Houston-based Drilling Tools International Holdings Inc. plans to go public through a merger with a blank-check company.
"This transaction will help us grow our core business and facilitate our plan to expand via acquisitions into new markets and emerging technologies," said DTI President and CEO."In addition, this transaction will enable DTI to implement long-term plans to align with its long-term customers' needs for additional tools and services."
For nearly 10 years, DTI has been backed by Dallas-based private equity firm Hicks Equity Partners. Hicks and other existing DTI shareholders plan to reinvest more than 95% of their equity holdings into the combined company. The deal implies an enterprise value of around $319 million. ROC Energy Acquisition Corp. was formed to effect a deal in the oil and gas space. When the special purpose acquisition company was first launched, ROC intended to focus its acquisition efforts on the non-operated upstream oil and gas sector, the SPAC said in a November 2021 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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