disruptions or general effects on the global economy;
the incurrence of significant costs and liabilities in the future resulting from our failure to comply with new or existing environmental regulations or an accidental release of hazardous substances into the environment; and
the potential failure by us to establish and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting.
a sustained decrease in domestic spending by the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry;
a decline in or substantial volatility of crude oil and natural gas commodity prices;
our inability to implement our business and growth strategy;
fluctuation of our operating results and volatility of our industry;
inability to maintain or increase pricing of our contract drilling services, or early termination of any term contract for which early termination compensation is not paid;
our backlog of term contracts declining rapidly;
the loss of any of our customers, financial distress or management changes of potential customers or failure to obtain contract renewals and additional customer contracts for our drilling services;
overcapacity and competition in our industry;
an increase in interest rates and deterioration in the credit markets;
our inability to comply with the financial and other covenants in debt agreements that we may enter into as a result of reduced revenues and financial performance;
a substantial reduction in borrowing base under our revolving credit facility as a result of a decline in the appraised value of our drilling rigs or reduction in the number of rigs operating;
unanticipated costs, delays and other difficulties in executing our long-term growth strategy;
the loss of key management personnel;
new technology that may cause our drilling methods or equipment to become less competitive;
labor costs or shortages of skilled workers;
the loss of or interruption in operations of one or more key vendors;
the effect of operating hazards and severe weather on our rigs, facilities, business, operations and financial results, and limitations on our insurance coverage;
increased regulation of drilling in unconventional formations;
the incurrence of significant costs and liabilities in the future resulting from our failure to comply with new or existing environmental regulations or an accidental release of hazardous substances into the environment; and
the potential failure by us to establish and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting.

All forward-looking statements are necessarily only estimates of future results, and there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from expectations, and, therefore, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Any forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed throughout this Form 10-Q and Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.2021. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.



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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except par value and share amounts)


 September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Assets   
Cash and cash equivalents$2,652
 $7,071
Accounts receivable, net15,811
 11,468
Inventories2,627
 2,336
Assets held for sale5,739
 3,915
Prepaid expenses and other current assets3,978
 3,102
Total current assets30,807
 27,892
Property, plant and equipment, net272,003
 273,188
Other long-term assets, net1,503
 1,027
Total assets$304,313
 $302,107
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity   
Liabilities   
Current portion of long-term debt$510
 $441
Accounts payable8,365
 10,031
Accrued liabilities6,477
 7,821
Total current liabilities15,352
 18,293
Long-term debt47,630
 26,078
Deferred income taxes
506
 396
Other long-term liabilities
105
 88
Total liabilities63,593
 44,855
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
 
Stockholders’ equity   
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 38,239,713 and 37,831,723 shares issued, respectively; and 37,981,534 and 37,617,920 shares outstanding, respectively380
 376
Additional paid-in capital326,097
 323,918
Accumulated deficit(83,900) (65,347)
Treasury stock, at cost, 258,179 and 213,803 shares, respectively(1,857) (1,695)
Total stockholders’ equity240,720
 257,252
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$304,313
 $302,107

September 30, 

December 31, 

    

2022

    

2021

Assets

 

  

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

$

7,566

$

4,140

Accounts receivable

 

33,967

 

22,211

Inventories

 

1,433

 

1,171

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

2,940

 

4,787

Total current assets

 

45,906

 

32,309

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

365,160

 

362,346

Other long-term assets, net

 

2,159

 

2,449

Total assets

$

413,225

$

397,104

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

  

 

  

Liabilities

 

  

 

  

Current portion of long-term debt

$

3,302

$

4,464

Accounts payable

 

28,859

 

15,304

Accrued liabilities

 

13,162

 

11,245

Accrued interest

122

4,372

Current portion of merger consideration payable to an affiliate

 

 

2,902

Total current liabilities

 

45,445

 

38,287

Long-term debt

 

136,756

 

141,740

Deferred income taxes, net

 

19,391

 

19,037

Other long-term liabilities

 

1,661

 

2,811

Total liabilities

 

203,253

 

201,875

Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)

 

  

 

  

Stockholders’ equity

 

  

 

  

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 250,000,000 shares authorized; 13,698,851 and 10,287,931 shares issued, respectively, and 13,617,005 and 10,206,085 shares outstanding, respectively

 

136

 

102

Additional paid-in capital

 

616,316

 

532,826

Accumulated deficit

 

(402,557)

 

(333,776)

Treasury stock, at cost, 81,846 shares and 81,846 shares, respectively

 

(3,923)

 

(3,923)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

209,972

 

195,229

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

413,225

$

397,104

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


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Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
Revenues$23,445
 $14,464
 $64,966
 $52,074
Costs and expenses       
Operating costs18,247
 11,246
 48,953
 31,211
Selling, general and administrative2,948
 3,242
 10,101
 11,868
Depreciation and amortization6,529
 6,010
 19,120
 17,651
Asset impairment, net899
 
 1,574
 
Loss on disposition of assets, net
 676
 1,573
 588
Total costs and expenses28,623
 21,174
 81,321
 61,318
Operating loss(5,178) (6,710) (16,355) (9,244)
Interest expense(772) (456) (2,088) (2,492)
Loss before income taxes(5,950) (7,166) (18,443) (11,736)
Income tax expense30
 32
 110
 67
Net loss$(5,980) $(7,198) $(18,553) $(11,803)
Loss per share:       
Basic and diluted$(0.16) $(0.19) $(0.49) $(0.37)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:       
Basic and diluted37,839
 37,387
 37,688
 31,670

Three Months Ended September 30, 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

Revenues

$

49,147

$

24,035

$

126,451

$

59,394

Costs and expenses

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Operating costs

 

31,379

 

20,123

 

87,448

 

51,704

Selling, general and administrative

 

7,007

 

4,068

 

17,096

 

11,829

Depreciation and amortization

 

10,120

 

9,739

 

29,719

 

29,244

Asset impairment, net

 

 

482

 

 

775

Loss (gain) on disposition of assets, net

 

433

 

222

 

(665)

 

(182)

Total costs and expenses

 

48,939

 

34,634

 

133,598

 

93,370

Operating income (loss)

 

208

 

(10,599)

 

(7,147)

 

(33,976)

Interest expense

 

(8,098)

 

(3,812)

 

(21,005)

 

(11,294)

Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt

10,128

(46,347)

10,128

Change in fair value of embedded derivative liability

(4,265)

Realized gain on extinguishment of derivative

10,765

Loss before income taxes

 

(7,890)

 

(4,283)

 

(67,999)

 

(35,142)

Income tax (benefit) expense

 

(696)

 

19

 

783

 

86

Net loss

$

(7,194)

$

(4,302)

$

(68,782)

$

(35,228)

Loss per share:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Basic and diluted

$

(0.53)

$

(0.59)

$

(5.36)

$

(5.22)

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Basic and diluted

 

13,590

 

7,321

 

12,836

 

6,754

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


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Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.

Statement

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except share amounts)

Additional

Total

Common Stock

Paid-in

Accumulated

Treasury

Stockholders'

    

Shares

    

Amount

    

Capital

    

Deficit

    

Stock

    

Equity

Balances at December 31, 2021

 

10,206,085

 

$

102

 

$

532,826

 

$

(333,776)

 

$

(3,923)

 

$

195,229

RSUs vested, net of shares withheld for taxes

81,067

 

1

 

(33)

 

 

 

(32)

Issuance of common stock through at-the-market facility, net of offering costs

1,061,853

 

10

 

3,350

 

 

 

3,360

Shares issued for structuring fee

2,268,000

23

9,140

9,163

Stock-based compensation

 

 

292

 

 

 

292

Net loss

 

 

 

(58,796)

 

 

(58,796)

Balances at March 31, 2022

 

13,617,005

 

$

136

 

$

545,575

 

$

(392,572)

 

$

(3,923)

 

$

149,216

Issuance of common stock through at-the-market facility, net of offering costs

 

 

(205)

 

 

 

(205)

Extinguishment of derivative

 

 

69,232

 

 

 

69,232

Stock-based compensation

 

 

528

 

 

 

528

Net loss

 

 

 

(2,791)

 

 

(2,791)

Balances at June 30, 2022

 

13,617,005

 

$

136

 

$

615,130

 

$

(395,363)

 

$

(3,923)

 

$

215,980

Issuance of common stock through at-the-market facility, net of offering costs

 

 

(117)

 

 

 

(117)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

1,303

 

 

 

1,303

Net loss

 

 

 

(7,194)

 

 

(7,194)

Balances at September 30, 2022

 

13,617,005

 

$

136

 

$

616,316

 

$

(402,557)

 

$

(3,923)

 

$

209,972

Additional

Total

Common Stock

Paid-in

Accumulated

Treasury

Stockholders'

    

Shares

    

Amount

    

Capital

    

Deficit

    

Stock

    

Equity

Balances at December 31, 2020

 

6,175,818

 

$

62

 

$

517,948

 

$

(267,064)

 

$

(3,913)

 

$

247,033

RSUs vested, net of shares withheld for taxes

25,285

 

 

(11)

 

 

 

(11)

Issuance of common stock through at-the-market facility, net of offering costs

140,377

 

1

 

520

 

 

 

521

Issuance of common stock under purchase agreement

174,100

 

2

 

872

 

 

 

874

Stock-based compensation

 

 

454

 

 

 

454

Net loss

 

 

 

(16,025)

 

 

(16,025)

Balances at March 31, 2021

 

6,515,580

 

$

65

 

$

519,783

 

$

(283,089)

 

$

(3,913)

 

$

232,846

Issuance of common stock through at-the-market facility, net of offering costs

445,557

 

4

 

1,468

 

 

 

1,472

Issuance of common stock under purchase agreement

282,800

 

3

 

1,072

 

 

 

1,075

Stock-based compensation

 

 

454

 

 

 

454

Net loss

 

 

 

(14,901)

 

 

(14,901)

Balances at June 30, 2021

 

7,243,937

 

$

72

 

$

522,777

 

$

(297,990)

 

$

(3,913)

 

$

220,946

Issuance of common stock through at-the-market facility, net of offering costs

686,739

 

7

 

1,859

 

 

 

1,866

Issuance of common stock under purchase agreement

40,800

 

1

 

122

 

 

 

123

Stock-based compensation

 

 

459

 

 

 

459

Net loss

 

 

 

(4,302)

 

 

(4,302)

Balances at September 30, 2021

 

7,971,476

 

$

80

 

$

525,217

 

$

(302,292)

 

$

(3,913)

 

$

219,092

 Common Stock        
 Shares Amount 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Treasury
Stock
 
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
Balances at December 31, 201637,617,920
 $376
 $323,918
 $(65,347) $(1,695) $257,252
Restricted stock forfeited(3,195) 
 
 
 
 
RSUs vested, net of shares withheld for taxes411,185
 4
 (857) 
 
 (853)
Purchase of treasury stock(44,376) 
 
 
 (162) (162)
Stock-based compensation
 
 3,036
 
 
 3,036
Net loss
 
 
 (18,553) 
 (18,553)
Balances at September 30, 201737,981,534
 $380
 $326,097
 $(83,900) $(1,857) $240,720

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



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Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

Cash flows from operating activities

 

  

 

  

Net loss

$

(68,782)

$

(35,228)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

  

 

  

Depreciation and amortization

 

29,719

 

29,244

Asset impairment, net

 

 

775

Stock-based compensation

 

2,976

 

1,770

Gain on disposition of assets, net

 

(665)

 

(182)

Non-cash interest expense

15,859

2,828

Non-cash loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt

46,347

(10,128)

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

320

 

836

Amortization of Convertible Notes issuance costs and debt discount

4,310

Change in fair value of embedded derivative liability

4,265

Gain on extinguishment of derivative

 

(10,765)

 

Deferred income taxes

 

354

 

86

Bad debt expense (recovery)

 

256

 

(52)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

  

 

  

Accounts receivable

 

(12,012)

 

(6,863)

Inventories

 

(291)

 

(40)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

2,098

 

1,929

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

208

 

7,322

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

14,197

 

(7,703)

Cash flows from investing activities

 

  

 

  

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

 

(22,286)

 

(9,692)

Proceeds from the sale of assets

 

2,749

 

1,849

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(19,537)

 

(7,843)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

  

 

  

Proceeds from issuance of convertible debt

157,500

Repayments under Term Loan Facility

(139,076)

Borrowings under Revolving ABL Credit Facility

 

1,576

 

4,309

Repayments under Revolving ABL Credit Facility

 

(28)

 

(17)

Payment of merger consideration

(2,902)

Proceeds from issuance of common stock through at-the-market facility, net of issuance costs

3,038

 

3,859

Proceeds from issuance of common stock under purchase agreement

 

2,072

RSUs withheld for taxes

 

(32)

 

(11)

Convertible debt issuance costs

(7,230)

Financing costs paid under Revolving ABL Credit Facility

 

(266)

 

Payments for finance lease obligations

 

(3,814)

 

(2,643)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

8,766

 

7,569

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

3,426

 

(7,977)

Cash and cash equivalents

 

  

 

  

Beginning of period

 

4,140

 

12,279

End of period

$

7,566

$

4,302

(Unaudited)

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 Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands)2017 2016
Cash flows from operating activities   
Net loss$(18,553) $(11,803)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities   
Depreciation and amortization19,120
 17,651
Asset impairment, net1,574
 
Stock-based compensation3,036
 3,336
Stock-based compensation - executive retirement
 (67)
Loss on disposition of assets, net1,573
 588
Deferred income taxes110
 68
Amortization of deferred financing costs344
 408
Write-off of deferred financing costs
 504
Changes in operating assets and liabilities   
Accounts receivable(4,343) 9,275
Inventories(257) (227)
Prepaid expenses and other assets(1,037) 244
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities655
 (3,325)
Net cash provided by operating activities2,222
 16,652
Cash flows from investing activities   
Purchases of property, plant and equipment(26,975) (17,331)
Proceeds from insurance claims
 188
Proceeds from the sale of assets1,088
 864
Net cash used in investing activities(25,887) (16,279)
Cash flows from financing activities   
Borrowings under credit facility38,410
 42,391
Repayments under credit facility(17,162) (82,129)
Public offering proceeds, net of offering costs

 42,920
Purchase of treasury stock(162) (345)
RSUs withheld for taxes(853) 
Financing costs paid(538) (217)
Payments for capital lease obligations(449) (425)
Net cash provided by financing activities19,246
 2,195
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents(4,419) 2,568
Cash and cash equivalents   
Beginning of period7,071
 5,344
End of period$2,652
 $7,912
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information   
Cash paid during the period for interest$1,865
 $1,758
Cash (received) paid during the period for taxes$
 $(133)
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities   
Change in property, plant and equipment purchases in accounts payable$(3,648) $(1,537)
Additions to property, plant and equipment through capital leases$822
 $1,256

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

(in thousands)

    

2022

    

2021

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

Cash paid during the period for interest

 

$

4,745

 

$

6,660

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities

Change in property, plant and equipment purchases in accounts payable

 

$

9,015

 

$

3,755

Additions to property, plant and equipment through finance leases

 

$

3,250

 

$

754

Extinguishment of finance lease obligations from sale of assets classified as finance leases

 

$

(163)

 

$

Transfer of assets from held and used to held for sale

 

$

 

$

(1,082)

Gain on extinguishment of debt

$

$

10,000

Shares issued for structuring fee

$

9,163

$

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


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INDEPENDENCE CONTRACT DRILLING, INC.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)


1.Nature of Operations and Recent Events

1.Nature of Operations and Recent Events

Except as expressly stated or the context otherwise requires, the terms "we," "us," "our," "ICD,"“we,” “us,” “our,” “ICD,” and the "Company"“Company” refer to Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.

and its subsidiary.

We provide land-based contract drilling services for oil and natural gas producers targeting unconventional resource plays in the United States. We construct, own and operate a premium fleet comprised entirely of custom designed ShaleDriller®modern, technologically advanced drilling rigs.

Our standardized fleet currently consists of 14 premium 200 Series ShaleDriller® rigs, all of which are equipped with our integrated omni-directional walking systems. Every rig in our fleet is a 1500-hp, AC programmable rig designed to be fast-moving between drilling sites and is equipped with 7500 psi mud systems, top drives, automated tubular handling systems and blowout preventer handling systems. All of our rigs are equipped with bi-fuel capabilities that enable the rig to operate on either diesel or a natural gas-diesel blend.
Our first rig commenced drilling in May 2012.

We currently focus our operations on unconventional resource plays located in geographic regions that we can efficiently support from our Houston, Texas and Midland, Texas facilities in order to maximize economies of scale. Currently, our rigs are operating in the Permian Basin Eagle Ford Shale and the Haynesville Shale,Shale; however, our rigs have previously operated in the Eagle Ford Shale, Mid-Continent and Eaglebine regions as well.

Our business depends on the level of exploration and production activity by oil and natural gas companies operating in the United States, and in particular, the regions where we actively market our contract drilling services. The oil and natural gas exploration and production industry is a historically cyclical industryand characterized by significant changes in the levels of exploration and development activities. Oil and natural gas prices and market expectations of potential changes in those prices significantly affect the levels of those activities. Worldwide political, regulatory, economic and military events, as well as natural disasters have contributed to oil and natural gas price volatility historically and are likely to continue to do so in the future. Any prolonged reduction in the overall level of exploration and development activities in the United States and the regions where we market our contract drilling services, whether resulting from changes in oil and natural gas prices or otherwise, could materially and adversely affect our business.

Market Conditions and COVID-19 Pandemic Update

Oil and Natural Gas Pricesnatural gas prices were negatively impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Drilling Activity

significantly decreased the demand for drilling services in 2020 and early 2021. However, business conditions have begun to improve rapidly which has led to improved dayrates and margins for contract drilling services. In addition, the supply for pad-optimal, super-spec rigs is finite with limited spare capacity that can be reactivated without significant cost and expense. We expect the market for our contract drilling services to continue to remain tight and for pricing and margins to continue to improve throughout the remainder of 2022 and into 2023. As a result of these improving market conditions, we also are experiencing increases in labor and other operating costs as well as the costs of capital equipment. In addition, lead times for delivery of capital equipment and services are lengthening which is causing us to bring forward investments in order to meet our planned rig reactivation schedules.

Oil prices began to decline in the second half(WTI-Cushing) reached a high of 2014, declined further during 2015 and remained low in 2016. The closing price of oil was as high as $106.06 per barrel during the third quarter of 2014, was $37.13$123.64 per barrel on December 31, 2015,March 8, 2022, and natural gas prices (Henry Hub) reached a lowrecent high of $26.19$9.85 per mmcf on February 11, 2016 (WTI spot price as reported by the United States Energy Information Administration). As a result, our industry experienced an exceptional downturn and market conditionsAugust 22, 2022, however prices have only begun to stabilize and slowly recover.

Recently, and in particular, following the November 2016 decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”) to reduce production quotas, oil prices began to recover to the $45 to $55fallen since those highs reaching $79.91 per barrel range. However, there are no indications at this time that oil prices and rig counts will recover, in the near term to their previous highs experienced in 2014.
As market conditions have improved from trough levels in 2016 and begun to stabilize, demand for our ShaleDriller® rigs has improved. At$6.40 per mmcf as of September 30, 2017, all2022 due to concerns surrounding U.S. and global recessions. As of September 30, 2022, we had 18 rigs operating, with our rigs were under contract19th rig mobilizing for drilling operations at the end of October 2022 and operating. In addition to improving utilization, contract tenors are improved with customers willing to sign term contracts of six to twelve months or longer,our 20th rig contracted and at higher dayrates compared to trough levels. However, the pace and duration of the current recovery is unknown. If oil prices were to fall below $45 per barrelscheduled for any sustained period of time, market conditions and demand for our products and services could deteriorate.
Amendment to Revolving Credit Facility
On July 14, 2017, we amended our existing credit facility ("the Credit Facility"). The Credit Facility amendment maintained the aggregate commitments under the facility at $85.0 million and extended the maturity date two years to November 5, 2020. In addition, the amendment provided for an additional uncommitted $65.0 million accordion feature that allows for future increasesreactivation in facility commitments.

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Interest under the Credit Facility remains unchanged. The amendment contained various changes to the financial and other covenants to accommodate the extension in term, including changes to the leverage ratio covenant, fixed charge coverage ratio covenant and rig utilization ratio covenant.

Assets Held For Sale
During the fourth quarter of 2016,2022. Additionally, our first 200 to 300 series rig conversion will be completed during the fourth quarter of 2022.

Amendment No. 5 to the Revolving ABL Credit Facility

On September 22, 2022, we beganamended our Revolving ABL Credit Facility Agreement, which included extending the maturity date by two years to September 30, 2025, replacing references to LIBOR interest rates with SOFR interest rates and amending the applicable margin for which interest is calculated as follows:

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Tier

Quarterly Average Excess Availability

Applicable Base Rate Margin

Applicable SOFR Margin

1

Greater than $26,666,666

1.50%

2.36%

2

Greater than $13,333,333 but less than or equal to $26,666,666

1.75%

2.61%

3

Less than or equal to $13,333,333

2.00%

2.86%

Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation

On June 8, 2022, we filed a reviewcertificate of amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”) with the Delaware Secretary of State. The Charter Amendment increased the number of authorized shares of our rig fleetcommon stock, par value $0.01 per share from 50 million shares to 250 million shares. The Charter Amendment does not change the number of authorized shares of our preferred stock or the par value per share of any stock.

Amendment No. 1 to the 2019 Plan

On June 8, 2022, our stockholders approved an amendment to our 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) to increase the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2019 Plan by 4.3 million shares (from 275,000 shares to 4,575,000 shares).

Convertible Notes

On March 18, 2022, we issued $157.5 million aggregate principal amount of convertible secured PIK toggle notes due 2026 (the “Convertible Notes”). Proceeds from the private placement of the Convertible Notes were used to repay all of our outstanding indebtedness under our term loan credit agreement, to repay merger consideration payable with associated accrued interest to prior equity holders of Sidewinder Drilling LLC, and otherfor working capital equipmentpurposes. The Convertible Notes mature on March 18, 2026. The Convertible Notes have a cash interest rate of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus a 10 basis point credit spread, with a focus on opportunitiesfloor of 1% (collectively, “SOFR”) plus 12.5%. The Convertible Notes have an initial payment in-kind, or “PIK,” interest rate of SOFR plus 14.0% through September 30, 2022. The PIK interest rate decreased to standardize certain rig components acrossSOFR plus 9.5% as of September 30, 2022.

We have the right at our fleet. option, to PIK interest under the Convertible Notes for the entire term of the Convertible Notes. We elected to pay in-kind outstanding interest as of September 30, 2022, resulting in an additional $12.7 million principal amount of Convertible Notes being issued as of September 30, 2022.

The standardizationeffective conversion price of this equipment creates operating efficienciesthe Convertible Notes is $4.51 per share (221.72949 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes). We may issue up to $7.5 million of additional Convertible Notes. We may convert all Convertible Notes (including PIK notes) upon conversion of Convertible Notes in maintaining this equipment, as well as efficiencies when crews transfer between rigs.  Asconnection with a resultQualified Merger Conversion (as defined in the Indenture) and may issue additional shares of common stock to the extent the number of shares issuable upon such conversion would exceed the number of shares of common stock issuable at the otherwise then-current conversion price. In connection with the placement of the Convertible Notes, we issued 2,268,000 shares of our review, we identified several non-standard items which, while fully functional,common stock as a structuring fee. The structuring fee shares were less than optimal from an operations perspective. Such assets were classified as heldissued on March 18, 2022, concurrent with the closing of the private placement of the Convertible Notes. See Note 8 “Long-term Debt” for sale onadditional information.

ATM Distribution Agreement

In December 2021, our December 31, 2016 balance sheet. In the second quarterboard of 2017, we sold $1.6 million of these assets and recognized a loss ondirectors authorized the sale of assets$5.9 million of $0.8 million.

Duringcommon stock to be sold in transactions that are deemed to be “at-the-market offerings” and increased the authorization by $6.5 million in May 2022. In the first quarter of 2022, we raised gross proceeds of $3.6 million from the sale of 1,061,853 shares in this offering. We did not participate in this program in the second quarter of 2017, our management committed to a plan to sell our corporate headquarters and rig assembly yard complex located at 11601 North Galayda Street, Houston, Texas, in order to relocate to office space and a yard facility more suitable to our needs. As a result, we reclassified an aggregate $4.0 million of land, buildings and equipment from property, plant and equipment to assets held for sale on our balance sheet and recognized a $0.5 million asset impairment charge representing the difference between the carrying value and the fair value, less the costs to sell the related property.  In theor third quarter of 2017,2022. As of September 30, 2022, we recorded an additional asset impairment on the property, reducing assets held for sale, of $0.6have $8.8 million as a result of water related damage from the heavy rainfall that occurred during Hurricane Harvey in August 2017.
2.Interim Financial Information
remaining availability under this ATM program.

2.Interim Financial Information

These unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ICD,the Company and its subsidiary, and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). These

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consolidated financial statements should be read along with our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016,2021, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2021. In management’s opinion, these financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to fairly presentfor a fair statement of our financial position, results of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders'stockholders’ equity for all periods presented.

As we had no items of other comprehensive income in any period presented, no other components of comprehensive income or comprehensive income is presented.

Interim results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 2022 may not be indicative of results that will be realized for the full year ending December 31, 2017.

2022.

Derivatives

We do not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. We evaluate all of our financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period. All derivative instruments are measured at fair value.

As described in Note 8, we determined that certain features under our Convertible Notes required bifurcation from the debt host agreement in accordance with ASC 815 as of March 18, 2022. Accordingly, we recognized a derivative liability at fair value for this instrument in our consolidated balance sheet and adjusted the carrying value of the liability to fair value at each reporting period until the features underlying the instrument were exercised, redeemed, cancelled or expired. The changes in fair value were assessed quarterly and recorded in our consolidated statement of operations. After the approval of certain matters by our stockholders at our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held June 8, 2022, certain features under our Convertible Notes were modified and no longer met the criteria to bifurcate from the host debt agreement. Accordingly, as of June 8, 2022, we recognized the change in fair value of the embedded derivative, $4.3 million, and extinguished the fair value of the conversion rate feature ($69.2 million) of the derivative liability on our balance sheet to stockholders’ equity, as the conversion rate feature now met the criteria to be classified in equity, and recognized a gain on extinguishment of derivative liability on our consolidated statement of operations of $10.8 million associated with the PIK interest rate feature of the derivative liability. See Note 5 “Financial Instruments and Fair Value” for additional information.

Segment and Geographical Information

Our operations consist of one reportable segment because all of our drilling operations are located in the United States and have similar economic characteristics. Corporate management administers all properties as a whole rather than as discrete operating segments. Operational data is tracked by rig; however, financial performance is measured as a single enterprise and not on a rig-by-rig basis. Further, the allocation of capital resources is employed on a project-by-project basis across our entire asset base to maximize profitability without regard to individual geographic areas.

Other Matters
We have not elected to avail ourselves of the extended transition period available to emerging growth companies ("EGCs") as provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for complying with new or revised accounting standards, therefore, we will be subject to new or revised accounting standards at the same time as other public companies that are not EGCs.


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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014,June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB"(“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, to provide guidance on the recognition of revenue from customers. Subsequent to May 2014, there have been other related ASU's issued that relate to narrow-scope improvements and practical expedients for the application of ASU 2014-09. Under this guidance, an entity will recognize revenue, when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects what it expects in exchange for the goods or services. This guidance also requires more detailed disclosures to enable users of the financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty, if any, of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. This guidance, as updated, is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. We are currently in the process of completing our evaluation of the impact this guidance will have on our financial statements. We, along with our third party consultants, have identified and analyzed a sample of contracts that are representative of our business and have performed a detailed analysis of the performance obligations and pricing arrangements therein. We currently do not expect that the new guidance will impact the timing of our revenue recognition, however, certain revenues and costs historically recorded on a gross basis in our financial statements may be recorded on a net basis. The most significant implementation items that we have open are the completion of our gross vs. net analysis on our reimbursables, preparation of the new required disclosure, and revising our processes and controls relating to the accounting and disclosures for revenue. We are also still evaluating the portion, if any, of our contract drilling revenues that will be subject to the new leasing guidance discussed below, that we expect to adopt in 2019. We currently expect to adopt this new guidance utilizing the modified retrospective approach.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, to establish the principles that lessees and lessors shall apply to report useful information to users of financial statements about the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from a lease. Under the new guidance, lessees will be required to recognize (with the exception of short-term leases) at the commencement date, a lease liability, which is a lessee's obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis; and a right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. This guidance is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted for all public business entities. We are currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our financial statements with respect to revenue recognition as a lessor, and have engaged a third party consultant to assist us on this evaluation process. Furthermore, the majority of our operating leases with lease terms greater than twelve months, where we are the lessee, are currently accounted for as capital leases.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, as additional guidance on the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments. The new guidance requires the measurement of all expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable supportable forecasts. In addition, the guidance amends the accounting for credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities and purchased financial assets with credit deterioration. The new guidance is effective for SEC filerspublic companies for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018. In October 2019, the FASB approved a proposal which grants smaller reporting companies additional time to implement FASB standards on current expected credit losses (CECL) to January 2023. As a smaller reporting company, we will defer adoption of ASU 2016-13 until January 2023. We are indo not expect the initial stages of evaluating thestandard to have a material impact this guidance will have on our accounts receivable.
consolidated financial statements.

In August 2016,2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement2020-06, Debt-Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible

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Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity, to address diversitysimplify the accounting for convertible instruments by removing certain separation models in how certain cash receiptsSubtopic 470-20, Debt-Debt with Conversion and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows.Other Options, for convertible instruments. The update addresses the following eight specific cash flow issues: Debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs; settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments or other debt instruments with coupon interest rates that are insignificant in relation to the effective interest rate of the borrowing; contingent consideration payments made after a business combination; proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims; proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies (COLIs) (including bank-owned life insurance policies (BOLIs)); distributions received from equity method investees; beneficial interests in securitization transactions; and separately identifiable cash flows and application of the predominance principle. The amendments arepronouncement is effective for public business entitiesfiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2021, with early adoption permitted. For smaller reporting companies the pronouncement is effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2017,2023. We early adopted this standard on January 1, 2022. See Note 8 “Long-term Debt” for additional information.

In September 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-04, Liabilities - Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50): Disclosure of Supplier Finance Program Obligations. This guidance requires a business entity operating as a buyer in a supplier finance agreement to disclose qualitative and quantitative information about its supplier finance programs. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoptionThe Company is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. We expectcurrently evaluating the implementation of this standard to change the classificationprovisions of the described transactions withinguidance.

3.Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The following table summarizes revenues from our Statementcontracts disaggregated by revenue generating activity contained therein for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:

    

Three Months Ended September 30, 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

(in thousands)

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

Dayrate drilling

$

45,910

$

21,575

$

116,421

$

53,450

Mobilization

 

687

 

1,393

 

3,560

 

2,619

Reimbursables

 

2,451

 

1,032

 

6,208

 

3,237

Capital modification

 

92

 

33

 

255

 

86

Other

 

7

 

2

 

7

 

2

Total revenue

$

49,147

$

24,035

$

126,451

$

59,394

Three customers accounted for approximately 25%, 13%, and 12% of Cash Flows.consolidated revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and three customers accounted for approximately 18%, 15%, and 13% of consolidated revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. Two customers accounted for approximately 27% and 10% of consolidated revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2021, and two customers accounted for approximately 25% and 12% of the consolidated revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

The following table provides information about receivables and contract liabilities related to contracts with customers. There were no contract assets recorded as of September 30, 2022 or December 31, 2021.

    

September 30, 

    

December 31, 

(in thousands)

2022

2021

Receivables, which are included in “Accounts receivable”

$

33,914

$

22,167

Contract liabilities, which are included in “Accrued liabilities - deferred revenue”

$

(1,227)

$

(542)

The primary changes in contract liabilities balances during the period are as follows:

Three Months Ended September 30, 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

(in thousands)

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

Revenue recognized that was included in contract liabilities at beginning of period

$

209

$

385

$

542

$

119

Decrease (increase) in contract liabilities due to cash received, excluding amounts recognized as revenue

$

(1,186)

$

(380)

$

(1,227)

$

(491)

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The following table includes estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) as of September 30, 2022. The estimated revenue does not include amounts of variable consideration that are constrained.

Year Ending December 31, 

(in thousands)

    

2022

    

2023

    

2024

    

2025

Revenue

$

1,143

$

84

$

$

The amounts presented in the table above consist only of fixed consideration related to fees for rig mobilizations and demobilizations, if applicable, which are allocated to the drilling services performance obligation as such performance obligation is satisfied. We have elected the exemption from disclosure of remaining performance obligations for variable consideration. Therefore, dayrate revenue to be earned on a rate scale associated with drilling conditions and level of service provided for each fractional-hour time increment over the contract term and other variable consideration such as penalties and reimbursable revenues, have been excluded from the disclosure.

Contract Costs

We capitalize costs incurred to fulfill our contracts that (i) relate directly to the contract, (ii) are expected to generate resources that will be used to satisfy our performance obligations under the contract and (iii) are expected to be recovered through revenue generated under the contract. These costs, which principally relate to rig mobilization costs at the commencement of a new contract, are deferred as a current or noncurrent asset (depending on the length of the contract term), and amortized ratably to contract drilling expense as services are rendered over the initial term of the related drilling contract. Such contract costs, recorded as “Prepaid expenses and other current assets”, amounted to $0.9 million and $0.6 million on our consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, contract costs increased by $1.0 million and $3.1 million, respectively, and we amortized $0.2 million and $2.8 million of contract costs, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, contract costs increased by $1.1 million and $2.3 million, respectively, and we amortized $1.1 million and $1.9 million of contract costs, respectively.

4.Leases

We have multi-year operating and financing leases for corporate office space, field location facilities, land, vehicles and various other equipment used in our operations. We also have a significant number of rentals related to our drilling operations that are day-to-day or month-to-month arrangements. Our multi-year leases have remaining lease terms of greater than one year to three years.

3.Financial Instruments and Fair Value

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The components of lease expense were as follows:

    

Three Months Ended September 30, 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

(in thousands)

2022

2021

    

2022

    

2021

Operating lease expense

$

193

$

234

$

580

$

703

Short-term lease expense

 

1,505

 

796

 

4,170

 

2,018

Variable lease expense

 

157

 

113

 

413

 

313

Finance lease expense:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Amortization of right-of-use assets

$

464

$

312

$

1,109

$

857

Interest expense on lease liabilities

 

92

 

141

 

305

 

462

Total finance lease expense

 

556

 

453

 

1,414

 

1,319

Total lease expense

$

2,411

$

1,596

$

6,577

$

4,353

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases is as follows:

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

(in thousands)

    

2022

    

2021

Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of lease liabilities:

 

  

 

  

Operating cash flows from operating leases

$

557

$

739

Operating cash flows from finance leases

$

300

$

458

Financing cash flows from finance leases

$

3,814

$

2,643

Right-of-use assets obtained or recorded in exchange for lease obligations:

 

  

 

  

Operating leases

$

153

$

Finance leases

$

3,250

$

754

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases is as follows:

(in thousands)

    

September 30, 2022

    

December 31, 2021

Operating leases:

 

  

 

  

Other long-term assets, net

$

1,111

$

1,437

Accrued liabilities

$

729

$

693

Other long-term liabilities

 

569

 

1,036

Total operating lease liabilities

$

1,298

$

1,729

Finance leases:

 

  

 

  

Property, plant and equipment

$

17,607

$

14,989

Accumulated depreciation

 

(2,646)

 

(1,989)

Property, plant and equipment, net

$

14,961

$

13,000

Current portion of long-term debt

$

3,302

$

4,464

Long-term debt

 

1,745

 

1,305

Total finance lease liabilities

$

5,047

$

5,769

Weighted-average remaining lease term

 

  

 

  

Operating leases

 

1.8 years

 

2.5 years

Finance leases

 

1.2 years

 

1.3 years

Weighted-average discount rate

 

  

 

  

Operating leases

 

10.78

%  

 

10.84

%

Finance leases

 

7.91

%  

 

8.64

%

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Maturities of lease liabilities at September 30, 2022 were as follows:

(in thousands)

    

Operating Leases

    

Finance Leases

2022

$

207

$

1,942

2023

 

833

 

2,203

2024

 

390

 

856

2025

 

 

318

Total cash lease payment

 

1,430

 

5,319

Less: imputed interest

 

(132)

 

(272)

Total lease liabilities

$

1,298

$

5,047

5.Financial Instruments and Fair Value

Fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, there exists a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1

Unadjusted quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market;


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Level 2

Quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market that have been adjusted for items such as effects of restrictions for transferability and those that are not quoted but are observable through corroboration with observable market data, including quoted market prices for similar assets or liabilities; and

Level 3

Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability only used when there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

This hierarchy requires us to use observable market data, when available, and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs when determining fair value.

The carrying value of certain of our assets and liabilities, consisting primarily

Our financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and accounts payable, approximates theircertain accrued liabilities and our debt. Our debt consists primarily of our Convertible Notes and Revolving ABL Facility as of September 30, 2022 and our Term Loan and our Revolving ABL Facility as of December 31, 2021. The fair value due toof cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and certain accrued liabilities approximate their carrying value because of the short-term nature of suchthese instruments.

The estimated fair value of our revolving debt isRevolving ABL Credit Facility, Term Loan Facility, and merger consideration payable to an affiliate are determined byto be Level 3 measurements as our debt is not actively traded and the fair value estimate is based on the amount ofdiscounted estimated future cash flows associated withor a fair value in-exchange assumption, which are significant unobservable inputs in the debt, discounted using our current borrowing rate for comparable debt instruments (the Income Method).fair value hierarchy. Based on our evaluation of the risk freerisk-free rate, the market yield and credit spreads on comparable company publicly traded debt issues, we used an annualized discount rate, including a credit valuation allowance,yield of 5.5%L+542 bps on the Revolving ABL Credit Facility and L+3400 bps for the Convertible Notes. The fair value of our lease obligations is determined using Level 3 measurements using our current incremental borrowing rate. Thefollowing table sets forth the estimated fair value of our long-term debt totaled $48.8 millionRevolving ABL Credit Facility, Term Loan Facility and $26.6merger consideration payable to an affiliate as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

(in thousands)

September 30, 2022

    

December 31, 2021

Revolving ABL Credit Facility

$

7,806

$

6,030

Term Loan Facility

$

$

140,664

Merger consideration payable to an affiliate

$

$

4,449

The fair value of the Convertible Notes was estimated as $136.2 million as of September 30, 20172022. The fair value of the Convertible Notes is also determined to be a Level 3 measurement and was estimated using a binomial lattice model. The factors used to determine fair value are subject to management's judgement and expertise and include, but are not limited to our share price, expected price volatility, risk-free rate, market yield and credit spreads relative to our credit rating.

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Recurring Fair Value Measurements

As described in Note 8, we determined that certain features under our Convertible Notes required bifurcation from the debt host agreement in accordance with ASC 815 as of March 18, 2022. Accordingly, we recognized a derivative liability at fair value for this instrument in our consolidated balance sheet and adjusted the carrying value of the liability to fair value at each reporting period until the features underlying the instrument were exercised, redeemed, cancelled or expired. The changes in fair value were assessed quarterly and recorded in our consolidated statement of operations.

In conjunction with the issuance of the Convertible Notes on March 18, 2022, we recorded an embedded derivative liability of $75.7 million.

After the approval of our stockholders on June 8, 2022, certain features under our Convertible Notes were modified and no longer met the criteria to bifurcate from the host debt agreement. Accordingly, as of June 8, 2022, we recognized the change in fair value of the embedded derivative, $4.3 million, and extinguished the fair value of the conversion rate feature ($69.2 million) of the derivative liability on our balance sheet to stockholders’ equity, as the conversion rate feature now met the criteria to be classified in equity, and recognized a gain on our consolidated statement of operations of $10.8 million associated with the PIK interest rate feature of the derivative liability. As of December 31, 2016, respectively, compared to2021, we had no embedded derivative liability recorded.

The loss associated with the change in the fair value of the embedded derivative as of June 8, 2022 is reported in our consolidated statement of operations within change in fair value of embedded derivative liability. The fair value of the embedded derivative liability as of June 8, 2022 was estimated using a carrying amount“with and without” approach:

“With” scenario: the fair value of $47.6 millionthe Convertible Notes as of the valuation date is estimated based on a binomial lattice model.

“Without” scenario: the fair value of the Convertible Notes “without” the embedded features was estimated using a discounted cash flow model whereby the expected cash flows absent the embedded derivative (i.e., the coupon and $26.1 millionprincipal payments) are discounted at a credit-adjusted rate.

No financial instruments were measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 20172022 and December 31, 2016, respectively. The2021.

There were no transfers between fair value measurement levels during the first, second or third quarter of 2022.

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of our assets held for saleembedded derivative liability are a volatility rate of 58.9%, a credit spread of 3,570 basis points and a risk-free rate of 3.0%. The expected volatility is determined using Level 3 measurements.

estimated based on the historical volatility of our common stock and the remaining term of the Convertible Notes of 3.7 years at June 8, 2022.

Fair value measurements are applied with respect to our non-financial assets and liabilities measured on a non-recurring basis, which would consist of measurements primarily of long-lived assets.

4.Inventories

6.Inventories

All of our inventory as of September 30, 20172022 and December 31, 20162021 consisted of rig components and supplies.supplies held for use in our drilling operations.

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5.Accrued Liabilities

7.Supplemental Balance Sheet Information

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following:

(in thousands)

    

September 30, 2022

    

December 31, 2021

Prepaid insurance

$

1,259

$

3,463

Prepaid other

 

671

 

575

Deferred mobilization costs

 

908

 

618

Insurance claim receivable

 

 

122

Other current assets

 

102

 

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$

2,940

$

4,787

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following:

(in thousands)September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Accrued salaries and other compensation$1,932
 $3,784
Insurance835
 787
Deferred revenues1,379
 1,139
Property, sales and other taxes2,102
 1,943
Other229
 168
 $6,477
 $7,821

(in thousands)

    

September 30, 2022

    

December 31, 2021

Accrued salaries and other compensation

$

5,380

$

4,154

Insurance

 

1,102

 

2,523

Deferred revenues

 

1,227

 

542

Property and other taxes

 

2,846

 

2,594

Operating lease liability - current

 

729

 

693

Other

 

1,878

 

739

$

13,162

$

11,245

6.Long-term Debt
Our

8.Long-term Debt

Our long-term debt consisted of the following:

(in thousands) September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Credit facility due November 5, 2020 $47,000
 $25,752
Capital lease obligations 1,140
 767
  48,140
 26,519
Less: current portion (510) (441)
Long-term debt $47,630
 $26,078
Credit Facility

In November 2014,

    

(in thousands)

    

September 30, 2022

    

December 31, 2021

Convertible Notes due March 18, 2026

$

170,166

$

Revolving ABL Credit Facility due September 30, 2025

 

7,848

 

6,300

Term Loan Facility due October 1, 2023

135,883

Finance lease obligations

 

5,047

 

5,769

 

183,061

 

147,952

Less: Convertible Notes issuance costs and debt discount

(43,003)

Less: Term Loan Facility deferred financing costs

 

 

(1,748)

Less: current portion of finance leases

 

(3,302)

 

(4,464)

Long-term debt

$

136,756

$

141,740

Convertible Notes

On March 18, 2022, we entered into a subscription agreement with affiliates of MSD Partners, L.P. and an amendedaffiliate of Glendon Capital Management L.P. (the “Subscription Agreement”) for the placement of $157.5 million aggregate principal amount of convertible secured PIK toggle notes due 2026 (the “Convertible Notes”). The Convertible Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of March 18, 2022 (the “Indenture”). The obligations under the Convertible Notes are secured by a first priority lien on collateral (the “Note Priority Collateral”) other than accounts receivable, deposit accounts and restatedother related collateral pledged as first priority collateral (“Priority Collateral”) under the Revolving ABL Credit Facility (defined below). Proceeds from the private placement of the Convertible Notes were used to repay all of our outstanding indebtedness under our term loan credit agreement, with a syndicateto repay obligations to prior equity holders of financial institutions led by CIT Finance,Sidewinder Drilling LLC, that providedand for a committed $155.0 million revolving credit facility and an additional uncommitted $25.0 million accordion feature that allowed for future increases in the facility. In April 2015, we amended the Credit Facility to provide for a springing lock-box arrangement. In October 2015, in light of market conditions and our


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reducedworking capital plans, we entered into an amendment to the Credit Facility to reduce aggregate commitments to $125.0 million and modified certain maintenance covenants. In April 2016, we again amended the Credit Facility to reduce aggregate commitments to $85.0 million and further modify certain maintenance covenants.purposes. In connection with this amendment,the placement of the Convertible Notes, we expensed certain previously deferred debt issuance costs totaling $0.5 million reflectingissued 2,268,000 shares of our common stock as a structuring fee. The structuring fee shares were issued on March 18, 2022, concurrent with the reductionclosing of the private placement of the Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes mature on March 18, 2026.

The Convertible Notes have a cash interest rate of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus a 10 basis point credit spread, with a floor of 1% (collectively, “SOFR”) plus 12.5%. The Convertible Notes have an initial payment in-

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kind, or “PIK,” interest rate of SOFR plus 14.0% through September 30, 2022. The PIK interest rate decreased to SOFR plus 9.5% as of September 30, 2022. We have the right at our option, to PIK interest under the Convertible Notes for the entire term of the Convertible Notes. We elected to pay in-kind outstanding interest as of September 30, 2022, resulting in borrowing capacity.


On July 14, 2017, we again amended our existing Credit Facility. The Credit Facility amendment maintained the aggregate commitments at $85.0 million and extended the maturity date two years to November 5, 2020. In addition, the amendment provided for an additional uncommitted $65.0$12.7 million accordion feature that allows for future increasesprincipal amount of Convertible Notes being issued as of September 30, 2022.

The effective conversion price of the Convertible Notes is $4.51 per share (221.72949 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes). We may issue up to $7.5 million of additional Convertible Notes. We may convert all Convertible Notes (including PIK notes) in facility commitments. connection with a Qualified Merger Conversion (as defined in the Indenture) and may issue additional shares of common stock upon conversion of Convertible Notes to the extent the number of shares issuable upon such conversion would exceed the number of shares of common stock issuable at the otherwise then-current conversion price.

The amendment contained variousfollowing changes to the financialterms of the Convertible Notes and other covenants to accommodate the extension in term, including changesIndenture, and to the leverage ratioshares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, became effective based on approvals of matters by our stockholders at our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 8, 2022 (constituting “Shareholder Approval” as defined in the Indenture): (a) the Convertible Notes initial PIK interest rate of SOFR plus 14.0% decreased to SOFR plus 9.5% as of September 30, 2022; (b) our initial option to pay interest in additional PIK notes for a period of 18 months was increased to 48 months (the entire term of the Convertible Notes); (c) the effective conversion price of $5.07 per share (197.23866 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes) was decreased to $4.51 per share (221.72949 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes); (d) the issuance by us of up to $7.5 million of additional Convertible Notes, if and when issued by us; and (e) the issuance of additional shares of common stock upon conversion of Convertible Notes in connection with a Qualified Merger Conversion (as defined in the Indenture) to the extent the number of shares issuable upon such conversion would exceed the number of shares of common stock issuable at the otherwise then-current conversion price.

Each noteholder has a right to convert our Convertible Notes for shares of ICD common stock at any time after issuance through maturity. The conversion price is $4.51 per share. Interest on the Convertible Notes is due on March 31 and September 30 each year, beginning on September 30, 2022. Under the Indenture, a holder is not entitled to receive shares of our common stock upon conversion of any Convertible Notes to the extent to which the aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be acquired by such beneficial owner upon conversion of Convertible Notes, when added to the aggregate number of shares of common stock deemed beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such beneficial owner and each person subject to aggregation of Common Stock with such beneficial owner under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules promulgated thereunder at such time (an “Aggregated Person”) (other than by virtue of the ownership of securities or rights to acquire securities that have limitations on such beneficial owner’s or such person’s right to convert, exercise or purchase similar to this limitation), as determined pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, would exceed 9.9% (the “Restricted Ownership Percentage”) of the total issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “Section 16 Conversion Blocker”); provided that any holder has the right to elect for the Restricted Ownership Percentage to be 19.9% with respect to such Holder, (x) at any time, in which case, such election will become effective sixty-one days following written notice thereof to us or (y) in the case of a holder acquiring Convertible Notes on the Issue Date, in such Holder’s Subscription Agreement. In lieu of any shares of common stock not delivered to a converting holder by operation of the Restricted Ownership Percentage limitation, we will deliver to such Holder Pre-Funded Warrants in respect of any equal number of shares of common stock. Such Pre-Funded Warrants will contain substantially similar Restricted Ownership Percentage terms.

The Indenture includes a mandatory redemption offer requirement (the “Mandatory Offer Requirement”). Beginning June 30, 2023, we are obligated to offer to redeem $5.0 million of Convertible Notes on a quarterly basis through December 31, 2023, and $3.5 million of Convertible Notes on a quarterly basis through March 31, 2025. The mandatory offer price is an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of such Note plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Note. The Indenture also includes an optional redemption right (the “Company Redemption Right”) that permits us to redeem on one or more occasions during the period beginning September 19, 2022 and ending September 19, 2023, up to $25 million aggregate principal amount of notes at redemption price of 104% of par, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Mandatory Offer Requirement is reduced by the amount of any Convertible Notes repurchased pursuant to our Redemption Right.

The Indenture contains financial covenants, including a liquidity covenant of $10.0 million beginning September 30, 2022; a springing fixed charge coverage ratio covenant of 1.00 to 1.00 that is tested when availability

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under the Revolving ABL Credit Facility (defined below) is below $5.0 million at any time that the Convertible Notes are outstanding; and capital expenditure limits of $25.0 million during 2022 and $15.0 million during 2023 and 2024, subject to adjustment upward by $500,000 per year for each rig utilization ratio covenant. Additionally,above 17 that operates during each year. In addition, capital expenditures are excluded from this covenant (a) if funded from equity proceeds, (b) if relating to the advance rate increasedreactivation of a rig so long as (i) we have a signed contract with a customer with respect to 75% througheach such rig of at least one (1) year duration providing for early termination payments consistent with past practice equal to at least the expected margin on the contract, (ii) the expected margin on such rig contract will be equal to or exceed such reactivation capital expenditures, and (iii) the reactivation capital expenditures, rig contract and the expected margin calculation are approved by our board of directors or (c) relate to other capital expenditures specifically approved by written or electronic consent by both (i) the required holders (which approval may, for the avoidance of doubt, be provided by the required holders in their sole discretion for an amount of capital expenditures to be committed or made by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company within ninety (90) days after the date of such consent) and (ii) the Board of Directors of the Company. The Indenture also contains other customary affirmative and negative covenants, including limitations on indebtedness, liens, fundamental changes, asset dispositions, restricted payments, investments and transactions with affiliates. The Indenture also provides for customary events of default, including breaches of material covenants, defaults under the Revolving ABL Credit Facility or other material agreements for indebtedness, and a change of control. Beginning 18 months prior to maturity, we may elect to suspend the Convertible Debt covenant requirements by depositing cash and short-term treasuries with the Trustee in an amount equal to all amounts due to the noteholders including principal, premium (if any) and interest. We are in compliance with our covenants as of September 30, 2017, decreasing 1.25%2022.

Upon a Qualified Merger (defined below), we may elect to convert all, but not less than all, of the Convertible Notes at a Conversion Rate equal to our Conversion Rate on the date on which the relevant “Qualified Merger” is consummated (a “Qualified Merger Conversion”), so long as the “MOIC Condition” is satisfied with respect to such potential Qualified Merger Conversion. A “Qualified Merger” means a Common Stock Change Event consolidation, merger, combination or binding or statutory share exchange of the Company with a Qualified Acquirer. A “Qualified Merger Conversion Date” means the date on which the relevant Qualified Merger is consummated. A “Qualified Acquirer” means any entity that (i) has its common equity listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, Nasdaq Global Market or Nasdaq Global Select Market, or Toronto Stock Exchange, (ii) has an aggregate equity market capitalization of at least $350 million, and (iii) has a “public float” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Act of 1933) of at least $250 million in each case, as determined by the calculation agent based on the last reported sale price of such common equity on date of the signing of the definitive agreement in respect of the relevant Common Stock Change Event. A “Common Stock Change Event” means the occurrence of any: (i) recapitalization, reclassification or change of our common stock (other than (x) changes solely resulting from a subdivision or combination of the common stock, (y) a change only in par value or from par value to no par value or no par value to par value and (z) stock splits and stock combinations that do not involve the issuance of any other series or class of securities); (ii) consolidation, merger, combination or binding or statutory share exchange involving us; (iii) sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of ours and our Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person; or (iv) other similar event, and, as a result of which, the common stock is converted into, or is exchanged for, or represents solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property, or any combination of the foregoing. A “Company Conversion Rate” means, in respect of any Qualified Merger, the greater of (a) the relevant Conversion Rate, (b) $1,000 divided by our Conversion VWAP, and (c) the lowest rate that would cause the MOIC Condition to be satisfied with respect to the related Qualified Merger Conversion. A “Company Conversion VWAP” means, in respect of any Qualified Merger, the average of daily VWAP over the five (5) VWAP Trading Days prior to the earlier of signing or public announcement (by any party, and whether formal or informal, including for the avoidance of doubt any media reports thereof) of a definitive agreement in respect of such Qualified Merger as calculated by the Calculation Agent. The “MOIC Condition” means, with respect to any potential Qualified Merger Conversion, MOIC is greater than or equal to the MOIC Required Level. The “MOIC Required Level” means $1,350.00. “MOIC” means, with respect to any potential Qualified Merger Conversion, an amount determined by the Calculation Agent equal to the aggregate return on a hypothetical Note with $1,000 face amount, issued on the Issue Date, from the Issue Date through the potential Qualified Merger Conversion Date, including (x) the aggregate amount of any cash interest paid on such hypothetical Note from the Issue Date through the potential Qualified Merger Conversion Date, (y) the aggregate fair market value of any Conversion Consideration that would be received by the Holder of such hypothetical Note on the relevant Qualified Merger Conversion Date and (z) the aggregate fair market value of any Conversion Consideration that would be received on the relevant Qualified Merger Conversion Date by the Holder of any PIK Notes issued in respect of (or the relevant increase in value of) such hypothetical Note.

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We early adopted ASU 2020-06 as of January 1, 2022 and concluded the Convertible Notes are accounted for as debt, with embedded features. As a consequence of the embedded features, the Convertible Notes gave rise to a derivative liability. See Embedded Derivative Liability. The debt terms of the Convertible Notes, of which affiliates of our prior Term Loan Facility are 50.1% noteholders, were determined to be substantially different terms from the Term Loan Facility and therefore required to be accounted for as an extinguishment of the Term Loan Facility.  Accordingly, we recognized a loss on the extinguishment of debt of approximately $46.3 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2022. This is a non-cash expense primarily associated with the recognition of unamortized debt issuance costs, non-cash fees settled in shares to the affiliates of our prior Term Loan Facility and the fair value of the embedded derivatives. We recorded a derivative liability of $75.7 million at the time of the issuance and a debt discount of $37.6 million. Issuance costs consisting of cash fees of $7.1 million and a non-cash structuring fee settled in shares of $2.3 million along with the debt discount are recorded as a direct deduction from the Convertible Notes in the consolidated balance sheet. The debt discount is amortized to interest expense using the effective interest rate method over the term of the Convertible Notes. The effective interest rate for the Convertible Notes as of September 30, 2022 is 24.5%. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the contractual interest expense was $5.8 million and $12.7 million, respectively; the amortization of the debt discount was $1.4 million and $3.0 million, respectively; and the amortization of the issuance costs was $0.6 million and $1.3 million, respectively.

Embedded Derivative Liability

The Convertible Notes contained the following embedded features upon issuance (i) an increase of the noteholder’s optional conversion rate for the Convertible Notes from 197.23866 shares of common stock per quarter thereafter,$1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes ($5.07 per share) to 221.72949 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes ($4.51 per share) following the receipt of the Shareholder Approval, (ii) a decrease in the PIK interest rate from SOFR plus 14.0% to SOFR plus 9.5% following receipt of the Shareholder Approval, (iii) a conversion feature associated with the MOIC condition in the event of a Qualified Merger and (iv) a contingent interest feature as a result of violations of credit-risk related covenants. We evaluated these embedded features under the guidance of ASC 815 and determined that they required bifurcation at fair value. However, management determined the probability of a Qualified Merger to be remote and as such the fair value of the embedded conversion feature has been estimated to be zero. Management also evaluated the contingent interest feature and determined the likelihood of payment to be remote. Accordingly, the fair value of the contingent interest feature was also estimated to be zero. Lastly, management evaluated the conversion rate feature and the decrease in PIK interest feature and determined that these embedded features met all three criteria in ASC 815-15-25-1 and therefore required bifurcation. Accordingly, as of March 18, 2022, we recorded a derivative liability representing the increase in conversion rate feature and the decrease in PIK interest feature. The derivative liability was presented as a non-current liability in our consolidated balance sheet and was adjusted to reflect fair value at each period end with changes in fair value recorded in the “Change in fair value of embedded derivative liability” financial statement line item of our consolidated statements of operations.

After the approval of certain matters by our stockholders at our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held June 8, 2022, certain features under our Convertible Notes were modified and no longer met the criteria to bifurcate from the host debt agreement. Accordingly, through June 8, 2022, we recognized the change in fair value of the embedded derivative, $4.3 million, and extinguished the fair value of the conversion rate feature ($69.2 million) of the derivative liability on our balance sheet to stockholders’ equity, as the conversion rate feature now met the criteria to be classified in equity, and recognized a gain on extinguishment of derivative liability of $10.8 million on our consolidated statement of operations associated with the PIK interest rate feature of the derivative liability. See Note 5 “Financial Instruments and Fair Value” for additional information.

Term Loan Facility

On October 1, 2018, we entered into a term loan Credit Agreement (the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”) for an initial term loan in an aggregate principal amount of $130.0 million, (the “Term Loan Facility”) and (b) a delayed draw term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $15.0 million (the “DDTL Facility”, and together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Term Facilities”). The Term Facilities had a maturity date of October 1, 2023, but were repaid in their entirety on March 18, 2022 with proceeds from the issuance of the Convertible Notes.

Interest under the Term Loan Facility was determined by reference, at our option, to either (i) a “base rate” equal to the higher of (a) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.05%, (b) the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) with an interest period of one month, plus 1.0%, and (c) the rate of interest as publicly quoted from time to time by the

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Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” in the United States, plus an applicable margin of 6.5%, or (ii) a “LIBOR rate” equal to LIBOR with an interest period of one month, plus an applicable margin of 7.5%.

In June 2020, we revised the Term Loan Credit Agreement to elect to pay accrued and unpaid interest, solely during one three-consecutive-month period immediately following such notice, in-kind (the “PIK Amount”). We agreed to pay an additional amount equal to 0.75% of the aggregate principal amount of the loans under the Term Loan Credit Agreement plus all PIK Amounts, if any, that were added to such principal amount being repaid or prepaid on either the maturity date or upon the occurrence of an acceleration of obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement. As such, the additional amount, approximately $1.0 million, was recorded as a direct deduction from the face amount of the Term Loan Facility and as a long-term payable on our consolidated balance sheets while the Term Loan remained outstanding. The additional amount was amortized as interest expense over the term of the Term Loan Facility. On April 1, 2021, we elected to pay in-kind the $2.8 million, interest payment due under our Term Loan, which increased our Term Loan balance accordingly. In September 2021, we amended our Term Loan Credit Agreement and elected to pay in-kind the $3.1 million October 1, 2021 interest payment which reduced the amount of the Term Loan Accordion by the PIK amount. On December 30, 2021, we amended our Term Loan Credit Agreement and elected to pay in-kind the $3.2 million January 3, 2022 interest payment which reduced the Term Loan Accordion by a corresponding amount.

Revolving ABL Credit Facility

On October 1, 2018, we entered into a $40.0 million revolving credit agreement (the “Revolving ABL Credit Facility”), including availability for letters of credit in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $7.5 million. Availability under the Revolving ABL Credit Facility is subject to a floorborrowing base calculated based on 85% of 65%. Atthe net amount of our eligible accounts receivable, minus reserves. The Revolving ABL Credit Facility had a maturity date of October 1, 2023.

Interest under the Revolving ABL Credit Facility is determined by reference, at our option, to either (i) a “base rate” equal to the higher of (a) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.05%, (b) LIBOR with an interest period of one month, plus 1.0%, and (c) the prime rate of Wells Fargo, plus in each case, an applicable base rate margin ranging from 1.0% to 1.5% based on quarterly availability, or (ii) a revolving loan rate equal to LIBOR for the applicable interest period plus an applicable LIBOR margin ranging from 2.0% to 2.5% based on quarterly availability. We also pay, on a quarterly basis, a commitment fee of 0.375% (or 0.25% at any time when revolver usage is greater than 50% of the maximum credit) per annum on the unused portion of the Revolving ABL Credit Facility commitment.

The Revolving ABL Credit Facility contains a springing fixed charge coverage ratio covenant of 1.00 to 1.00 that is tested when availability is less than 10% of the maximum credit. The Revolving ABL Credit Facility also contains other customary affirmative and negative covenants, including limitations on indebtedness, liens, fundamental changes, asset dispositions, restricted payments, investments and transactions with affiliates. The Revolving ABL Credit Facility also provides for customary events of default, including breaches of material covenants, defaults under the Term Loan Credit Agreement or other material agreements for indebtedness, and a change of control. We are in compliance with our financial covenants as of September 30, 2017, our aggregate borrowings under the Credit Facility were $47.0 million and the borrowing base was $107.5 million.


2022.

The obligations under the Revolving ABL Credit Facility are secured by a first priority lien on Priority Collateral, which includes all of our assetsaccounts receivable and deposit accounts, and a second priority lien on the Term Priority Collateral, and are unconditionally guaranteed by all of our current and future direct and indirect subsidiaries. Under the Credit Facility, for purposes of calculating EBITDA, non-cash stock-based compensation expense is added back to EBITDA, as well as up to $2.0 million of previously capitalized construction costs that may be incurred in 2017. The Credit Facility also permits us to incur up to $20.0 million of additional indebtedness for the purchase of additional rigs or rig equipment. As of September 30, 2017, we are in compliance with these covenants.


The Credit Facility provides that an event of default may occur if a material adverse change to ICD occurs, which is considered a subjective acceleration clause under applicable accounting rules. In accordance with ASC 470-10-45, because of2022, the existence of this clause, borrowings under the Credit Facility will be required to be classified as current in the event the springing lock-box event occurs, regardless of the actual maturity of the borrowings. The requirement for a mandatory lock-box trigger occurs when availability under the Credit Facility is $10.0 million or less.
Borrowings under the Credit Facility are subject to a borrowing base formula that allows for borrowings of up to 85% of eligible trade accounts receivable not more than 90 days outstanding, plus up to 75% of the appraised forced liquidation value of our eligible, completed and owned drilling rigs. Rigs that remain idle for 90 consecutive days or longer are removed from the borrowing base until they are contracted. In addition, rigs are appraised two times a year and are subject to upward or downward revisions as a result of market conditions as well as the age of the rig.

At our election, interest under the Credit Facility is determined by reference at our option to either (i) the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), plus 4.5% or (ii) a “base rate” equal to the higher of the prime rate published by JP Morgan Chase Bank or three-month LIBOR plus 1%, plus in each case, 3.5%, the federal funds effective rate plus 0.05%. We also pay, on a quarterly basis, a commitment fee of 0.50% per annum on the unused portion of the Credit Facility commitment. As of September 30, 2017, the weighted averageweighted-average interest rate on our borrowings was 6.01%14.70%. At September 30, 2022, the borrowing base under our Revolving ABL Credit Facility was $27.7 million, and we had $19.9 million of availability remaining of our $40.0 million commitment on that date.

On March 18, 2022, we entered into a third amendment to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2018 (the “Third Amendment to the Credit Agreement”), by and among us, Sidewinder Drilling LLC (“Sidewinder”), the Lenders named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), as administrative agent. The Third Amendment to the Credit Agreement amends the original credit agreement, dated as of October 1, 2018 (the “Credit Agreement”) by deleting references to the “Term Loan Agreement” and related definitions and adding certain references and clauses related to our placement of $157.5 million aggregate principal amount of convertible secured PIK toggle notes due 2026 (the “Convertible Notes”), which were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of March 18, 2022 (the “Indenture”), with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as trustee and collateral agent.

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Capital Lease Obligations
During the first quarter
7.Stock-Based Compensation
In

On September 22, 2022, we amended our Revolving ABL Credit Facility Agreement, which included extending the maturity date by two years to September 30, 2025, replacing references to LIBOR interest rates with SOFR interest rates and amending the applicable margin for which interest is calculated as follows:

Tier

Quarterly Average Excess Availability

Applicable Base Rate Margin

Applicable SOFR Margin

1

Greater than $26,666,666

1.50%

2.36%

2

Greater than $13,333,333 but less than or equal to $26,666,666

1.75%

2.61%

3

Less than or equal to $13,333,333

2.00%

2.86%

9.Stock-Based Compensation

Prior to June 2019, we issued common stock-based awards to employees and non-employee directors under our 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan adopted in March 2012 (the “2012 Plan”). In June 2019, we adopted the 20122019 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2012“2019 Plan”) providing for common stock-based awards to employees and non-employee directors. The 20122019 Plan was subsequently amended in August 2014 and June 2016. The 2012 Plan, as amended, permits the granting of various types of awards, including stock options, restricted stock, and restricted stock unit awards, and stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), and up to 4,754,000275,000 shares were authorized for issuance. On June 8, 2022, an additional 4.3 million shares were authorized for issuance. Restricted stock and restricted stock units may be granted for no consideration other than prior and future services. The purchase price per share for stock options may not be less than the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Stock options expire ten years after the grant date. We have the right to satisfy option exercises from treasury shares and from authorized but unissued shares.As of September 30, 2017,2022, approximately 1,691,2611,429,059 shares were available for future awards.


awards under the 2019 Plan. In connection with the first quarter of 2017, we adopted ASU 2016-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The FASB issued this accounting standard in an effort to simplify the

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accounting for employee share-based payments and improve the usefulnessadoption of the information provided to users of financial statements.2019 Plan, no further awards will be made under the 2012 Plan. Our policy is to account for forfeitures of share-based compensation awards as they occur.

A summary of compensation cost recognized for stock-based payment arrangements is as follows:

(in thousands)Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
Compensation cost recognized:       
Stock options$
 $9
 $
 $81
Restricted stock and restricted stock units867
 967
 3,036
 3,188
Total stock-based compensation$867
 $976
 $3,036
 $3,269

    

Three Months Ended September 30, 

    

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

(in thousands)

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

Compensation cost recognized:

  

 

  

  

 

  

Restricted stock, restricted stock units and stock-settled stock appreciation rights

$

1,303

$

459

$

2,123

$

1,367

Cash-settled stock appreciation rights

 

470

 

94

 

853

 

403

Total stock-based compensation

$

1,773

$

553

$

2,976

$

1,770

No stock-based compensation was capitalized in connection with rig construction activity during the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172022 or the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.

2021.

Stock Options

We use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock options granted to employees and non-employee directors. The fair value of the options is amortized to compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods of the stock awards, which are generally the vesting periods.

There were no stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 or the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2021.

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A summary of stock option activity and related information for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 is as follows:

 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
 Options 
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Outstanding at January 1, 2017935,720
 $12.74
Granted
 
Exercised
 
Forfeited/expired(252,770) 12.74
Outstanding at September 30, 2017682,950
 $12.74
Exercisable at September 30, 2017682,950
 $12.74
The number of

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

    

    

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Options

Price

Outstanding at January 1, 2022

 

27,867

$

254.80

Granted

 

 

Exercised

 

 

Forfeited/expired

 

(27,867)

 

254.80

Outstanding at September 30, 2022

 

$

Exercisable at September 30, 2022

 

$

There were no options vested at September 30, 2017 was 682,950 with a weighted average remaining contractual life of 4.5 years and a weighted average exercise price of $12.74 per share.2022. There were no unvested options or unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding stock options at September 30, 2017.


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2022.

Time-based Restricted Stock

and Restricted Stock Units

We have granted time-based restricted stock and restricted stock units to key employees under the 2012 Plan and 2019 Plan.

Time-based Restricted Stock

Time-based restricted stock awards consist of grants of our common stock that vest ratably over three to fourfive years. We recognize compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period. The fair value of restricted stock awards is determined based on the estimated fair market value of our shares on the grant date. As of September 30, 2017,2022, there was no$0.6 million in unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock awards.

This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.7 years.

A summary of the status of our time-based restricted stock awards as of September 30, 2017, and of changes in our time-based restricted stock awards outstanding duringfor the nine months ended September 30, 2017,2022 is as follows:

 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
 Shares 
Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Per Share
Outstanding at January 1, 2017147,368
 $10.67
Granted
 
Vested(144,173) 10.72
Forfeited(3,195) 8.35
Outstanding at September 30, 2017
 $

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

Weighted

Average

Grant-Date

Fair Value

    

Shares

    

Per Share

Outstanding at January 1, 2022

 

26,890

 

$

64.40

Granted

 

 

Vested

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

Outstanding at September 30, 2022

 

26,890

$

64.40

Time-based Restricted Stock Units

We have granted restricted stock units ("RSUs") to key employees under the 2012 Plan.

We have granted three-year, clifftime-vested restricted stock unit awards where each unit represents the right to receive, at the end of a vesting RSUs,period, one share of ICD common stock. The fair value of time-based restricted stock unit awards is determined based on the estimated fair market value of our shares on the grant date. As of September 30, 2022, there was $5.5 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested time-based restricted stock unit awards. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.1 years.

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A summary of the status of our time-based restricted stock unit awards and of changes in our time-based restricted stock unit awards outstanding for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is as well asfollows:

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

Weighted

Average

Grant-Date

Fair Value

    

RSUs

    

Per Share

Outstanding at January 1, 2022

 

109,911

$

8.50

Granted

 

1,526,385

 

4.16

Vested and converted

 

(78,011)

 

7.78

Forfeited

 

(2,743)

 

38.80

Outstanding at September 30, 2022

 

1,555,542

$

4.22

Performance-Based and Market-Based Restricted Stock Units

We have granted three-year, performance-based and market-based RSUs,restricted stock unit awards, where each unit represents the right to receive, at the end of a vesting period, up to two shares of ICD common stock with no exercise price. Exercisabilitystock. Vesting and conversion of the market-based RSUsrestricted stock unit awards is based on our three-year total shareholder return ("TSR"(“TSR”) as measured against a three-yearthe TSR of a defined peer group and vesting of the performance-based RSUsrestricted stock unit awards is based on our cumulative EBITDA, safety or uptimereturn on invested capital (“ROIC”) as measured against ROIC performance statistics, as defined ingoals determined by the restricted stock unit agreement, over a three-year period.compensation committee of our Board of Directors. We used a Monte Carlo simulation model to value the TSR market-based RSUs.restricted stock unit awards. The fair value of the performance-based RSUsrestricted stock unit awards is based on the market price of our common stock on the date of grant. During the restriction period, the RSUsperformance-based and market-based restricted stock unit awards may not be transferred or encumbered, and the recipient does not receive dividend equivalents or have voting rights until the units vest. As of September 30, 2017,2022, there was $3.6 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested RSUs.performance-based or market-based restricted stock unit awards totaling $29 thousand. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted averageweighted-average period of 1.0 year.

0.2 years.

A summary of the status of our RSUs as of September 30, 2017,performance-based and market-based restricted stock unit awards and of changes in RSUsour restricted stock unit awards outstanding for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is as follows:

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

Weighted

Average

Grant-Date

Fair Value

    

RSUs

    

Per Share

Outstanding at January 1, 2022

 

27,285

$

24.50

Granted

 

 

Vested and converted

 

(3,056)

 

29.00

Forfeited

 

(13,486)

 

33.10

Outstanding at September 30, 2022

 

10,743

$

12.42

Time-Based Stock-Settled Stock Appreciation Rights

We have granted time-based, stock-settled stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) to certain employees. The SARs have a term of seven years, an exercise price of $5.19 per share, and vest one-third on March 18, 2023 and in equal quarterly increments thereafter, until fully vested on March 18, 2025. Because these SARs are stock-settled, they are classified as an “equity award” which are measured at their fair value at the grant date and are fixed and not revalued unless the award is modified.

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The fair value of time-based stock-settled SARs at the valuation date was determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton model. The following assumptions were used in calculating the fair value of time-based stock-settled SARs granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, is2022:

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2022

Remaining term to maturity

6.8 years

Expected volatility factor

103.3

%

Expected dividend yield

%

Risk-free interest rate

3.03

%

Changes to the company’s time-based stock-settled SARs during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are as follows:

 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
 RSUs Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Per Share
Outstanding at January 1, 20171,030,658
 $7.18
Granted656,631
 5.76
Vested and converted(343,689) 8.54
Forfeited(304,893) 9.62
Outstanding at September 30, 20171,038,707
 $5.12


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8.Stockholders’ Equity and Earnings (Loss) per Share

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

Weighted Average

Grant Date

Stock-settled SARs

Fair Value

    

(in thousands)

    

Per Share

Outstanding at January 1, 2022

 

$

Granted

1,422

 

2.83

Vested

 

Forfeited/Expired

Outstanding at September 30, 2022

1,422

$

2.83

As of September 30, 2017,2022, there was $3.5 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to time-based stock-settled SARs that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.3 years.

Time-Based Cash-Settled Stock Appreciation Rights

We have granted time-based, cash-settled stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) to certain employees. The SARs have a term of seven years, an exercise price of $5.73 per share, with the market price upon exercise capped at $10.00 per share, and vest ratably on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant. Because these SARs are cash-settled, they are classified as “liability-classified awards” which are remeasured at their fair value at the end of each reporting period until settlement.

Time-based, cash-settled SARs have no effect on dilutive shares or shares outstanding as any appreciation of our common stock over the exercise price is paid in cash and not in common stock.

The fair value of time-based cash-settled SARs is revalued (mark-to-market) each reporting period using a Monte Carlo simulation model based on period-end stock price. Expected term of the SARs is calculated as the average of each vesting tranche’s midpoint between vesting date and expiration date plus the vesting period. Expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of our stock for the length of time corresponding to the expected term of the SARs. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. treasury yield curve in effect as of the reporting date for the length of time corresponding to the expected term of the SARs.

The following weighted-average assumptions were used in calculating the fair value of time-based cash-settled SARs granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 using the Monte Carlo simulation model:

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2022

Remaining term to maturity

5.4 years

Expected volatility factor

111.3

%

Expected dividend yield

%

Risk-free interest rate

4.00

%

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Changes to the company’s time-based cash-settled SARs during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are as follows:

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

Weighted Average

Cash-settled SARs

Exercise Price

    

(in thousands)

    

Per Share

Outstanding at January 1, 2022

2,913

 

$

5.73

Granted

 

Exercised

 

Forfeited/Expired

(27)

5.73

Outstanding at September 30, 2022

2,886

$

5.73

Exercisable at September 30, 2022

971

 

$

5.73

The number of cash-settled SARs exercisable at September 30, 2022 was 1.0 million with a weighted average remaining contractual life of 5.4 years and a weighted average exercise price of $5.73 per share. As of September 30, 2022, there was $1.2 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to time-based cash-settled SARs that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.7 years.

10.Stockholders’ Equity and Earnings (Loss) per Share

As of September 30, 2022, we had a total of 37,981,53413,617,005 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding. We also had 258,17981,846 shares held as treasury stock. Total authorized common stock is 100,000,000250,000,000 shares.

Basic earnings (loss) per common share (“EPS”) are computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflectsare computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, including potential dilution that would occur if securities or other contractsdilutive securities. When the Convertible Notes are dilutive, interest expense, net of tax, is added back to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock.net income to calculate diluted EPS. A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted losses per share computations is as follows:

 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands, except per share data)2017 2016 2017 2016
Net loss (numerator):$(5,980) $(7,198) $(18,553) $(11,803)
Loss per share:       
Basic and diluted$(0.16) $(0.19) $(0.49) $(0.37)
Shares (denominator):       
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic37,839
 37,387
 37,688
 31,670
Net effect of dilutive stock options, warrants and restricted stock units
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted37,839
 37,387
 37,688
 31,670
For all periods presented,

    

Three Months Ended September 30, 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

(in thousands, except per share data)

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

Net loss (numerator):

$

(7,194)

$

(4,302)

$

(68,782)

$

(35,228)

Loss per share:

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

Basic and diluted

$

(0.53)

$

(0.59)

$

(5.36)

$

(5.22)

Shares (denominator):

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic

 

13,590

 

7,321

 

12,836

 

6,754

Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted

 

13,590

 

7,321

 

12,836

 

6,754

The following numbers of potential common shares at the computationend of diluted loss per share excludes the effect of certain outstanding stock options and RSUs because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. The number of options thateach period were excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share were 682,950 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 948,803 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. RSUs, which are not participating securities and are excluded from our basic and diluted loss per shareEPS because they aretheir effect would have been anti-dilutive were 1,038,707 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 1,039,748 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.periods presented.

    

Three Months Ended September 30, 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

(in thousands)

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

Convertible Notes

34,983

25,221

RSUs

1,566

141

1,566

141

SARs

1,422

1,422

Stock options

28

28

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9.Income Taxes

11.Income Taxes

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, to simplify the accounting for income taxes. We adopted this guidance on January 1, 2021 and there has been no material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Our effective tax rate was (0.5)%8.8% and (0.6)(1.2)% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017,2022, respectively and (0.4)% and (0.6)(0.2)% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. The rate in all periods is primarily comprised of the effect of the Texas margin tax. For federal income tax purposes, we have applied a valuation allowance against any potential deferred tax asset which would have ordinarily resulted.


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10.Commitments and Contingencies
2021.

12.Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase Commitments

As of September 30, 2017,2022, we had outstanding purchase commitments to a number of suppliers totaling $9.8$8.7 million net of deposits previously made, related primarily to the constructionoperation of drilling rigs. OfAll of these commitments $4.7 million relatesrelate to equipment and services currently scheduled for delivery in 20172022 and $5.1 million relates to equipment scheduled for delivery in 2018.

Lease Commitments
We lease certain equipment and vehicles under non-cancelable operating and capital leases. Future minimum lease payments under operating and capital lease commitments, with lease terms in excess of one year subsequent to September 30, 2017, were as follows:
(in thousands) 
2017$169
2018549
2019427
2020185
 $1,330
As of September 30, 2017, property, plant and equipment in our balance sheets included $1.1 million of equipment under capital lease, net of $0.5 million of accumulated amortization.  As of December 31, 2016, property, plant and equipment in our balance sheets included $0.8 million of equipment under capital lease, net of $0.3 million of accumulated amortization.  This equipment consists entirely of vehicles used in our operations.
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Contingencies

We may be the subject of lawsuits and claims arising in the ordinary course of business from time to time. Management cannot predict the ultimate outcome of such lawsuits and claims. While lawsuits and claims are asserted for amounts that may be material should an unfavorable outcome be the result, management does not currently expect that the outcome of any of these known legal proceedings or claims will have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.



13.Related Parties

In connection with the issuance of the Convertible Notes on March 18, 2022, we issued to affiliates of MSD Partners, L.P. (the “MSD Investors”) $78.9 million principal amount of Convertible Notes and entered into an Investor’s Rights Agreement permitting MSD Partners to nominate one director to our Board so long as MSD Partners and its affiliates continue to own $25.0 million principal amount of Convertible Notes (the “Sunset Date”). We also entered into an Investor’s Rights Agreement with Glendon Capital Management L.P. (“GCM”) that permits GCM to designate one director on the same terms. In addition, as long as each of such parties continues to have the right to appoint such holder representatives, the two holder representatives will have the right to nominate one additional representative as a director, provided that the third representative must be an independent director unless one of the MSD Partners and the GCM representatives is independent for New York Stock Exchange purposes. The proposed representatives are subject to review by our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Following the Sunset Date for the applicable party, MSD Partners and/or GCM, as applicable, will cause its designee to offer to tender his or her resignation, unless otherwise requested by the Board, and the third representative may be removed by the Board. Two holders representatives of the MSD Investors and GCM were initially nominated and appointed to the Board pursuant to the Investor’s Rights Agreement, and the third representative was appointed in connection with an increase in the number of directors from six to seven members effective July 1, 2022.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with the financial statements and related notes that are included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with our audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016,2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2017March 15, 2022 (the “Form 10-K”). This discussion contains forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those described in the section titled "CautionaryCautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements"Statements” and those set forth under Part 1“ItemI “Item 1A. Risk Factors” or in other parts of the Form 10-K.

Management Overview

We were incorporated in Delaware on November 4, 2011. We provide land-based contract drilling services for oil and natural gas producers targeting unconventional resource plays in the United States. We construct, own and operate a premium land rig fleet comprised entirely of newly constructed,modern, technologically advanced custom designed 200 Series ShaleDriller® rigs that are specifically engineered and designed to optimize the development of our customers’ most technically demanding oil and natural gas properties.drilling rigs. Our first rig commencedbegan drilling in May 2012.

Our standardized On October 1, 2018, we completed a merger with Sidewinder Drilling LLC (“Sidewinder”). As a result of this merger, we more than doubled our operating fleet and personnel.

As of September 30, 2022, our rig fleet includes 26 marketed AC powered (“AC”) rigs, plus additional idle AC rigs that require significant upgrades in order to meet our AC pad-optimal specifications that we do not plan to market absent a material improvement in market conditions.

We currently consistsfocus our operations on unconventional resource plays located in geographic regions that we can efficiently support from our Houston, Texas and Midland, Texas facilities in order to maximize economies of 14 premium ShaleDriller® rigs, all of which are equipped with our integrated omni-directional walking systems. Every rig in our fleet is a 1500-hp, AC programmable rig designed to be fast-moving between drilling sites and is equipped with 7500 psi mud systems, top drives, automated tubular handling systems and blowout preventer handling systems. All ofscale. Currently, our rigs are equipped with bi-fuel capabilities that enableoperating in the rig to operate on either diesel or a natural gas-diesel blend.

Permian Basin and the Haynesville Shale; however, our rigs have previously operated in the Eagle Ford Shale, Mid-Continent and Eaglebine regions as well.

Our business depends on the level of exploration and production activity by oil and natural gas companies operating in the United States, and in particular, the regions where we actively market our contract drilling services. The oil and natural gas exploration and production industry is a historically cyclical industryand characterized by significant changes in the levels of exploration and development activities. Oil and natural gas prices and market expectations of potential changes in those prices significantly affect the levels of those activities. Worldwide political, regulatory, economic, and military events, as well as natural disasters have contributed to oil and natural gas price volatility historically, and are likely to continue to do so in the future. Any prolonged reduction in the overall level of exploration and development activities in the United States and the regions where we market our contract drilling services, whether resulting from changes in oil and natural gas prices or otherwise, could materially and adversely affect our business.

Significant Developments

Market Conditions and COVID-19 Pandemic Update

Oil and natural gas prices began to decline in the second half of 2014, declined further during 2015 and remained low in 2016. The closing price of oil was as high as $106.06 per barrel during the third quarter of 2014, was $37.13 per barrel on December 31, 2015 and reached a low of $26.19 on February 11, 2016 (WTI spot price as reportedwere negatively impacted by the United States Energy Information Administration). As a result, our industry experienced an exceptional downturneffects of the COVID-19 pandemic and marketsignificantly decreased the demand for drilling services in 2020 and early 2021. However, business conditions have only begun to stabilizeimprove rapidly which has led to improved dayrates and slowly recover.

Recently, and in particular, followingmargins for contract drilling services. In addition, the November 2016 decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”) to reduce production quotas, oil prices began to recover to the $45 to $55 per barrel range. However, there are no indications at this timesupply for pad-optimal, super-spec rigs is finite with limited spare capacity that oil prices and rig counts will recover to their previous highs experienced in 2014.
Due to this deterioration and stabilization of commodity prices well below previous highs, our customers are principally focused on their most economic wells, and drivingcan be reactivated without significant cost and production efficiencies that deliverexpense. We expect the most economic wells withmarket for our contract drilling services to continue to remain tight and for pricing and margins to continue to improve throughout the lowest capital costs.
remainder of 2022 and into 2023. As a result of this drive towards productionthese improving market conditions, we also are experiencing increases in labor and cost efficiencies, operators are focusing moreother operating costs as well as the costs of their capital spending on horizontal drilling programs compared to vertical drilling, and are more focused on utilizing drillingequipment. In addition, lead times for delivery of capital equipment and techniques that optimize costsservices are lengthening which is causing us to bring forward investments in order to meet our planned rig reactivation schedules.

Oil prices (WTI-Cushing) reached a high of $123.64 per barrel on March 8, 2022, and efficiency. Thus, we believe the rapid market deteriorationnatural gas prices (Henry Hub) reached a recent high of $9.85 per mmcf on August 22, 2022, however prices have fallen since those highs reaching $79.91 per barrel and stabilization$6.40 per mmcf as of oil prices well below historical highs has significantly accelerated the pace of the ongoing land rig replacement cycle and continued shift to horizontal drilling from multi-well pads utilizing “pad optimal” rig technology. As market conditions have improved from trough levels in 2016 and begun to stabilize, demand for our ShaleDriller® rigs has improved. At September 30, 2017, all2022 due to concerns surrounding U.S. and global recessions. As of September 30, 2022, we had 18 rigs operating, with our rigs were under contract and operating. In addition to improving utilization, contract tenors improved with customers willing to sign term contracts of six to twelve months or longer, and19th rig mobilizing for drilling operations at higher dayrates compared to trough levels, with the potential to move higher if market conditions continue to improve. However, if oil prices were to fall below $45 per barrel for any sustained period of time, market conditions and demand for our products and services could deteriorate.


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Emerging Growth Company
We are an emerging growth company ("EGC") as defined under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, commonly referred to as the “JOBS Act”.  We will remain an EGC for up to five years from the date of the completion of our initial public offering (the “IPO”) on August 13, 2014, or until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenues exceed $1.1 billion, (2) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which would occur if the market value of our common equity that is held by non-affiliates is $700 million or more as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter or (3) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three-year period.
As an EGC, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not EGCs including, but not limited to:
not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements related to our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;

reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements; and

end of October 2022 and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an EGC can take advantage of the extended transition period providedour 20th rig contracted and scheduled for reactivation in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. Under this provision, an EGC can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies.

We have not elected to avail ourselves of the extended transition period available to emerging growth companies("EGCs") as provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for complying with new or revised accounting standards, therefore, we will be subject to new or revised accounting standards at the same time as other public companies that are not EGCs.

Recent Developments

Amendment to Revolving Credit Facility
On July 14, 2017, we amended our existing credit facility ("the Credit Facility"). The Credit Facility amendment maintained the aggregate commitments under the facility at $85.0 million and extended the maturity date two years to November 5, 2020. In addition, the amendment provided for an additional uncommitted $65.0 million accordion feature that allows for future increases in facility commitments.
Interest under the Credit Facility remains unchanged. The amendment contained various changes to the financial and other covenants to accommodate the extension in term, including changes to the leverage ratio covenant, fixed charge coverage ratio covenant and rig utilization ratio covenant.

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Assets Held For Sale
During the fourth quarter of 2016,2022. Additionally, our first 200 to 300 series rig conversion will be completed during the fourth quarter of 2022.

Amendment No. 5 to the Revolving ABL Credit Facility

On September 22, 2022, we beganamended our Revolving ABL Credit Facility Agreement which included extending the maturity date by two years to September 30, 2025, replacing references to LIBOR interest rates with SOFR interest rates and amending the applicable margin for which interest is calculated as follows:

Tier

Quarterly Average Excess Availability

Applicable Base Rate Margin

Applicable SOFR Margin

1

Greater than $26,666,666

1.50%

2.36%

2

Greater than $13,333,333 but less than or equal to $26,666,666

1.75%

2.61%

3

Less than or equal to $13,333,333

2.00%

2.86%

Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation

On June 8, 2022, we filed a reviewcertificate of amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”) with the Delaware Secretary of State. The Charter Amendment increased the number of authorized shares of our rig fleetcommon stock, par value $0.01 per share from 50 million shares to 250 million shares. The Charter Amendment does not change the number of authorized shares of the Company’s preferred stock or the par value per share of any stock.

Amendment No. 1 to the 2019 Plan

On June 8, 2022, our stockholders approved an amendment to our 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) to increase the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2019 Plan by 4.3 million shares (from 275,000 shares to 4,575,000 shares).

Convertible Notes

On March 18, 2022, we issued $157.5 million aggregate principal amount of convertible secured PIK toggle notes due 2026 (the “Convertible Notes”). Proceeds from the private placement of the Convertible Notes were used to repay all of our outstanding indebtedness under our term loan credit agreement, to repay merger consideration payable with associated accrued interest to prior equity holders of Sidewinder Drilling LLC, and otherfor working capital equipmentpurposes. The Convertible Notes mature on March 18, 2026. The Convertible Notes have a cash interest rate of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus a 10 basis point credit spread, with a focus on opportunitiesfloor of 1% (collectively, “SOFR”) plus 12.5%. The Convertible Notes have an initial payment in-kind, or “PIK,” interest rate of SOFR plus 14.0% through September 30, 2022. The PIK interest rate decreases to standardize certain rig components acrossSOFR plus 9.5% as of September 30, 2022. We have the right at our fleet. option, to PIK interest under the Convertible Notes for the entire term of the Convertible Notes. We elected to pay in-kind outstanding interest as of September 30, 2022, resulting in additional $12.7 million principal amount of Convertible Notes being issued as of September 30, 2022, increasing the outstanding principal balance under the Convertible Notes to $170.2 million.

The standardizationeffective conversion price of this equipment creates operating efficienciesthe Convertible Notes is $4.51 per share (221.72949 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes). We may issue up to $7.5 million of additional Convertible Notes. We may convert all Convertible Notes (including PIK notes) upon conversion of Convertible Notes in maintaining this equipment, as well as efficiencies when crews transfer between rigs.  Asconnection with a resultQualified Merger Conversion (as defined in the Indenture) and may issue additional shares of common stock to the extent the number of shares issuable upon such conversion would exceed the number of shares of common stock issuable at the otherwise then-current conversion price. In connection with the placement of the Convertible Notes, we issued 2,268,000 shares of our review, we identified several non-standard items which, while fully functional,common stock as a structuring fee. The structuring fee shares were less than optimal from an operations perspective. Such assets were classified as heldissued on March 18, 2022, concurrent with the closing of the private placement of the Convertible Notes. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources – Long-term Debt” in this Management Discussion and Analysis for sale onadditional information.

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ATM Distribution Agreement

In December 2021, our December 31, 2016 balance sheet. In the second quarterboard of 2017, we sold $1.6 million of these assets and recognized a loss ondirectors authorized the sale of assets$5.9 million of $0.8 million.

Duringcommon stock to be sold in transactions that are deemed to be “at-the-market offerings” and increased the authorization by $6.5 million in May 2022. In the first quarter of 2022, we raised gross proceeds of $3.6 million from the sale of 1,061,853 shares in this offering. We did not participate in this program in the second quarter of 2017, our management committed to a plan to sell our corporate headquarters and rig assembly yard complex located at 11601 North Galayda Street, Houston, Texas, in order to relocate to office space and a yard facility more suitable to our needs. As a result, we reclassified an aggregate $4.0 million of land, buildings and equipment from property, plant and equipment to assets held for sale on our balance sheet and recognized a $0.5 million asset impairment charge representing the difference between the carrying value and the fair value, less the costs to sell the related property.  In theor third quarter of 2017,2022. As of September 30, 2022, we recorded an additional asset impairment on the property, reducing assets held for sale, of $0.6have $8.8 million as a result of water related damage from the heavy rainfall that occurred during Hurricane Harvey in August 2017.
remaining availability under this ATM program.

Our Revenues

We earn contract drilling revenues pursuant to drilling contracts entered into with our customers. We perform drilling services on a “daywork” basis, under which we charge a fixedspecified rate per day, or “dayrate.” The dayrate associated with each of our contracts is a negotiated price determined by the capabilities of the rig, location, depth and complexity of the wells to be drilled, operating conditions, duration of the contract and market conditions. The term of land drilling contracts may be for a defined number of wells or for a fixed time period. We generally receive lump-sum payments for the mobilization of rigs and other drilling equipment at the commencement of a new drilling contract. Revenue and costs associated with the initial mobilization are deferred and recognized ratably over the term of the related drilling contract once the rig spuds. Costs incurred to relocate rigs and other equipment to an area in which a contract has not been secured are expensed as incurred. If a contract is terminated prior to the specified contract term, early termination payments received from the customer are only recognized as revenues when all contractual obligations, such as mitigation requirements, are satisfied. While under contract, our rigs generally earn a reduced rate while the rig is moving between wells or drilling locations, or on standby waiting for the customer.

Reimbursements for the purchase of supplies, equipment, trucking and other services that are provided at the request of our customers are recorded as revenue when incurred. The related costs are recorded as operating expenses when incurred. Revenue is presented net of any sales tax charged to the customer that we are required to remit to local or state governmental taxing authorities.

Our Operating Costs

Our operating costs include all expenses associated with operating and maintaining our drilling rigs. Operating costs include all “rig level” expenses such as labor and related payroll costs, repair and maintenance expenses, supplies, workers'workers’ compensation and other insurance, ad valorem taxes and equipment rental costs. Also included in our operating costs are certain costs that are not incurred at the rig“rig level. These costs include expenses directly associated with our operations management team as well as our safety and maintenance personnel who are not directly assigned to our rigs but are responsible for the oversight and support of our operations and safety and maintenance programs across our fleet.

Our operating costs also include costs and expenses associated with construction activities at our Galayda yard location to the extent that construction activities cease or are not continuous. As a result of the significant downturn in industry conditions, we substantially reduced our rig construction activities during the fourth quarter of 2015 and throughout 2016 and 2017. As a result, we began expensing a portion of our Galayda yard construction costs during the fourth quarter of 2015 and expect to continue expensing such costs until we resume continuous rig construction activities.
Our operating costs also included approximately zero and $1.1 million, respectively of costs associated with the reactivation of idle and standby rigs during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and $2.5 million and $2.5 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. These costs include costs associated with recommissioning the rig, the hiring and training of new crews and the purchase of supplies and other consumables required for the operation of the rigs.

How We Evaluate our Operations

We regularly use a number of financial and operational measures to analyze and evaluate the performance of our business and compensate our employees, including the following:

Safety Performance. Maintaining a strong safety record is a critical component of our business strategy. We measure safety by tracking the total recordable incident rate for our operations. In addition, we closely monitor and measure compliance with our safety policies and procedures, including “near miss” reports and job safety analysis compliance. We believe our Risk-Based HSE management system provides the required control, yet needed flexibility, to conduct all activities safely, efficiently and appropriately.
Utilization. Rig utilization measures the percentage of time that our rigs are earning revenue under a contract during a particular period. We measure utilization by dividing the total number of Operating Days (defined below) for a rig by the total number of days the rig is available for operation in the applicable calendar period. A rig is available for operation commencing on the earlier of the date it spuds its initial well following construction or when it has been completed and is actively marketed. “Operating Days” represent the total number of days a rig is earning revenue under a contract, beginning when the rig spuds its initial well under the contract and ending with the completion of the rig’s demobilization.
Revenue Per Day. Revenue per day measures the amount of revenue that an operating rig earns on a daily basis during a particular period. We calculate revenue per day by dividing total contract drilling revenue earned during the applicable period by the number of Operating Days in the period. Revenues attributable to costs reimbursed by customers are excluded from this measure.
Safety Performance. Maintaining a strong safety record is a critical component

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Operating Cost Per Day. Operating cost per day measures the operating costs incurred on a daily basis during a particular period. We calculate operating cost per day by dividing total operating costs during the applicable period by the number of Operating Days in the period. Operating costs attributable to costs reimbursed by customers and rig construction costs are excluded from this measure.
Operating Efficiency and Uptime. Maintaining our rigs’ operational efficiency is a critical component of our business strategy. We measure our operating efficiency by tracking each drilling rig’s unscheduled downtime on a daily, monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
Utilization. Rig utilization measures the percentage

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operation commencing on the earlier of the date it spuds its initial well following construction or when it has been completed and is actively marketed. “Operating Days” represent the total number of days a rig is earning revenue under a contract, beginning when the rig spuds its initial well under the contract and ending with the completion of the rig’s demobilization.
Revenue Per Day. Revenue per day measures the amount of revenue that an operating rig earns on a daily basis during a particular period. We calculate revenue per day by dividing total contract drilling revenue earned during the applicable period by the number of Operating Days in the period. Revenues attributable to costs reimbursed by customers are excluded from this measure.
Operating Cost Per Day. Operating cost per day measures the operating costs incurred on a daily basis during a particular period. We calculate operating cost per day by dividing total operating costs during the applicable period by the number of Operating Days in the period. Operating costs attributable to costs reimbursed by customers are excluded from this measure.
Operating Efficiency and Uptime. Maintaining our rigs’ operational efficiency is a critical component of our business strategy. We measure our operating efficiency by tracking each drilling rig’s unscheduled downtime on a daily, monthly, quarterly and annual basis.

Results of Operations

The following summarizes our financial and operating data for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 2016:2021:

Three Months Ended September 30, 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

(In thousands, except per share data)

    

2022

    

2021

 

    

2022

    

2021

Revenues

$

49,147

 

$

24,035

$

126,451

 

$

59,394

Costs and expenses

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Operating costs

 

31,379

 

20,123

 

87,448

 

51,704

Selling, general and administrative

 

7,007

 

4,068

 

17,096

 

11,829

Depreciation and amortization

 

10,120

 

9,739

 

29,719

 

29,244

Asset impairment, net

 

 

482

 

 

775

Loss (gain) on disposition of assets, net

 

433

 

222

 

(665)

 

(182)

Total cost and expenses

 

48,939

 

34,634

 

133,598

 

93,370

Operating income (loss)

 

208

 

(10,599)

 

(7,147)

 

(33,976)

Interest expense

 

(8,098)

 

(3,812)

 

(21,005)

 

(11,294)

Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt

 

10,128

 

(46,347)

 

10,128

Change in fair value of embedded derivative liability

 

(4,265)

Realized gain on extinguishment of derivative

10,765

Loss before income taxes

 

(7,890)

 

(4,283)

 

(67,999)

 

(35,142)

Income tax (benefit) expense

 

(696)

 

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783

 

86

Net loss

$

(7,194)

 

$

(4,302)

$

(68,782)

 

$

(35,228)

Other financial and operating data

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Number of marketed rigs (end of period) (1)

 

26

 

24

 

26

 

24

Rig operating days (2)

 

1,601

 

1,268

 

4,604

 

3,273

Average number of operating rigs (3)

 

17.4

 

13.8

 

16.9

 

12.0

Rig utilization (4)

 

70

%

58

%

 

69

%

50

%

Average revenue per operating day (5)

$

28,646

 

$

17,141

$

25,216

 

$

16,459

Average cost per operating day (6)

$

17,305

 

$

13,685

$

16,452

 

$

13,285

Average rig margin per operating day

$

11,341

 

$

3,456

$

8,764

 

$

3,174

 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
(In thousands, except per share data)September 30, 2017 September 30, 2016 September 30, 2017 September 30, 2016
Revenues$23,445
 $14,464
 $64,966
 $52,074
Costs and expenses       
Operating costs18,247
 11,246
 48,953
 31,211
Selling, general and administrative2,948
 3,242
 10,101
 11,868
Depreciation and amortization6,529
 6,010
 19,120
 17,651
Asset impairment, net899
 
 1,574
 
Loss on disposition of assets, net
 676
 1,573
 588
Total cost and expenses28,623
 21,174
 81,321
 61,318
Operating loss(5,178) (6,710) (16,355) (9,244)
Interest expense(772) (456) (2,088) (2,492)
Loss before income taxes(5,950) (7,166) (18,443) (11,736)
Income tax expense30
 32
 110
 67
Net loss$(5,980) $(7,198) $(18,553) $(11,803)
        
Other financial and operating data       
Number of completed rigs (end of period)14
 14
 14
 14
Rig operating days (1)1,234.7
 774.0
 3,418.9
 2,449.4
Average number of operating rigs (2)13.4
 8.4
 12.5
 8.9
Rig utilization (3)98.0% 64.7% 94.6% 72.0%
Average revenue per operating day (4)$18,034
 $17,420
 $18,061
 $20,209
Average cost per operating day (5)$13,513
 $9,614
 $12,825
 $10,118
Average rig margin per operating day$4,521
 $7,806
 $5,236
 $10,091
(1)Marketed rigs exclude idle rigs that will not be reactivated unless market conditions materially improve.

(2)Rig operating days represent the number of days our rigs are earning revenue under a contract during the period, including days that standby revenues are earned.
(3)Average number of operating rigs is calculated by dividing the total number of rig operating days in the period by the total number of calendar days in the period.
(4)Rig utilization is calculated as rig operating days divided by the total number of days our drilling rigs are available during the applicable period.
(5)Average revenue per operating day represents total contract drilling revenues earned during the period divided by rig operating days in the period. Excluded in calculating average revenue per operating day are revenues associated with the reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs paid by customers of $3.3 million and $2.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $10.3 million and $5.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(6)Average cost per operating day represents operating costs incurred during the period divided by rig operating days in the period. The following costs are excluded in calculating average cost per operating day: (i) out-of-pocket costs paid by customers of $3.3 million and $2.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $10.3 million and $5.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively; (ii) overhead costs of $0.4 million and $0.4 million during the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $1.4 million and $1.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021,
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(1)Rig operating days represent the number of days our rigs are earning revenue under a contract during the period, including days that standby revenues are earned. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, there were zero and 77.9 operating days in which we earned revenue on a standby basis, respectively, including zero and 69.0 standby-without-crew days, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, there were 236.0 and 790.1 operating days in which we earned revenue on a standby basis, respectively, including 222.0 and 747.0 standby-without-crew days, respectively.
(2)Average number of operating rigs is calculated by dividing the total number of rig operating days in the period by the total number of calendar days in the period.
(3)Rig utilization is calculated as rig operating days divided by the total number of days our drilling rigs are available during the applicable period. During the third quarter of 2015, we elected to remove our two 100 Series non-walking rigs from the marketed fleet pending completion of their planned rig conversions to 200 Series, pad-optimal status. The conversion of the first 100 series rigs was completed during the second quarter of 2016 and the rig re-entered the marketed fleet in June 2016. The conversion of the second 100 series rig was completed in the second quarter of 2017 and began operating in July 2017.
(4)Average revenue per operating day represents total contract drilling revenues earned during the period divided by rig operating days in the period. Excluded in calculating average revenue per operating day are revenues associated with the reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs paid by customers of $1.2 million and $3.2 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and $1.0 million and $2.6 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. Included in calculating average revenue per operating day were early termination revenues associated with a contract termination at the end of the first quarter of 2016 of zero and $1.8 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. The first nine months of 2017 did not include any early termination revenues.
(5)Average cost per operating day represents operating costs incurred during the period divided by rig operating days in the period. The following costs are excluded in calculating average cost per operating day: (i) out-of-pocket costs reimbursed by customers of $1.2 million and $3.2 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and $1.0 million and $2.6 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, (ii) new crew training costs of zero and $0.1 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, and $0.4 million and $0.4 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, (iii) construction overhead costs expensed due to reduced rig construction activity of $0.4 million and $0.6 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and $0.3 million and $1.3 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, (iv) rig reactivation costs associated with the redeployment of previously stacked rigs, excluding new crew training costs (included in (ii) above), of zero and $1.0 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and $2.1 million and $2.1 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, and (v) out-of-pocket expenses of $0.1 million, net of insurance recoveries, incurred as a result of damage to one of our rig's mast during the first quarter of 2017.     
respectively; and (iii) rig reactivation costs, inclusive of new crew training costs, of zero and $0.1 million during the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and zero and $1.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Three Months Ended September 30, 20172022 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

2021

Revenues

Revenues for the three months ended September 30, 20172022 were $23.4$49.1 million, representing a 62.1%104.5% increase as compared to revenues of $14.5$24.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.2021. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase in operating days to 1,235resulting from the reactivation of rigs in late 2021 and first quarter of 2022 (such increase in days noted below), as compared to 774 dayswell as increases in the prior year period. Additionally, 222 days in the prior year period represented standby-without-crew days at lower dayrates. On a revenue per operating day basis,contractual dayrates driven by improving demand for our revenuecontract drilling services. Revenue per day increased by 3.5%67.1% to $18,034$28,646 during the three months ended September 30, 2017,2022, as compared to revenue per day of $17,420$17,141 for the three months ended September 30, 2016. This increase in revenue per day was primarily the result of a decrease in rigs earning revenue on a standby-without-crew basis during the current period.


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2021.

Operating Costs

Operating costs for the three months ended September 30, 20172022 were $18.2$31.4 million, representing an 62.3%a 55.9% increase as compared to operating costs of $11.2$20.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.2021. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase in operating days to 1,2351,601 days as compared to 7741,268 days in the prior year period. Additionally, 222 dayscomparable quarter as well as increases in the prior year period represented standby-without-crew days. Rigs on standby-without-crew incur minimaldaily operating costs. On a costOperating costs per operating day basis, our cost increased to $13,513 per day$17,305 during the three months ended September 30, 2017,2022, representing a 40.6%26.5% increase compared to cost per operating day of $9,614$13,685 for the three months ended September 30, 2016.2021. This increase in cost per operating day was primarily attributable to higher personnel costs driven by a much tighter labor market compared to the result of a decreaseprior period in rigs earning revenue on a standby-without-crew basis during the current period,2021 as well as an increase in repair and maintenance costs during the current period.

inflationary pressures.

Selling, General and Administrative

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 20172022 were $2.9$7.0 million, representing a 9.1% decrease72.2% increase as compared to selling, general and administrative expense of $3.2$4.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.2021. This decreaseincrease in selling, general and administrative expenses as compared to the prior year comparable quarter primarily relates to decreasedhigher incentive compensation offset byaccruals and higher training costsstock-based compensation expense associated primarily with awards granted in the current quarter.


second quarter of 2022.

Depreciation and Amortization


Depreciation and amortization expense for the three months ended September 30, 20172022 was $6.5$10.1 million, representing a 8.6%3.9% increase compared to depreciation and amortization expense of $6.0$9.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016. This2021. The increase relatesin depreciation and amortization expense is primarily the result of asset additions related to upgrades and additions to certainreactivated rigs in 2016 and 2017. We begin depreciating our rigs on a straight-line basis, when they commence drilling operations.


Asset Impairment, net
In the thirdfourth quarter of 2017, we recorded an asset impairment on our corporate headquarters2021 and rig assembly yard complex located at 11601 North Galayda Street, Houston, Texas, of $0.6 million, as a result of water related damage from the heavy rainfall that occurred during Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. Additionally, in the current quarter, we impaired a damaged piece of drilling equipment for $0.3 million, net of insurance recoveries.
throughout 2022.

Loss on Disposition of Assets, net

We did not incur any significant gain or

A loss on the disposition of assets totaling $0.4 million was recorded for the three months ended September 30, 20172022 compared to a loss on the disposition of assets totaling $0.7$0.2 million in the prior year comparable period.quarter. In the current and prior year period,quarter, the loss related primarily to the disposalsale of certain rig components associated with the upgrade of two of our rigs to a 7,500 psi mud system during the third quarter of 2016.

miscellaneous drilling equipment.

Interest Expense

Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2017 was $0.8 million, as compared to $0.5$8.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.2022 and $3.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The increase as compared to the prior year comparable quarter was primarily the result of reduced borrowings in the prior year comparablecurrent quarter as the proceeds from our April 2016 stock offering were used to repay outstanding debt. Our interest expense is derived from borrowings under our revolving credit facility, which are primarily usedrelates to fund our rig construction activityhigher interest and general corporate purposes.

Income Tax Expense
The income tax expenseprincipal debt associated with the Convertible Notes issued on March 18, 2022, as well as non-cash amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs associated with the Convertible Notes.

Gain on Extinguishment of Debt

A gain on extinguishment of debt totaling $10.1 million was recorded for the three months ended September 30, 20172021 related to the forgiveness of our PPP Loan.

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Income Tax (Benefit) Expense

Income tax benefit recorded for the three months ended September 30, 2022 amounted to $30.0 thousand$0.7 million as compared to an income tax expense of $32.0$19 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2016.2021. Our effective tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 20172022 and 20162021 were (0.5)%8.8% and (0.4)%, respectively. All taxes in both the current and prior year period relate to Texas margin tax.


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Revenues

Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 were $65.0$126.5 million, representing a 24.8%112.9% increase as compared to revenues of $52.1$59.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2021. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase in operating days to 3,419resulting from the reactivation of rigs in late 2021 and 2022 (such increase in days noted below), as compared to 2,449 dayswell as increases in the prior year period. Additionally, 747 days in the prior year period represented standby-without-crew days at lower dayrates.contractual dayrates driven by improving demand for our contract drilling services. Revenue per operating day decreasedincreased by 53.2% to $18,061$25,216 during the nine months ended September 30, 20172022, as compared to revenue per day of $20,209 for$16,459 during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. This decrease in revenue per day is attributable to a larger portion of our revenues being earned at lower dayrates as opposed to under legacy contracts, entered into prior to the market decline that began in late 2014.

2021.

Operating Costs

Operating costs for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 were $49.0$87.4 million, representing a 56.8%69.1% increase as compared to operating costs of $31.2$51.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2021. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase in operating days to 3,4194,604 days for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to 2,4493,273 days in the prior year period. Additionally, 747 days in the prior yearcomparable period represented standby-without-crew days. Rigs on standby-without-crew incur minimalas well as higher per day operating costs. Additionally incurred during the first six months of 2017 were rig reactivation and crew stagingexpenses. Operating costs of approximately $1.1 million related to rigs that were reactivated during the first and second quarter of 2017. On a cost per operating day basis, our cost per day increased to $12,825$16,452 during the nine months ended September 30, 2017,2022, representing a 26.8%23.8% increase compared to cost per operating day of $10,118$13,285 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2021. This increase in cost per operating day was primarily dueattributable to an decreasehigher personnel costs driven by a much tighter labor market compared to the prior period in the number of rigs earning revenue on a standby-without-crew basis during the current period, as well as an increase in repair2021, higher incentive compensation accruals and maintenance costs during the current period.

inflationary pressures.

Selling, General and Administrative

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 were $10.1$17.1 million, representing a 14.9% decrease44.5% increase as compared to selling, general and administrative expensesexpense of $11.9$11.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2021. This decreaseincrease in selling, general and administrative expenses as compared to the prior year comparable period primarily relates to the recognitionreinstatement of $1.5 million of retirementpre-COVID salaries and benefits, higher incentive compensation accruals, and higher stock-based compensation expense associated primarily with awards granted in the second quarter of 2016.

2022.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 was $19.1$29.7 million, representing a 8.3%1.6% increase compared to depreciation and amortization expense of $17.7$29.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. This2021. The increase wasin depreciation and amortization expense is primarily duethe result of asset additions related to upgrades and additions to certainreactivated rigs in 2016 and 2017. We begin depreciating our rigs when they commence drilling operations.

Asset Impairment, net
During the secondfourth quarter of 2017, our management committed to a plan to sell our corporate headquarters2021 and rig assembly yard complex located at 11601 North Galayda Street,  Houston, Texas, in order to relocate to office space and a yard facility  more suitable to our needs.   As a result, we reclassified an aggregate $4.0 million of land, buildings and equipment from property, plant and equipment to assets held for sale on our June 30, 2017 balance sheet and recognized a $0.5 million asset impairment charge representing the difference between the carrying value and the fair value, less the costs to sell the related property.  In the third quarter of 2017, we recorded an additional asset impairment on the property, of $0.6 million, as a result of water related damage from the heavy rainfall that occurred during Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. Additionally, in the current quarter, we impaired a damaged piece of drilling equipment for $0.3 million, net of insurance recoveries.
Lossthroughout 2022.

Gain on Disposition of Assets, net


A lossgain on the disposition of assets totaling $1.6$0.7 million was recorded for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 compared to a lossgain on the disposition of assets totaling $0.6$0.2 million in the prior year comparable period. The loss inIn the current period relates primarilyand prior year periods, the gains related to a loss of $0.8 million on the sale of certain assets classified as held for sale and a $0.8 million loss on the disposal of certain rig components associated with the upgrade of three of our rigs to 7,500 psi mud systems. In the prior year period, the loss related primarily to the disposal of certain rig components associated with the upgrade of two of our rigs to a 7,500 psi mud system during the third quarter of 2016.


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miscellaneous drilling equipment.

Interest Expense

Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $2.1 million compared to interest expense of $2.5$21.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2022 and $11.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The decreaseincrease in the current period primarily relates to higher interest rates and principal debt associated with the Convertible Notes issued on March 18, 2022, as compared to the prior year period was primarily the resultwell as non-cash amortization of the write-off of $0.5 million indebt discount and deferred financing costs as a result of the reduction in our borrowing capacity associated with the CreditConvertible Notes.

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(Loss) Gain on Extinguishment of Debt

Loss on extinguishment of debt was $46.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The debt terms of the Convertible Notes, of which affiliates of our prior Term Loan Facility are 50.1% noteholders, were determined to be substantially different terms from the Term Loan Facility and therefore required to be accounted for as an extinguishment of the Term Loan Facility. Accordingly, we recognized a loss on the extinguishment of debt of approximately $46.3 million during the second quarternine months ended September 30, 2022. This is a non-cash expense primarily associated with the recognition of 2016. Ourunamortized debt issuance costs, non-cash fees settled in shares to the affiliates of our prior Term Loan facility and the fair value of the embedded derivatives attributable to the affiliates of our prior Term loan facility. A gain on extinguishment of debt totaling $10.1 million was recorded for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 related to the forgiveness of our PPP Loan.

Change in Fair Value of Embedded Derivative Liability

We recognized a loss of $4.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 related to the change in fair value of the embedded derivative liability between the issuance date of the Convertible Notes and June 8, 2022. See “Embedded Derivative Liability” in Liquidity and Capital Resources.

Realized Gain on Extinguishment of Derivative

We recognized a gain of $10.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 related to the extinguishment of the variable component of the PIK interest expense is derived from borrowings under our revolving credit facility, which are primarily used to fund our rig construction activity and daily operations.

rate feature of the derivative liability.

Income Tax Expense

The income

Income tax expense recorded for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 amounted to $110.0 thousand$0.8 million as compared to an income tax expense of $67.0$86 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The2021. Our effective tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 20162021 were (0.6)(1.2)% and (0.6)(0.2)%, respectively. All taxes in both the current and prior year period relate to Texas Margin Tax.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our liquidity as ofat September 30, 2017 included approximately $38.02022 was $27.5 million, consisting of cash on hand of $7.6 million and $19.9 million of availability under our revolving credit facility and $2.7$40.0 million Revolving ABL Credit Facility, based on a borrowing base of $27.7 million.

During the first nine months of 2022, cash flow from operations was positive. On January 1, 2022, we elected to PIK the $3.2 million interest payment due under our Term Loan Facility. In March 2022, we issued the Convertible Notes, which permit us to PIK interest, at our election, for the entire term of the Convertible Notes. On September 29, 2022, we elected to PIK the $12.7 million interest payment due under our Convertible Notes. During the first quarter of 2022, we continued our “at-the-market” offering process, raising an additional $3.6 million of cash. 

Our principal usegross proceeds and issuing an additional 1,061,853 shares. We did not participate in this program in the second or third quarter of 2022.

We expect our future capital has been the construction of drilling rigs and associated equipmentliquidity needs to be related to operating expenses, maintenance capital expenditures, rig reactivation costs and working capital and inventoriesgeneral corporate purposes.

We currently believe that the actions we have taken to supportdate and our drilling operations. Our first drilling rig was completed and began operating in May 2012. As of September 30, 2017, we had 14 200 Series rigs. Our primaryexisting sources of capitalliquidity are sufficient to date have been funds received fromfund our initial private placement, our IPO, our April 2016 public offering of common stock, and cash flows from operations and our revolving credit facility.

for at least the next twelve months.

Net Cash Provided Byby (Used In) Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities was $2.2$14.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 compared to cash provided byused in operating activities of $16.7$7.7 million duringfor the same period in 2016.nine months ended September 30, 2021. Factors affecting changes in operating cash flows are similar to those that impact net earnings, with the exception of non-cash items such as depreciation and amortization, impairments, gains or losses on disposals of assets, stock-basedgains or losses on extinguishment of debt, non-cash interest expense, non-cash compensation, deferred taxes, and amortization of deferred financing costs.debt issuance costs and debt discount. Additionally, changes in working capital items such as accounts receivable, inventory, prepaid expense and accounts payable can significantly affect operating cash flows. Cash flows from operating activities during the first nine months of 20172022 were lowerhigher as a result of an increase in net loss of $6.8$33.6 million, adjusted for non-cashnon-

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cash items, of $25.8$93.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022, which included $46.3 million of non-cash extinguishment of debt and $10.8 million gain on extinguishment of debt, compared to $22.5$25.2 million duringfor non-cash items for the same period in 2016.nine months ended September 30, 2021. Working capital changes decreased cash flows from operating activities by $5.0$10.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to2022 and increased cash flows of $6.0 million during the same period in 2016.

Net Cash Used In Investing Activities
Cash used in investingfrom operating activities was $25.9by $2.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to cash2021.

Net Cash Used In Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities of $16.3was $19.5 million duringfor the same period in 2016.nine months ended September 30, 2022 and $7.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. During the first nine months of 2017,2022, cash payments of $27.0$22.3 million for capital expenditures were offset by proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment of $1.1$2.7 million. During the 20162021 period, cash payments of $17.3$9.7 million for capital expenditures were offset by proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment of $0.9 million and proceeds from insurance claims of $0.2$1.8 million.

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

Cash provided by financing activities was $19.2$8.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to cash used in financing activities of $2.22022 and $7.6 million duringfor the same period in 2016.nine months ended September 30, 2021. During the first nine months of 2017,2022, we madereceived proceeds from borrowings under our new Convertible Notes of $157.5 million, proceeds from borrowings under our revolving credit facility of $38.4$1.6 million, and proceeds from the issuance of common stock through our ATM transaction, net of issuance costs of $3.0 million. These proceeds were offset by repayment of our term loan of $139.1 million, payment of our merger consideration of $2.9 million, issuance costs paid related to our Convertible Notes of $7.2 million, financing costs paid related to our Revolving ABL Credit Facility of $0.3 million, repayments under our revolving credit facility of $28 thousand, restricted stock units withheld for taxes paid of $32 thousand and payments for finance lease obligations of $3.8 million. During the first nine months of 2021, we received proceeds from borrowings under our revolving credit facility of $4.3 million, proceeds from the issuance of common stock through our ATM transaction, net of issuance costs of $3.9 million and proceeds from the issuance of common stock under the purchase agreement of $2.1 million. These proceeds were offset by repayments under our revolving credit facility of $17.2 million,$17 thousand, restricted stock unit'sunits withheld for taxes paid of $0.9 million$11 thousand and payments for capitalfinance lease obligations of $0.4$2.6 million. During

Long-term Debt

On March 18, 2022, we entered into a subscription agreement with affiliates of MSD Partners, L.P. and an affiliate of Glendon Capital Management L.P. (the “Subscription Agreement”) for the placement of $157.5 million aggregate principal amount of convertible secured PIK toggle notes due 2026 (the “Convertible Notes”). The Convertible Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of March 18, 2022 (as amended in the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 21, 2022, the “Indenture”). The obligations under the Convertible Notes are secured by a first nine monthspriority lien on collateral (the “Note Priority Collateral”) other than accounts receivable, deposit accounts and other related collateral pledged as first priority collateral (“Priority Collateral”) under the Revolving ABL Credit Facility (defined below). Proceeds from the private placement of 2016 we received proceeds of $43.0 million from a public offering and made borrowings under our revolving credit facility of $42.4 million. These proceedsthe Convertible Notes were offset by repayments under our revolving credit facility of $82.1 million and payments for capital lease obligations of $0.4 million.


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Future Liquidity Requirements
We expect our future capital and liquidity needsused to be related to funding capital expenditures for capital spare inventory, operating expenses, maintenance capital expenditures, working capital and general corporate purposes. In light of current market conditions and lack of visibility relating to the timing of any market recovery, we have suspended new build construction activities until market conditions improve. We believe that our cash and cash equivalents, cash flows from operating activities and borrowings under our revolving credit facility will adequately financerepay all of our purchase commitments, capital expenditures and other cash requirements over the next twelve months.

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Long-term Debt
In November 2014, we entered into an amended and restatedoutstanding indebtedness under our term loan credit agreement, (the “Credit Facility”) with a syndicateto repay obligations to prior equity holders of financial institutions led by CIT Finance,Sidewinder Drilling LLC, that providedand for a committed $155.0 million revolving credit facility and an additional uncommitted $25.0 million accordion feature that allowed for future increases in the facility. In April 2015, we amended the Credit Facility to provide for a springing lock-box arrangement. In October 2015, in light of market conditions and our reducedworking capital plans, we entered into an amendment to the Credit Facility to reduce aggregate commitments to $125.0 million and modified certain maintenance covenants. In April 2016, we again amended the Credit Facility to reduce aggregate commitments to $85.0 million and further modify certain maintenance covenants.purposes. In connection with this amendment,the placement of the Convertible Notes, we expensed certain previously deferred debt issuance costs totaling $0.5 million reflectingissued 2,268,000 shares of our common stock as a structuring fee. The structuring fee shares were issued on March 18, 2022, concurrent with the reductionclosing of the private placement of the Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes mature on March 18, 2026.

The Convertible Notes have a cash interest rate of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus a 10 basis point credit spread, with a floor of 1% (collectively, “SOFR”) plus 12.5%. The Convertible Notes have an initial payment in-kind, or “PIK,” interest rate of SOFR plus 14.0% through September 30, 2022. The PIK interest rate decreased to SOFR plus 9.5% as of September 30, 2022. We have the right, at our option, to PIK interest under the Convertible Notes for the entire term of the Convertible Notes. We elected to pay in-kind outstanding interest as of September 30, 2022, resulting in borrowing capacity.


On July 14, 2017, we further amended our existing credit facility. This amendment maintained the aggregate commitments at $85.0 million and extended the maturity date two years to November 5, 2020. In addition, the amendment provided for an additional uncommitted $65.0$12.7 million accordion feature that allows for future increasesprincipal amount of Convertible Notes being issued as of September 30, 2022.

The effective conversion price of the Convertible Notes is $4.51 per share (221.72949 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes). We may issue up to $7.5 million of additional Convertible Notes. We may convert all Convertible Notes (including PIK notes) in facility commitments. connection with a Qualified Merger Conversion (as defined in the Indenture), and we may issue additional shares of common stock upon conversion of the Convertible Notes to the extent the number of shares issuable upon such conversion would exceed the number of shares of common stock issuable at the otherwise then-current conversion price.

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The amendment contained variousfollowing changes to the financialterms of the Convertible Notes and other covenants to accommodate the extension in term, including changesIndenture, and to the leverage ratioshares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, became effective based on approvals of matters by our stockholders at our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 8, 2022 (constituting “Shareholder Approval” as defined in the Indenture): (a) the Convertible Notes initial PIK interest rate of SOFR plus 14.0% decreased to SOFR plus 9.5% as of September 30, 2022; (b) the initial option to pay interest in additional PIK notes for a period of 18 months was increased to 48 months (the entire term of the Convertible Notes); (c) the effective conversion price of $5.07 per share (197.23866 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes) was decreased to $4.51 per share (221.72949 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes); (d) the issuance by us of up to $7.5 million of additional Convertible Notes, if and when issued by us; and (e) the issuance of shares of common stock upon conversion of Convertible Notes in connection with a Qualified Merger Conversion (as defined in the Indenture) to the extent the number of shares issuable upon such conversion would exceed the number of shares of common stock issuable at the otherwise then-current conversion rate.

Each noteholder has a right to convert our Convertible Notes for shares of ICD common stock at any time after issuance through maturity. The conversion price is $4.51 per share. Interest on the Convertible Notes is due on March 31 and September 30 each year, beginning on September 30, 2022. Under the Indenture, a holder is not entitled to receive shares of our common stock upon conversion of any Convertible Notes to the extent to which the aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be acquired by such beneficial owner upon conversion of Convertible Notes, when added to the aggregate number of shares of common stock deemed beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such beneficial owner and each person subject to aggregation of common stock with such beneficial owner under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules promulgated thereunder at such time (an “Aggregated Person”) (other than by virtue of the ownership of securities or rights to acquire securities that have limitations on such beneficial owner’s or such person’s right to convert, exercise or purchase similar to this limitation), as determined pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, would exceed 9.9% (the “Restricted Ownership Percentage”) of the total issued and outstanding shares of common stock (the “Section 16 Conversion Blocker”); provided that any holder has the right to elect for the Restricted Ownership Percentage to be 19.9% with respect to such note holder, (x) at any time, in which case, such election will become effective sixty-one days following written notice thereof to us or (y) in the case of a holder acquiring Convertible Notes on the Issue Date, in such note holder’s Subscription Agreement. In lieu of any shares of common stock not delivered to a converting holder by operation of the Restricted Ownership Percentage limitation, we will deliver to such note holder Pre-Funded Warrants in respect of any equal number of shares of common stock. Such Pre-Funded Warrants will contain substantially similar Restricted Ownership Percentage terms.

The Indenture includes a mandatory redemption offer requirement (the “Mandatory Offer Requirement”). Beginning June 30, 2023, we are obligated to offer to redeem $5.0 million of Convertible Notes on a quarterly basis through December 31, 2023, and $3.5 million of Convertible Notes on a quarterly basis through March 31, 2025. The mandatory offer price is an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of such Convertible Note plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Convertible Note. The Indenture also includes an optional redemption right (the “Company Redemption Right”) that permits us to redeem on one or more occasions during the period beginning September 19, 2022 and ending September 19, 2023, up to $25 million aggregate principal amount of notes at redemption price of 104% of par, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Mandatory Offer Requirement is reduced by the amount of any Convertible Notes repurchased pursuant to our Redemption Right.

The Indenture contains financial covenants, including a liquidity covenant of $10.0 million beginning September 30, 2022; a springing fixed charge coverage ratio covenant of 1.00 to 1.00 that is tested when availability under the Revolving ABL Credit Facility (defined below) is below $5.0 million at any time that the Convertible Notes are outstanding; and capital expenditure limits of $25.0 million during 2022 and $15.0 million during 2023 and 2024, subject to adjustment upward by $500,000 per year for each rig utilization ratio covenant. Additionally,above 17 that operates during each year, as well as an amount equal to capital expenditures specifically approved by both the advance rate increasedrequired holder and our board of directors. In addition, capital expenditures are excluded from this covenant (a) if funded from equity proceeds, (b) if relating to 75% throughthe reactivation of a rig so long as (i) we have a signed contract with a customer with respect to each such rig of at least one (1) year duration providing for early termination payments consistent with past practice equal to at least the expected margin on the contract, (ii) the expected margin on such rig contract will be equal to or exceed such reactivation capital expenditures, and (iii) the reactivation capital expenditures, rig contract and the expected margin calculation are approved by our board of directors or (c) relate to other capital expenditures specifically approved by written or electronic consent by both (i) the required holders (which approval may, for the avoidance of doubt, be provided by the required holders in their sole discretion for an amount of capital expenditures to be committed or made by the Company

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or a subsidiary of the Company within ninety (90) days after the date of such consent) and (ii) the Board of Directors of the Company. The Indenture also contains other customary affirmative and negative covenants, including limitations on indebtedness, liens, fundamental changes, asset dispositions, restricted payments, investments and transactions with affiliates. The Indenture also provides for customary events of default, including breaches of material covenants, defaults under the Revolving ABL Credit Facility or other material agreements for indebtedness, and a change of control. Beginning 18 months prior to maturity, we may elect to suspend the Convertible Debt covenant requirements by depositing cash and short-term treasuries with the Trustee in an amount equal to all amounts due to the noteholders including principal, premium (if any) and interest. We are in compliance with our covenants as of September 30, 2017, decreasing 1.25%2022.

Upon a Qualified Merger (defined below), we may elect to convert all, but not less than all, of the Convertible Notes at a Conversion Rate equal to our Conversion Rate on the date on which the relevant “Qualified Merger” is consummated (a “Qualified Merger Conversion”), so long as the “MOIC Condition” is satisfied with respect to such potential Qualified Merger Conversion. A “Qualified Merger” means a Common Stock Change Event consolidation, merger, combination or binding or statutory share exchange of the Company with a Qualified Acquirer. A “Qualified Merger Conversion Date” means the date on which the relevant Qualified Merger is consummated. A “Qualified Acquirer” means any entity that (i) has its common equity listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, Nasdaq Global Market or Nasdaq Global Select Market, or Toronto Stock Exchange, (ii) has an aggregate equity market capitalization of at least $350 million, and (iii) has a “public float” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Act of 1933) of at least $250 million in each case, as determined by the calculation agent based on the last reported sale price of such common equity on date of the signing of the definitive agreement in respect of the relevant Common Stock Change Event. A “Common Stock Change Event” means the occurrence of any: (i) recapitalization, reclassification or change of our common stock (other than (x) changes solely resulting from a subdivision or combination of the common stock, (y) a change only in par value or from par value to no par value or no par value to par value and (z) stock splits and stock combinations that do not involve the issuance of any other series or class of securities); (ii) consolidation, merger, combination or binding or statutory share exchange involving us; (iii) sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of ours and our Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person; or (iv) other similar event, and, as a result of which, the common stock is converted into, or is exchanged for, or represents solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property, or any combination of the foregoing. A “Company Conversion Rate” means, in respect of any Qualified Merger, the greater of (a) the relevant Conversion Rate, (b) $1,000 divided by our Conversion VWAP, and (c) the lowest rate that would cause the MOIC Condition to be satisfied with respect to the related Qualified Merger Conversion. A “Company Conversion VWAP” means, in respect of any Qualified Merger, the average of daily VWAP over the five (5) VWAP Trading Days prior to the earlier of signing or public announcement (by any party, and whether formal or informal, including for the avoidance of doubt any media reports thereof) of a definitive agreement in respect of such Qualified Merger as calculated by the Calculation Agent. The “MOIC Condition” means, with respect to any potential Qualified Merger Conversion, MOIC is greater than or equal to the MOIC Required Level. The “MOIC Required Level” means $1,350.00. “MOIC” means, with respect to any potential Qualified Merger Conversion, an amount determined by the Calculation Agent equal to the aggregate return on a hypothetical Note with $1,000 face amount, issued on the Issue Date, from the Issue Date through the potential Qualified Merger Conversion Date, including (x) the aggregate amount of any cash interest paid on such hypothetical Note from the Issue Date through the potential Qualified Merger Conversion Date, (y) the aggregate fair market value of any Conversion Consideration that would be received by the Holder of such hypothetical Note on the relevant Qualified Merger Conversion Date and (z) the aggregate fair market value of any Conversion Consideration that would be received on the relevant Qualified Merger Conversion Date by the Holder of any PIK Notes issued in respect of (or the relevant increase in value of) such hypothetical Note.

We early adopted ASU 2020-06 as of January 1, 2022 and concluded the Convertible Notes are accounted for as debt, with embedded features. As a consequence of the embedded features, the Convertible Notes gave rise to a derivative liability. See Embedded Derivative Liability. The debt terms of the Convertible Notes, of which affiliates of our prior Term Loan Facility are 50.1% noteholders, were determined to be substantially different terms from the Term Loan Facility and therefore required to be accounted for as an extinguishment of the Term Loan Facility. Accordingly, we recognized a loss on the extinguishment of debt of approximately $46.3 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2022. This is a non-cash expense primarily associated with the recognition of unamortized debt issuance costs, non-cash fees settled in shares to the affiliates of our prior Term Loan Facility and the fair value of the embedded derivatives. We recorded a derivative liability of $75.7 million at the time of the issuance and a debt discount of $37.6 million. Issuance costs consisting of cash fees of $7.1 million and a non-cash structuring fee settled in shares of $2.3 million along with the debt discount are recorded as a direct deduction from the Convertible Notes in the consolidated balance sheet. The debt discount is amortized to interest expense using the effective interest rate method over the term of the Convertible

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Notes. The effective interest rate for the Convertible Notes as of September 30, 2022 is 24.5%. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the contractual interest expense was $5.8 million and $12.7 million, respectively; the amortization of the debt discount was $1.4 million and $3.0 million, respectively; and the amortization of the issuance costs was $0.6 million and $1.3 million, respectively.

Embedded Derivative Liability

The Convertible Notes contained the following embedded features upon issuance (i) an increase of the noteholder’s optional conversion rate for the Convertible Notes from 197.23866 shares of common stock per quarter thereafter,$1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes ($5.07 per share) to 221.72949 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes ($4.51 per share) following the receipt of the Shareholder Approval, (ii) a decrease in the PIK interest rate from SOFR plus 14.0% to SOFR plus 9.5% following receipt of the Shareholder Approval, (iii) a conversion feature associated with the MOIC condition in the event of a Qualified Merger and (iv) a contingent interest feature as a result of violations of credit-risk related covenants. We evaluated these embedded features under the guidance of ASC 815 and determined that they required bifurcation at fair value. However, management determined the probability of a Qualified Merger to be remote and as such the fair value of the embedded conversion feature has been estimated to be zero. Management also evaluated the contingent interest feature and determined the likelihood of payment to be remote. Accordingly, the fair value of the contingent interest feature was also estimated to be zero. Lastly, management evaluated the conversion rate feature and the decrease in PIK interest feature and determined that these embedded features met all three criteria in ASC 815-15-25-1 and therefore required bifurcation. Accordingly, as of March 18, 2022, we recorded a derivative liability representing the increase in conversion rate feature and the decrease in PIK interest feature. The derivative liability was presented as a non-current liability in our consolidated balance sheet and was adjusted to reflect fair value at each period end with changes in fair value recorded in the “Change in fair value of embedded derivative liability” financial statement line item of our consolidated statements of operations.

After the approval of certain matters by our stockholders at our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held June 8, 2022, certain features under our Convertible Notes were modified and no longer met the criteria to bifurcate from the host debt agreement. Accordingly, through June 8, 2022, we recognized the change in fair value of the embedded derivative, $4.3 million, and extinguished the fair value of the conversion rate feature ($69.2 million) of the derivative liability on our balance sheet to stockholders’ equity, as the conversion rate feature now met the criteria to be classified in equity, and recognized a gain on extinguishment of derivative liability of $10.8 million on our consolidated statement of operations associated with the PIK interest rate feature of the derivative liability. See Note 5 “Financial Instruments and Fair Value” in Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2022 for additional information.

Term Loan Facility

On October 1, 2018, we entered into a Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”) for an initial term loan in an aggregate principal amount of $130.0 million, (the “Term Loan Facility”) and (b) a delayed draw term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $15.0 million (the “DDTL Facility”, and together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Term Facilities”). The Term Facilities had a maturity date of October 1, 2023, but were repaid in their entirety on March 18, 2022 with proceeds from the issuance of the Convertible Notes.

Interest under the Term Loan Facility was determined by reference, at our option, to either (i) a “base rate” equal to the higher of (a) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.05%, (b) the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) with an interest period of one month, plus 1.0%, and (c) the rate of interest as publicly quoted from time to time by the Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” in the United States, plus an applicable margin of 6.5%, or (ii) a “LIBOR rate” equal to LIBOR with an interest period of one month, plus an applicable margin of 7.5%.

In June 2020, we revised the Term Loan Credit Agreement to elect to pay accrued and unpaid interest, solely during one three-consecutive-month period immediately following such notice, in-kind (the “PIK Amount”). We agreed to pay an additional amount equal to 0.75% of the aggregate principal amount of the loans under the Term Loan Credit Agreement plus all PIK Amounts, if any, that were added to such principal amount being repaid or prepaid on either the maturity date or upon the occurrence of an acceleration of obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement. As such, the additional amount, approximately $1.0 million, was recorded as a direct deduction from the face amount of the Term Loan Facility and as a long-term payable on our consolidated balance sheets while the Term Loan remained outstanding. The additional amount was amortized as interest expense over the term of the Term Loan Facility. On April 1, 2021, we elected to pay in-kind the $2.8 million, interest payment due under our Term Loan, which increased our Term Loan

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balance accordingly. In September 2021, we amended our Term Loan Credit Agreement and elected to pay in-kind the $3.1 million October 1, 2021 interest payment which reduced the amount of the Term Loan Accordion by the PIK amount. On December 30, 2021, we amended our Term Loan Credit Agreement and elected to pay in-kind the $3.2 million January 3, 2022 interest payment which reduced the Term Loan Accordion by a corresponding amount.

Revolving ABL Credit Facility

On October 1, 2018, we entered into a $40.0 million revolving Credit Agreement (the “Revolving ABL Credit Facility”), including availability for letters of credit in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $7.5 million. Availability under the Revolving ABL Credit Facility is subject to a floorborrowing base calculated based on 85% of 65%. Atthe net amount of our eligible accounts receivable, minus reserves. The Revolving ABL Credit Facility had a maturity date of October 1, 2023.

Interest under the Revolving ABL Credit Facility is determined by reference, at our option, to either (i) a “base rate” equal to the higher of (a) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.05%, (b) LIBOR with an interest period of one month, plus 1.0%, and (c) the prime rate of Wells Fargo, plus in each case, an applicable base rate margin ranging from 1.0% to 1.5% based on quarterly availability, or (ii) a revolving loan rate equal to LIBOR for the applicable interest period plus an applicable LIBOR margin ranging from 2.0% to 2.5% based on quarterly availability. We also pay, on a quarterly basis, a commitment fee of 0.375% (or 0.25% at any time when revolver usage is greater than 50% of the maximum credit) per annum on the unused portion of the Revolving ABL Credit Facility commitment.

The Revolving ABL Credit Facility contains a springing fixed charge coverage ratio covenant of 1.00 to 1.00 that is tested when availability is less than 10% of the maximum credit. The Revolving ABL Credit Facility also contains other customary affirmative and negative covenants, including limitations on indebtedness, liens, fundamental changes, asset dispositions, restricted payments, investments and transactions with affiliates. The Revolving ABL Credit Facility also provides for customary events of default, including breaches of material covenants, defaults under the Term Loan Agreement or other material agreements for indebtedness, and a change of control. We are in compliance with our financial covenants as of September 30, 2017, our aggregate borrowings under the Credit Facility were $47.0 million and the borrowing base was $107.5 million.


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The obligations under the Revolving ABL Credit Facility are secured by a first priority lien on Priority Collateral, which includes all of our assetsaccounts receivable and deposit accounts, and a second priority lien on the Term Priority Collateral, and are unconditionally guaranteed by all of our current and future direct and indirect subsidiaries. Under the Credit Facility, for purposes of calculating EBITDA, non-cash stock-based compensation expense is added back to EBITDA, as well as up to $2.0 million of previously capitalized construction costs that may be incurred in 2017. The Credit Facility also permits us to incur up to $20.0 million of additional indebtedness for the purchase of additional rigs or rig equipment. As of September 30, 2017, we are in compliance with these covenants.


The Credit Facility provides that an event of default may occur if a material adverse change to ICD occurs, which is considered a subjective acceleration clause under applicable accounting rules. In accordance with ASC 470-10-45, because of2022, the existence of this clause, borrowings under the Credit Facility will be required to be classified as current in the event the springing lock-box event occurs, regardless of the actual maturity of the borrowings. The requirement for a mandatory lock-box trigger occurs when availability under the Credit Facility is $10.0 million or less.
Borrowings under the Credit Facility are subject to a borrowing base formula that allows for borrowings of up to 85% of eligible trade accounts receivable not more than 90 days outstanding, plus up to 75% of the appraised forced liquidation value of our eligible, completed and owned drilling rigs. Rigs that remain idle for 90 consecutive days or longer are removed from the borrowing base until they are contracted. In addition, rigs are appraised two times a year and are subject to upward or downward revisions as a result of market conditions as well as the age of the rig.

At our election, interest under the Credit Facility is determined by reference at our option to either (i) the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), plus 4.5% or (ii) a “base rate” equal to the higher of the prime rate published by JP Morgan Chase Bank or three-month LIBOR plus 1%, plus in each case, 3.5%, the federal funds effective rate plus 0.05%. We also pay, on a quarterly basis, a commitment fee of 0.50% per annum on the unused portion of the Credit Facility commitment. As of September 30, 2017, the weighted averageweighted-average interest rate on our borrowings was 6.01%14.70%. At September 30, 2022, the borrowing base under our Revolving ABL Credit Facility was $27.7 million, and we had $19.9 million of availability remaining of our $40.0 million commitment on that date.

On March 18, 2022, we entered into a third amendment to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2018 (the “Third Amendment to the Credit Agreement”), by and among us, Sidewinder Drilling LLC (“Sidewinder”), the Lenders named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), as administrative agent. The Third Amendment to the Credit Agreement amends the original credit agreement, dated as of October 1, 2018 (the “Credit Agreement”) by deleting references to the “Term Loan Agreement” and related definitions and adding certain references and clauses related to our placement of $157.5 million aggregate principal amount of convertible secured PIK toggle notes due 2026 (the “Convertible Notes”), which were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of March 18, 2022 (the “Indenture”), with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as trustee and collateral agent.

On September 22, 2022, we amended our Revolving ABL Credit Facility Agreement, which included extending the maturity date by two years to September 30, 2025, replacing references to LIBOR interest rates with SOFR interest rates and amending the applicable margin for which interest is calculated as follows:

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Quarterly Average Excess Availability

Applicable Base Rate Margin

Applicable SOFR Margin

1

Greater than $26,666,666

1.50%

2.36%

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Greater than $13,333,333 but less than or equal to $26,666,666

1.75%

2.61%

3

Less than or equal to $13,333,333

2.00%

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Additionally, included in our long-term debt are finance leases. These leases generally have initial terms of 36 months and are paid monthly.

Other Matters

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We are party to certain arrangements defined as “off-balance sheet arrangements” that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors. These arrangements relate to non-cancelable operating leases and unconditional purchase obligations not fully reflected on our balance sheets.sheets (see Note 12 “Commitments and Contingencies” for additional information).

Critical Accounting Policies and Accounting Estimates

We do not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. We evaluate all of our financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging(“ASC 815”). The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period. All derivative instruments are measured at fair value.

As described in Note 8, we determined that certain features under our Convertible Notes required bifurcation from the debt host agreement in accordance with ASC 815 as of March 18, 2022. Accordingly, we recognized a derivative liability at fair value for this instrument in our consolidated balance sheet and adjusted the carrying value of the liability to fair value at each reporting period until the features underlying the instrument were exercised, redeemed, cancelled, or expired. The changes in fair value were assessed quarterly and recorded in our consolidated statement of operations. After the approval of certain matters by our stockholders at our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held June 8, 2022, certain features under our Convertible Notes were modified and no longer met the criteria to bifurcate from the host debt agreement. Accordingly, through June 8, 2022, we recognized the change in fair value of the embedded derivative, $4.3 million, and extinguished the fair value of the conversion rate feature ($69.2 million) of the derivative liability on our balance sheet to stockholders’ equity, as the conversion rate feature now met the criteria to be classified in equity, and recognized a gain on extinguishment of derivative liability on our consolidated statement of operations of $10.8 million associated with the PIK interest rate feature of the derivative liability. See Note 10 in Part 1 “Item 1. 5 Financial Statements”Instruments and Fair Value” for additional information.


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Emerging Growth Company

We havereview our assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not elected to avail ourselvesbe recoverable. The recoverability of assets that are held and used is measured by comparison of the extended transition period availableestimated future undiscounted cash flows associated with the asset to emerging growth companies("EGCs") as provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B)the carrying amount of the Securities Actasset. If the carrying value of 1933, as amended,such assets is less than the estimated undiscounted cash flow, an impairment charge is recorded in the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds their estimated fair value. There are no such indicators of impairment this period.

For a complete discussion of our critical accounting policies and accounting estimates, please see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for complying with new or revisedthe year ended December 31, 2021.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 “Interim Financial Information – Recent Accounting Pronouncements” for information on recently adopted accounting standards therefore, we will be subject toand new or revised accounting standards at the same time as other public companies that are not EGCs.


Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, to provide guidance on the recognition of revenue from customers. Subsequent to May 2014, there have been other related ASU's issued that relate to narrow-scope improvements and practical expedients for the application of ASU 2014-09. Under this guidance, an entity will recognize revenue, when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects what it expects in exchange for the goods or services. This guidance also requires more detailed disclosures to enable users of the financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty, if any, of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. This guidance, as updated, is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. We are currently in the process of completing our evaluation of the impact this guidance will have on our financial statements. We, along with our third party consultants, have identified and analyzed a sample of contracts that are representative of our business and have performed a detailed analysis of the performance obligations and pricing arrangements therein. We currently do not expect that the new guidance will impact the timing of our revenue recognition, however, certain revenues and costs historically recorded on a gross basis in our financial statements may be recorded on a net basis. The most significant implementation items that we have open are the completion of our gross vs. net analysis on our reimbursables, preparation of the new required disclosure, and revising our processes and controls relating to the accounting and disclosures for revenue. We are also still evaluating the portion, if any, of our contract drilling revenues that will be subject to the new leasing guidance discussed below, that we expect to adopt in 2019. We currently expect to adopt this new guidance utilizing the modified retrospective approach.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, to establish the principles that lessees and lessors shall apply to report useful information to users of financial statements about the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from a lease. Under the new guidance, lessees will be required to recognize (with the exception of short-term leases) at the commencement date, a lease liability, which is a lessee's obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis; and a right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. This guidance is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted for all public business entities. We are currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our financial statements with respect to revenue recognition as a lessor, and have engaged a third party consultant to assist us on this evaluation process. Furthermore, the majority of our operating leases with lease terms greater than twelve months, where we are the lessee, are currently accounted for as capital leases.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, as additional guidance on the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments.  The new guidance requires the measurement of all expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable supportable forecasts. In addition, the guidance amends the accounting for credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities and purchased financial assets with credit deterioration. The new guidance is effective for SEC filers for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018. We are in the initial stages of evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our accounts receivable.
In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows, to address diversity in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The update addresses the following eight specific cash flow issues: Debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs; settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments or other debt instruments with coupon interest rates that are insignificant in relation to the effective interest rate of the borrowing; contingent consideration payments made after a business combination; proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims; proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies (COLIs) (including bank-owned life insurance policies (BOLIs)); distributions received from equity method investees; beneficial interests in securitization transactions; and separately identifiable cash flows and application of the predominance principle. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. We expect the implementation of this standard to change the classification of the described transactions within our Statement of Cash Flows.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are exposed to a variety of market risks including risks related to potential adverse changes in interest rates and commodity prices. We actively monitor exposure to market risk and continue to develop and utilize appropriate risk management techniques. We do not use derivative financial instruments for trading or to speculate on changes in commodity prices.

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Interest Rate Risk

Total long-term debt at September 30, 20172022 included $47.0$178.0 million of floating-rate debt attributed to borrowings at an average interest rate of 6.01%14.70%. As a result, our annual interest cost in 20172022 will fluctuate based on short-term interest rates.

The impact on annual cash flow of a 10% change in the floating-rate (approximately 0.60%16.17%) would be approximately $0.3$2.6 million annually based on the floating-rate debt and other obligations outstanding at September 30, 2017;2022; however, there are no assurances that possible rate changes would be limited to such amounts.

Commodity Price Risk

The

Oil and natural gas prices, and market expectations of potential changes in these prices, significantly impact the level of worldwide drilling and production services activities. Reduced demand for contract drilling services is a result of E&P companies spending money to explore and develop drilling prospects in search of oil and natural gas. This customer spending is driven by their cash flow and financial strength, which is affected by trends in crude oil and natural gas commodity prices. Crude oilgenerally results in lower prices are determined by a numberfor these commodities and may impact the economics of factors including supplyplanned drilling projects and demand, worldwide economic conditionsongoing production projects, resulting in the curtailment, reduction, delay or postponement of such projects for an indeterminate period of time. When drilling and geopolitical factors. Crudeproduction activity and spending decline, both dayrates and utilization have also historically declined. Further declines in oil and natural gas prices have historically been volatile and very difficultthe general economy, could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and growth strategy.

In addition, if oil and natural gas prices decline, companies that planned to predict. This volatility can lead many E&P companiesfinance exploration, development or production projects through the capital markets may be forced to base their capital spending on much more conservative estimates of commodity prices. As a result, demand for contractcurtail, reduce, postpone or delay drilling activities even further, and also may experience an inability to pay suppliers. Adverse conditions in the global economic environment could also impact our vendors’ and suppliers’ ability to meet obligations to provide materials and services is not always purely a functionin general. If any of the movement offoregoing were to occur, or if current commodity prices.

Recently, and in particular, following the November 2016 decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”) to reduce production quotas, oil prices began to recover to the $45 to $55 per barrel range. However, there are no indications at this time that oil prices and rig counts will recover to their previous highs experienced in 2014.
Due to this deterioration and stabilization of commodity prices well below previous highs, our customers are principally focused on their most economic wells, and driving cost and production efficiencies that deliver the most economic wells with the lowest capital costs. As a result of this drive towards production and cost efficiencies, operators are focusing more of their capital spending on horizontal drilling programs compared to vertical drilling, and are more focused on utilizing drilling equipment and techniques that optimize costs and efficiency. Thus, we believe the rapid market deterioration and stabilization of oil prices well below historical highs has significantly accelerated the pace of the ongoing land rig replacement cycle and continued shift to horizontal drilling from multi-well pads utilizing “pad optimal” rig technology.
Asdepressed market conditions have improved from trough levels in 2016 and begun to stabilize, demandcontinue for our ShaleDriller® rigs has improved. At September 30, 2017, all of our rigs were under contract and operating. In addition to improving utilization, contract tenors are improved with customers willing to sign term contracts of six to twelve months or longer, and at higher dayrates compared to trough levels. However, if oil prices were to fall below $45 per barrel for any sustaineda prolonged period of time, it could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results and our ability to timely and successfully implement our growth strategy.

The economic effects of the global actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic caused significant declines in the global demand for crude oil, and although market conditions and commodity prices have been improving, the risk remains that additional outbreaks could cause new declines in demand for crude oil.

We cannot predict whether there will be additional disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in the future that could cause commodity prices and demand for our productsdrilling services to fall. The extent to which our operating and services could deteriorate.

financial results are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will depend on various factors and consequences beyond our control, such as the duration and scope of the pandemic; additional actions by businesses and governments in response to the pandemic; and the speed and effectiveness of responses to combat the virus. As a result, our business, operating results and financial conditions are subject to various risks outlined in this Current Report on Form 10-Q under Part II, Item 1A “Risk Factors”, as well as the risk factors outlined in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, in particular, risks associated with declining market conditions and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Credit and Capital Market Risk

Our customers may finance their drilling activities through cash flow from operations, the incurrence of debt or the issuance of equity. Any deterioration in the credit and capital markets, as currently being experienced, can make it difficult for our customers to obtain funding for their capital needs. A reduction of cash flow resulting from declines in commodity prices, such as we are currently experiencing, or a reduction of available financing may result in a reduction in customer spending and the demand for our drilling services. This reduction in spending could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.

All of our customers, lenders and suppliers have been adversely affected in some fashion by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although we are not currently experiencing any material disruption in payments by customers, given the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the oil and gas industry and our customers, there is no assurance that our customers’ financial position will not be adversely impacted which could result in payment delays and payment defaults. Availability under our revolving line of credit is based upon a borrowing base determined by the level of our accounts receivable, with uncollectable amounts or amounts greater than 90 days past due excluded from consideration. As a result, a reduction in the utilization of our rigs or delays in payment or payment defaults by any of our customers could have a material adverse impact on our financial liquidity. Similarly, our suppliers may not extend credit to us or require less favorable payment terms or face similar challenges with their own suppliers. We also are reliant upon our third-party lenders’ ability to meet their commitments under our existing credit facilities. Given the impact of the COVID-19

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pandemic across industries and geographic regions, we cannot predict the magnitude it may have on our lenders’ ability to meet their commitments to us, and any failure to do so would have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and financial position.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act, we have evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file under the Exchange Act


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is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our current disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 20172022 at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting


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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM  1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We may beare the subject of lawsuitscertain legal proceedings and claims arising in the ordinary course of business from time to time. Management cannot predict the ultimate outcome of such lawsuitslegal proceedings and claims. While lawsuitsthe legal proceedings and claims aremay be asserted for amounts that may be material should an unfavorable outcome be the result, management does not currently expect that the outcome of anyresolution of these known legal proceedings or claimsmatters will have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.


In addition, management monitors our legal proceedings and claims on a quarterly basis and establishes and adjusts any reserves as appropriate to reflect our assessment of the then-current status of such matters.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the risks discussedrelated to our business set forth under “Risk Factors” in Part 1, "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. There has been no material change in our risk factors from those described in the Annual Report.2021. These risks are not the only risks that we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

The conversion of the Convertible Notes issued on March 18, 2022 into shares of our common stock would result in significant dilution to our existing stockholders.

On March 18, 2022, we issued $157.5 million principal amount of Convertible Notes. We have the ability to issue up to an additional $7.5 million principal amount of Convertible Notes to holders willing to purchase such additional Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes are convertible into shares of our common stock at the option of the holders at any time during the term of the Convertible Notes. The effective conversion price is $4.51 per share. In addition, we have the right to PIK interest for the entire term of the Convertible Notes. The election by us to PIK interest will increase outstanding principal balance under the Convertible Notes and thus the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes. We elected to pay in-kind outstanding interest as of September 30, 2022, resulting in an additional $12.7 million principal amount of Convertible Notes being issued as of September 30, 2022.The conversion of the Convertible Notes would result in substantial dilution in the percentage of the outstanding common stock owned by our existing stockholders.

The market price of our common stock could decline as a result of the large number of shares that will become eligible for sale following conversion of the Convertible Notes.

A substantial number of additional shares of our common stock would be eligible for resale in the public market following conversion of the Convertible Notes. Current holders of our Convertible Notes may wish to dispose of some or all of their shares of common stock acquired upon conversion of the Convertible Notes. Sales of substantial numbers of shares of both the newly issued and the existing shares of our common stock in the public market following conversion of the Convertible Notes could adversely affect the market price of our shares of common stock

Affiliates of MSD Partners, L.P. and Glendon Capital Management, L.P. (the “Primary Noteholders”) collectively own a large percentage of our common stock as a result of the transactions relating to the issuance of the Convertible Notes, and have rights to acquire additional shares upon conversion of Convertible Notes held by them. The Primary Noteholders also have rights to nominate up to an aggregate of three individuals to serve on our Board of Directors. As a result, the Primary Noteholders collectively will have significant influence over the outcome of corporate actions requiring stockholder approval, and the priorities of the Primary Noteholders for our business may be different from our other stockholders.

The Primary Noteholders collectively own approximately 19% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, and collectively beneficially own approximately 28% of the outstanding shares of our common stock (after giving effect to permitted conversions of the Convertible Notes based on the current beneficial ownership limitations after giving effect to such conversions, including a 9.9% limitation on Glendon Capital Management, L.P. and 19.9% limitation on MSD Partners, L.P.). Accordingly, the MSD Parties acting alone, or the Primary Noteholders voting together, while not a group, may be able to significantly influence the outcome of many corporate transactions or other matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets or any

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other significant corporate transaction, such that the Primary Noteholders collectively could potentially delay or prevent a change of control of the Company, even if such a change of control would benefit our other stockholders. The interests of the Primary Noteholders may differ from the interests of other stockholders.

Inflationary and supply chain pressures may decrease our operating margins and increase working capital investments required to operate our business.

As a result of improved U.S. land rig activity driven by improving market conditions, demand and competition for rig personnel in our operating regions has increased significantly, driven not only by competition between land drilling companies but also other industries where economic activity has improved. This has resulted in meaningful increases in field-level pay over the past twelve months and the costs to recruit and train new employees. We intend to reactivate additional rigs during the remainder of 2022, which will require the hiring of additional personnel. Inflationary factors have also increased other costs to reactivate and to operate our drilling rigs. Although our term drilling contracts typically allow us to pass-through to our customers labor costs increases and cost increases for other items (based upon changes to the applicable oilfield price index for such other items) through adjustment to contractual dayrates, the majority of our current contracts are short-term in nature, which requires us to recoup labor and other price increases through increased dayrates upon repricing of each short-term contract upon its expiration. If we are unable to recoup cost increases through adjustment to term contract dayrates or successful renegotiation of short-term contract dayrates, our daily operating margins will fall, which could materially adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.

In addition, as worldwide economic activity has improved following emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain pressures and bottlenecks have developed (including due to both COVID-19 and the war in the Ukraine) and could potentially develop which could reduce the availability of equipment, supplies and other products needed to operate our business. This may cause us to increase investments in critical spare inventory and capital spare items to compensate for increased delivery lead times or potential unavailability of items. If we are required to invest substantial additional amounts to increase inventory levels of critical spare inventory or capital items, it will reduce our financial resources available to invest in rig reactivations which could have a material adverse effect on our future cash flows and ability to pursue plans to reactivate additional rigs.

ITEM  2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
During the third quarter of 2017, we withheld shares of our common stock to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of certain restricted stock awards.  These shares are deemed to be “issuer purchases” of shares that are required to be disclosed pursuant to this Item but were not purchased as part of a publicly announced program to purchase common shares. The following table provides information relating to our repurchase of shares of common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2017 (dollars in thousands, except average price paid per share):
 Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
PeriodTotal Number of Shares Purchased Average Price Paid Per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet be Purchased Under the Program (1)
July 1 - July 31
 $
 
 $
August 1 - August 3140,009
 $3.44
 
 $
September 1 - September 30
 $
 
 $
Total40,009
 $3.44
 
 $
(1)        We do not have a current share repurchase program authorized by the board of directors.

None.

ITEM  3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM  4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not Applicable.

ITEM  5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.


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ITEM  6. EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number

Description

Exhibit
Number

Description

10.1

First Supplemental Indenture dated July 21, 2022, by and among the Company, the Guarantor thereto, and U.S Bank Trust Company National Association (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 27, 2022)

10.2*

AmendedFourth Amendment, dated as of July 31, 2022, to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2018, by and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ofamong Independence Contract Drilling, Inc., ICD Operating LLC, the Lenders party thereto and U.S. National Bank Association as Agent

10.3

Fifth Amendment, dated as of September 22, 2022, to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2018, by and among Independence Contract Drilling, Inc., ICD Operating LLC, the Lenders party thereto and U.S. National Bank Association as Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, (File No. 001-36590) filed August 13, 2014, Exhibit 3.1)on September 26, 2022)

31.1*

101.CAL*

XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF*

XBRL Definition Linkbase Document

101.INS*

XBRL Instance Document

101.LAB*

XBRL Labels Linkbase Document

101.PRE*

XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document

101.SCH*

XBRL Schema Document

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page interactive data file does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document


*

*

Filed with this report



Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement filed pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iii) of Regulation S-K

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

INDEPENDENCE CONTRACT DRILLING, INC.

By:

/s/ Byron A. DunnJ. Anthony Gallegos, Jr.

Name:

Byron A. Dunn

J. Anthony Gallegos, Jr.

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

By:

/s/ Philip A. Choyce

Name:

Philip A. Choyce

Title:

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer)

By:

/s/ Michael J. HarwellKatherine Kokenes

Name:

Michael J. Harwell

Katherine Kokenes

Title:

Vice President - Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

Date: November 1, 2022

Date: October 31, 2017

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