NOTE 17. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation

The Company is party to various legal proceedings from time to time. A liability is accrued when a loss is both probable and can be reasonably estimated. Management believes that the probability of a material loss with respect to any currently pending legal proceeding is remote or cannot be reasonably estimated. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company’s reserve for litigation, if any, is immaterial.

Impulse Litigation

In conjunction with the DWS acquisition, $4.0 million of the purchase price (the “Impulse Litigation Holdback Amount”) was retained by the Company for purposes of funding any post-closing expenses and liabilities related to a patent infringement-related litigation matter to which DWS is a party, captioned Impulse Downhole Solutions Ltd., and Impulse Downhole Tools USA Ltd, v. Downhole Well Solutions, LLC, Civil Action No. 4:23-cv-02954, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Division (the “Impulse Litigation”). The Company is entitled to a claw back of 80% of any post-closing expenses and liabilities related to the Impulse Litigation up to the Impulse Litigation Holdback Amount and will be responsible for any expenses and liabilities related to the Impulse Litigation that exceed the Impulse Litigation Holdback Amount. Upon the conclusion of the Impulse Litigation, the remaining balance of the Impulse Litigation Holdback Amount, if any, will be payable to the sellers in the DWS acquisition. We determined that at June 30, 2025, a loss associated with this litigation cannot be reasonably estimated, primarily due to it being in the early stages of the case. As of June 30, 2025, $2.2 million of the Impulse Litigation Holdback Amount remains unused.