25 PRECEDENT TRANSACTIONS ANALYSIS ($ in millions) Enterprise Target TTM (2) Enterprise Value / Announced Date Closed Date Acquiror Target Target Description Value (1) EBITDA (2) EBITDA Margin (2) TTM EBITDA (3, 4) 12/11/2009 1/26/2010 Superior Energy Services, Inc. Hallin Marine Subsea International Plc Provides marine and subsea installation services, and subsea intervention systems to oil and gas, nuclear, and renewable energy sectors in the United States and internationally. $175.5 $31.1 22.1% 5.6x 8/31/2009 4/28/2010 Baker Hughes Incorporated BJ Services Company Provides pressure pumping and other oilfield services to the oil and natural gas industry in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and internationally, both land and offshore. 5,528.7 865.5 18.0% 6.4x (3, 5) 4/29/2009 7/31/2009 Clean Harbors Canada, Inc. Eveready Inc. Provides industrial and oilfield maintenance and production services for the energy, resource, and industrial sectors in Canada, the United States, and internationally. 391.5 80.4 14.4% 4.9x 6/3/2008 8/18/2008 Smith International, Inc. W-H Energy Services, Inc. Provides products and services for the drilling and completion of oil and natural gas wells, and the production of oil and natural gas in North America and international areas. 3,111.9 305.1 26.4% 10.2x (6) 3/29/2008 5/20/2008 BJ Services Company Innicor Subsurface Technologies Inc. Engages in the design, manufacture, rental, servicing, and distribution of tools and equipment used in the completion and production phases of oil and gas wells primarily in the United States and Canada. 52.0 5.3 9.0% 9.9x (7) 1/30/2008 4/4/2008 Essential Energy Services Trust Builders Energy Services Trust Operates as an open-end investment trust providing oilfield services to customers involved in crude oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. 152.7 28.6 17.2% 5.3x 6/12/2007 12/11/2007 Cal Dive International, Inc. Horizon Offshore, Inc. Provides marine construction services for the offshore oil and gas and energy industries. 651.4 105.5 20.9% 6.2x 11/1/2006 2/14/2007 ValueAct Capital, LLC Seitel, Inc. Provides seismic data to the oil and gas industry in North America. 666.6 125.3 78.8% 5.3x (8) 10/23/2006 1/8/2007 National Oilwell Varco, Inc. NQL Energy Services Inc. Engages in the design, manufacture, lease, and sale of various bottom hole assemblies to the directional drilling and straight hole drilling markets. 303.5 48.2 38.7% 6.3x 9/25/2006 12/12/2006 Superior Energy Services, Inc. Warrior Energy Services Corporation Provides cased-hole wireline and well intervention services to exploration and production companies. 355.0 31.8 32.0% 11.2x 9/5/2006 1/12/2007 Compagnie Generale de Geophysique Veritas DGC Inc. Provides geophysical information and services to oil and gas companies worldwide, primarily acquiring, processing, interpreting and marketing geophysical information that provides 2D and 3D images of the subsurface. 2,857.3 413.4 46.7% 6.9x Mean 7.1x Median 6.3x High 11.2x Low 4.9x Source: Public filings, Capital IQ and other publicly available information Notes: (1) Enterprise value defined as equity consideration plus target net debt prior to announcement based on the equity value at announcement of the transaction (3) TTM EBITDA figure does not exclude any applicable stock based compensation expense (4) Enterprise value and EBITDA converted using the US $1.00 / GBP £1.46025 at announced date (5) Enterprise value and EBITDA converted using the US $1.00 / CAD $.81892 at announced date (6) Enterprise value and EBITDA converted using the US $1.00 / CAD $.9858 at announced date (7) Enterprise value and EBITDA converted using a US $1.00 / CAD $.9954 at announced date (8) Enterprise value and EBITDA converted using a US $1.00 / CAD $.8870 at announced date (2) TTM EBITDA calculated using the last publicly available financial information prior to announcement; TTM EBITDA excludes stock based compensation and non-recurring operating expenses unless otherwise noted in note 3. TTM is defined as the trailing twelve month period ending March 31, 2010 |