Item 2. Properties
Item 2. Properties.
As of December 31, 2021, the Company operates two manufacturing, warehouse and research facilities in the U.S. Internationally, the Company has a warehouse and research facility in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and a warehouse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Company also has sales offices in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Company owns four of these facilities and the remainder are leased with lease terms that expire from 2022 through 2030. In addition, the Company’s corporate office is a leased facility located in Houston, Texas. The following table sets forth facility locations:
Segment Owned/Leased Location
Chemistry Technologies Owned Marlow, Oklahoma
Chemistry Technologies Owned Monahans, Texas
Chemistry Technologies Owned Raceland, Louisiana
Chemistry Technologies Owned Waller, Texas
Chemistry Technologies Leased Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Chemistry Technologies Leased Calgary, Alberta
Chemistry Technologies Leased Raceland, Louisiana
Chemistry Technologies Leased Houston, Texas
Data Analytics Leased Austin, Texas
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In the third quarter of 2021, the Company committed to plans to sell its warehouse facility in Monahans, Texas and its manufacturing facility in Waller, Texas, and subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Company entered into a contract to sell the Waller manufacturing facility for proceeds of $4.2 million, which is expected to close in April 2022.
Item 3. Legal Proceeding
Litigation
On March 26, 2021, the Company and Flotek Chemistry, LLC (“Flotek Chemistry”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company, filed a lawsuit against Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (“ADM”), Florida Chemical Company, LLC (“FCC”) and other parties in state court in Harris County, Texas. The lawsuit claims damages relating to the terpene supply agreement between Flotek Chemistry and FCC and related breaches of fiduciary duty. Contemporaneously with the filing of the suit, Flotek Chemistry delivered a notice of termination of the terpene supply agreement.
Subsequent to the lawsuit described above, on April 5, 2021, ADM and FCC filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery seeking to enjoin the lawsuit filed in Texas and claiming damages under the terpene supply agreement and other matters. On October 29, 2021, the Company and Flotek Chemistry reached agreement with all parties resolving all claims between the parties. On or before January 3, 2022, Flotek will pay to ADM a one-time payment of $1.75 million and the terpene supply agreement is confirmed terminated, eliminating the prior obligation to purchase 10.5 million pounds of terpene through 2023.
In 2021, Flotek commenced an internal investigation into the activities of John Chisholm (Flotek’s previous CEO) due to irregularities in expenses and transactions during the years from 2014 to 2018. The investigation revealed evidence of related party transactions/self-dealing, inappropriate personal expenses, and general corporate waste. Flotek’s board engaged a third party to review the findings of the investigation. After the third-party review, Flotek concluded that its current and historical financial statements can be relied upon, that proper action had been taken, and that no members of current management were implicated in any way.
Beginning in December 2021, Flotek sent demand letters to, and subsequently filed arbitration or other legal proceedings against, John Chisholm, Casey Doherty/Doherty & Doherty LLP (Flotek’s former outside general counsel) and Moss Adams LLP (Flotek’s former independent public audit firm) to recover damages. John Chisholm subsequently filed a counterclaim against Flotek in the arbitration proceeding for his remaining severance (currently accrued by the Company, but payment for which was suspended). Although Flotek believes its claims are supported by the available evidence, the timing and amount of any outcome cannot reasonably be predicted.
The Company is subject to other routine litigation and other claims that arise in the normal course of business. Except as disclosed above, management is not aware of any pending or threatened lawsuits or proceedings that are expected to have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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