NOV Inc. 10-Q

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Introduction NOV Inc. (“NOV” or the “Company”) is a leading independent equipment and technology provider to the global energy industry. Originally founded in 1862, NOV and its predecessor companies have spent 162 years helping transform oil and gas field development and improving its cost-effectiveness, efficiency, safety, and environmental impact. Over the past few decades, the Company has pioneered and refined key technologies to improve the economic viability of frontier resources, including unconventional and deepwater oil and gas. More recently, by applying its deep expertise and technology, the company has helped advance the transition toward sustainable energy. NOV’s extensive proprietary technology portfolio supports the industry’s full-field drilling, completion, and production needs. With unmatched cross-segment capabilities, scope, and scale, NOV continues to develop and introduce technologies that further enhance the economics and efficiencies of energy production, with a focus on automation, predictive analytics, and condition-based maintenance. NOV serves major-diversified, national, and independent service companies, contractors, and energy producers in 60 countries. Effective January 1, 2024, NOV consolidated its reporting structure into two segments: Energy Products and Services, and Energy Equipment. Segment disclosures pertaining to prior periods have been restated to reflect the change in reportable segments. Results of operations are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period financial information in order to conform with current period presentation. The Company discloses Adjusted EBITDA (defined as operating profit excluding depreciation, amortization, gains and losses on sales of fixed assets and, when applicable, Other Items) in its periodic earnings press releases and other public disclosures to provide investors additional information about the results of ongoing operations. See Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations in Results of Operations for an explanation of our use of non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations to their corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Energy Products and Services The Company’s Energy Products and Services segment primarily designs, manufactures, rents, and sells products and equipment used in drilling, intervention, completion, and production activities. Products include drill bits, downhole tools, premium drill pipe, drilling fluids, managed pressure drilling, integral and weld-on connectors for conductor strings and surface casing, completion tools, and artificial lift systems. The segment also designs, manufactures, and delivers high-end composite pipe, tanks, and structures engineered to solve both corrosion and weight challenges in a wide variety of applications, including oil and gas, chemical, industrial, wastewater, fuel handling, marine and offshore, and rare earth mineral extraction. In addition to product and equipment sales, the segment provides services, software, and digital solutions to improve drilling and completion operational performance. Services include tubular inspection and coating, solids control, waste management , and managed pressure drilling. Software and digital solutions offered include drilling and completion optimization and remote monitoring (via downhole and surface instrumentation), wired drill pipe services, software controls and applications, and data management and analytics services at the edge and in the cloud. Energy Products and Services serves oil and gas companies, drilling contractors, oilfield service companies, oilfield equipment rental companies and developers of geothermal energy. Demand for the segment’s products and services primarily depends on the level of oilfield drilling activity by oil and gas companies, drilling contractors, and oilfield service companies. Demand for the segment’s composite solutions serving applications outside of oil and gas are driven by industrial activity, infrastructure spend, and population growth. Energy Equipment The Company’s Energy Equipment segment manufactures and supports the capital equipment and integrated systems needed for oil and gas exploration and production, both onshore and offshore, as well as for other marine-based, industrial and renewable energy markets. The segment designs, manufactures, and integrates technologies for drilling and producing oil and gas wells. This includes equipment and technologies needed for drilling, including land rigs, offshore drilling equipment packages, drilling rig components, and software control systems that mechanize and automate the drilling process and rig functionality; hydraulic fracture stimulation, including pressure pumping trucks, blenders, sanders, hydration units, injection units, flowline, and manifolds; well intervention, including coiled tubing units, coiled tubing, and wireline units and tools; cementing products for pumping, mixing, transport, and storage; onshore production, including fluid processing, and surface transfer as well as progressive cavity pumps; offshore production, including integrated production systems and subsea production technologies; and aftermarket support of these technologies, providing spare parts, service, and repair. Energy Equipment primarily serves contract drillers, oilfield service companies, and oil and gas companies. Demand for the segment’s products primarily depends on capital spending plans by drilling contractors, service companies, and oil and gas companies; and secondarily on the overall level of oilfield drilling, completions, and workover activity which drives demand for equipment, spare parts, service, and repair for the segment’s large installed base of equipment. 19 The segment also serves marine and offshore markets, where it designs and builds equipment for wind turbine installation and cable lay vessels, and offers heavy lift cranes and jacking systems; industrial markets, where the segment provides pumps and mixers for a wide breadth of industrial end markets; and other energy transition markets, where it is applying its gas processing expertise to provide solutions that aid in wind power development, hydrogen production and carbon sequestration. Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates In our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, we identified our most critical accounting policies. In preparing the financial statements, we make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported. We periodically evaluate our estimates and judgments that are most critical in nature which are related to revenue recognition under long-term construction contracts, impairment of goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets, and income taxes. Our estimates are based on historical experience and on our future expectations that we believe are reasonable. The combination of these factors forms the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results are likely to differ from our current estimates and those differences may be material. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For the third quarter ended September 30, 2024, the Company generated revenues of $2.19 billion, an increase of $6 million compared to the third quarter of 2023. Net income increased 14 percent to $130 million, or 5.9 percent of sales, an increase of $16 million compared to the third quarter of 2023. Operating profit increased $11 million from the prior year to $194 million, or 8.9 percent of sales. The company recorded $5 million within Other Items, primarily related to severance pay. Adjusted EBITDA (operating profit excluding depreciation, amortization, gains and losses on sales of fixed assets and, when applicable, Other Items) increased 7 percent year-over-year to $286 million, or 13.1 percent of sales. Segment Performance Energy Products and Services Energy Products and Services generated revenues of $1,003 million in the third quarter of 2024, a decrease of 3 percent from the third quarter of 2023. Operating profit decreased $31 million from the prior year to $114 million, or 11.4 percent of sales, and included $3 million in Other Items. Adjusted EBITDA decreased $25 million from the prior year to $172 million, or 17.1 percent of sales. The decrease in revenue and profit was primarily due to lower drilling activity levels in North America, partially offset by contributions from the Company's recent artificial lift acquisition.. Energy Equipment Energy Equipment generated revenues of $1,219 million in the third quarter of 2024, an increase of 2 percent from the third quarter of 2023. Operating profit increased $31 million from the prior year to $129 million, or 10.6 percent of sales, and included $1 million in Other Items. Adjusted EBITDA increased $35 million from the prior year to $159 million, or 13.0 percent of sales. Improved profitability was the result of strong execution on the segment’s improving backlog and better demand for aftermarket parts and services. New orders booked during the quarter totaled $627 million, an increase of $79 million when compared to the $548 million of new orders booked during the third quarter of 2023. Orders shipped from backlog in the third quarter of 2024 were $563 million, representing a book-to-bill of 111 percent, compared to the $537 million orders shipped and a book-to-bill of 102 percent in the third quarter of 2023. As of September 30, 2024, backlog for capital equipment orders for Energy Equipment was $4,478 million, an increase of $485 million from the third quarter of 2023. 20 Oil & Gas Equipment and Services Market and Outlook The macro environment and geopolitical uncertainties continue to drive volatility and pressure commodity prices with oil prices reflecting growing concerns regarding diminishing demand from weakening global economies, excess OPEC capacity, and rising non-OPEC production. These concerns along with ample supplies of natural gas in North America are increasing cautiousness among oil and gas producers, resulting in lower drilling activity in the U.S. land market and are beginning to affect shorter-cycle activity in international markets. Despite growing concerns that global oil and U.S. natural gas markets may be oversupplied in 2025, management believes commodity prices and activity levels should remain relatively rangebound, with any pullback in activity short-lived, and that the industry remains in an extended recovery due to: (1) current inventory levels in relation to OECD demand that are lower than historical averages; (2) natural oil production decline rates that average almost 15 percent; (3) anticipated increases in LNG exports from the U.S.; (4) increasing focus on energy security; and (5) capital discipline across the industry, which has diminished the global oil and gas industry’s ability to easily ramp production. Regardless of the operating environment, NOV remains committed to improving organizational efficiencies while focusing on the development and commercialization of innovative products and services, including technologies to reduce the environmental impact of oil and gas operations, and technologies to accelerate the energy transition that are responsive to the longer-term needs of NOV’s customers. We believe this strategy will further advance the Company’s competitive position in all market conditions. Operating Environment Overview The Company’s results are dependent on, among other things, the level of worldwide oil and gas drilling, well remediation activity, the prices of crude oil and natural gas, capital spending by exploration and production companies and drilling contractors, worldwide oil and gas inventory levels and, to a lesser degree, the level of investment in wind and geothermal energy products. Key industry indicators for the third quarter of 2024 and 2023, and the second quarter of 2024 include the following: % increase (decrease) 3Q24 v 3Q24 v 3Q24* 3Q23* 2Q24* 3Q23 2Q24 Active Drilling Rigs: U.S. 586 651 602 (10.0 %) (2.7 %) Canada 209 188 137 11.2 % 52.6 % International 932 951 956 (2.0 %) (2.5 %) Worldwide 1,727 1,790 1,695 (3.5 %) 1.9 % West Texas Intermediate Crude Prices (per barrel) $ 76.24 $ 82.30 $ 81.71 (7.4 %) (6.7 %) Natural Gas Prices ($/mmbtu) $ 2.11 $ 2.59 $ 2.08 (18.5 %) 1.4 % * Averages for the quarters indicated. See sources below. The Company is also becoming increasingly engaged with energy transition related opportunities and is currently involved in projects related to wind energy, geothermal power, rare earth metal extraction, biogas production, and carbon sequestration. Additionally, the Company is investing in developing technologies and solutions that will support other energy transition related industry verticals. Management expects to see continued growth in these areas as low carbon power becomes a larger portion of the global energy supply. 21 The following table details the U.S., Canadian, and international rig activity and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil prices for the past nine quarters ended September 30, 2024, on a quarterly basis: Source: Rig count: Baker Hughes, Inc. (www.bakerhughes.com); West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil and Natural Gas Prices: US Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov). The worldwide quarterly average rig count increased 2 percent (from 1,695 to 1,727) in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the second quarter of 2024, mainly attributable to Canada. The average per barrel price of West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil decreased 7 percent (from $81.71 per barrel to $76.24 per barrel) and natural gas prices increased 1 percent (from $2.08 per mmbtu to $2.11 per mmbtu) in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the second quarter of 2024. On October 11, 2024, there were 809 rigs actively drilling in North America, comprised of U.S. and Canada, which increased 2 percent from the third quarter average of 795 rigs. The price for West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil was $75.56 per barrel at October 11, 2024, a decrease of 1 percent from the third quarter of 2024 average. The price for natural gas was $2.63 per mmbtu at October 11, 2024, an increase of 25 percent from the third quarter of 2024 average. 22 Results of Operations Financial results by operating segment are as follows (in millions): Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 30, September 30, 2024 2023 2024 2023 Revenue: Energy Products and Services $ 1,003 $ 1,034 $ 3,070 $ 3,004 Energy Equipment 1,219 1,195 3,601 3,364 Eliminations (31 ) (44 ) (109 ) (128 ) Total revenue $ 2,191 $ 2,185 $ 6,562 $ 6,240 Operating profit: Energy Products and Services $ 114 $ 145 $ 363 $ 413 Energy Equipment 129 98 456 250 Eliminations and corporate costs (49 ) (60 ) (150 ) (173 ) Total operating profit $ 194 $ 183 $ 669 $ 490 Energy Products and Services t hree and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Revenue from Energy Products and Services was $1,003 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $1,034 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, a decrease of $31 million or 3 percent. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, revenue from Energy Products and Services was $3,070 million compared to $3,004 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, an increase of $66 million or 2 percent. The decrease in revenue during the three months ended September 30, 2024 was due to an increase in North America revenue of 1 percent offset by a decrease in international revenue of 5 percent. North American revenue increased despite the decline in drilling activity primarily due to the acquisition of our artificial lift business and market share gains, while international revenue declined primarily due to lower sales of drill pipe and conductor pipe connections. The increase in revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was due to increases in North America and international revenue of 4 percent and 2 percent, respectively. The growth in North America was primarily due to the acquisition of our artificial lift business and market share gains, and the growth in international revenue was primarily due to higher activity levels in international markets, partially offset by lower sales of drill pipe and conductor pipe connections. Operating profit from Energy Products and Services was $114 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to an operating profit of $145 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, a decrease of $31 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, operating profit from Energy Products and Services was $363 million compared to operating profit of $413 million for the nine months ending September 30, 2023, a decrease of $50 million. The decrease in profitability was due to a less favorable sales mix, including a 35 percent decline in sales of drill pipe in the third quarter of 2024 and a 17 percent decline year-to-date when compared to the prior year. Energy Equipment t hree and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Revenue from Energy Equipment was $1,219 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $1,195 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, an increase of $24 million or 2 percent. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, revenue from Energy Equipment was $3,601 million compared to $3,364 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, an increase of $237 million or 7 percent. The increase in revenue is attributable to higher sales in both international land and offshore markets. Revenue improved from international sales by 1 percent in the third quarter of 2024 and 11 percent year-to-date when compared to the prior year, and offshore sales increased by 3 percent in the third quarter of 2024 and by 14 percent year-to-date when compared to the prior year. The increase in sales to these markets is a result of strong demand for aftermarket products and services and execution on the segment’s improving capital equipment backlog. Revenues in North America increased 6 percent in the third quarter of 2024 on strong sales of capital equipment but declined 3 percent year-to-date when compared to the prior year, primarily due to the divestiture of the segment’s Pole Products business during the second quarter of 2024. Operating profit from Energy Equipment was $129 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to an operating profit of $98 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, an increase of $31 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, operating profit from Energy Equipment was $456 million compared to operating profit of $250 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, an increase of $206 million. Higher profitability for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was the result of higher margin sales primarily driven by improved demand for aftermarket products and services and strong execution on the segment’s improving capital equipment backlog. A $131 million gain from the divestiture of the segment’s Pole Products business in the second quarter of 2024 also contributed to the increase in profitability for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. 23 The Energy Equipment segment monitors its capital equipment backlog to plan its business. New orders are added to backlog only when the Company receives a firm written order for major completion and production components or a contract related to a construction project. The capital equipment backlog was $4,478 million at September 30, 2024, an increase of $485 million from backlog of $3,993 million at September 30, 2023. Although numerous factors can affect the timing of revenue out of backlog (including, but not limited to, customer change orders and supplier accelerations or delays), the Company reasonably expects approximately 13 percent of backlog to become revenue during the rest of 2024 and the remainder thereafter. At September 30, 2024, approximately 53 percent of the capital equipment backlog was for offshore products and approximately 91 percent of the capital equipment backlog was destined for international markets. Eliminations and corporate costs Eliminations and corporate costs were $49 million and $150 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $60 million and $173 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. Sales from one segment to another generally are priced at estimated equivalent commercial selling prices; however, segments originating an external sale are credited with the full profit to the company. Eliminations include intercompany transactions conducted between the two reporting segments that are eliminated in consolidation. Intrasegment transactions are eliminated within each segment. Eliminations declined 20 percent when compared to the third quarter of 2023 and 14 percent year-to-date due to lower intrasegment activity. Corporate costs declined 15 percent from the third quarter of 2023 and 13 percent year-to-date due to our cost savings initiatives and workforce reductions. Interest and financial costs and Interest Income Interest and financial costs were $21 million and $67 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $23 million and $65 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. The changes were primarily due to fluctuations in debt balances between periods. Interest income was $11 million and $27 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $5 million and $21 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase was primarily related to interest earned on larger cash balances in the current year compared to prior year. Equity income in unconsolidated affiliates Equity income in unconsolidated affiliates was $0 million and $37 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $16 million and $101 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. A less favorable product sales mix and lower volume in sales led to lower profitability year-over-year for our largest investment in unconsolidated affiliates. Other expense, net Other expense, net was $10 million and $34 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $25 million and $70 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. The change in expense was primarily due to larger foreign currency fluctuations in the prior year, particularly with the currency devaluation in Argentina. Provision for income taxes The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 25.3% and 25.0%, respectively, compared to 30.8% and 18.2% for the same periods in 2023. The effective tax rate for 2024 was negatively impacted by a mix of earnings in higher tax rate jurisdictions, losses in certain jurisdictions with no tax benefit, and adjustments to the carrying value of deferred tax assets, partially offset by the reduction of valuation allowances related to U.S. and state deferred tax assets. The effective tax rate for 2023 was positively impacted by the utilization of previously unrealized loss carryforwards and tax credits as well as favorable adjustments related to changes in certain exchange rates, partially offset by current year losses in certain jurisdictions with no tax benefit. 24 Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations This Form 10-Q contains certain non-GAAP financial measures that management believes are useful tools for internal use and the investment community in evaluating NOV’s overall financial performance. These non-GAAP financial measures are broadly used to value and compare companies in the oilfield services and equipment industry. Not all companies define these measures in the same way. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures are not a substitute for financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP and should therefore be considered only as supplemental to such GAAP financial measures. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as operating profit excluding depreciation, amortization, gains and losses on sales of fixed assets and, when applicable, Other Items. Adjusted EBITDA % is a ratio showing Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of sales. Management believes this is important information to provide because it is used by management to evaluate the Company’s operational performance and trends between periods and manage the business. Management also believes this information may be useful to investors and analysts to gain a better understanding of the Company’s results of ongoing operations. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA % are not intended to replace GAAP financial measures, such as Net Income and Operating Profit %. Additionally, Excess Free Cash Flow does not represent the Company's residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures, as the calculation of these measures does not account for certain debt service requirements or other non-discretionary expenditures. 25 The following tables set forth the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to its most comparable GAAP financial measure (in millions): Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 30, June 30, September 30, 2024 2023 2024 2024 2023 Operating profit: Energy Products and Services $ 114 $ 145 $ 128 $ 363 $ 413 Energy Equipment 129 98 232 456 250 Eliminations and corporate costs (49 ) (60 ) (47 ) (150 ) (173 ) Total operating profit $ 194 $ 183 $ 313 $ 669 $ 490 Operating profit %: Energy Products and Services 11.4 % 14.0 % 12.2 % 11.8 % 13.7 % Energy Equipment 10.6 % 8.2 % 19.3 % 12.7 % 7.4 % Eliminations and corporate costs — — — — — Total operating profit % 8.9 % 8.4 % 14.1 % 10.2 % 7.9 % Other items, net: Energy Products and Services $ 3 $ 4 $ 1 $ 4 $ 3 Energy Equipment 1 (2 ) (119 ) (122 ) (13 ) Corporate 1 5 — 2 6 Total other items $ 5 $ 7 $ (118 ) $ (116 ) $ (4 ) (Gain)/loss on sales of fixed assets: Energy Products and Services $ 1 $ 1 $ — $ — $ (2 ) Energy Equipment — — — — (3 ) Corporate — (1 ) — — 1 Total (gain)/loss on sales of fixed assets $ 1 $ — $ — $ — $ (4 ) Depreciation & amortization: Energy Products and Services $ 54 $ 47 $ 55 $ 163 $ 135 Energy Equipment 29 28 29 86 83 Corporate 3 2 2 6 7 Total depreciation & amortization $ 86 $ 77 $ 86 $ 255 $ 225 Adjusted EBITDA: Energy Products and Services $ 172 $ 197 $ 184 $ 530 $ 549 Energy Equipment 159 124 142 420 317 Eliminations and corporate costs (45 ) (54 ) (45 ) (142 ) (159 ) Total Adjusted EBITDA $ 286 $ 267 $ 281 $ 808 $ 707 Adjusted EBITDA %: Energy Products and Services 17.1 % 19.1 % 17.5 % 17.3 % 18.3 % Energy Equipment 13.0 % 10.4 % 11.8 % 11.7 % 9.4 % Corporate — — — — — Total Adjusted EBITDA % 13.1 % 12.2 % 12.7 % 12.3 % 11.3 % Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA: GAAP net income attributable to Company $ 130 $ 114 $ 226 $ 475 $ 395 Noncontrolling interests — (6 ) (3 ) (1 ) (5 ) Provision for income taxes 44 48 70 158 87 Interest expense 21 23 22 67 65 Interest income (11 ) (5 ) (8 ) (27 ) (21 ) Equity income in unconsolidated affiliates — (16 ) (8 ) (37 ) (101 ) Other expense, net 10 25 14 34 70 (Gain)/loss on sales of fixed assets 1 — — — (4 ) Depreciation and amortization 86 77 86 255 225 Other items, net 5 7 (118 ) (116 ) (4 ) Total Adjusted EBITDA $ 286 $ 267 $ 281 $ 808 $ 707 26 Liquidity and Capital Resources Overview At September 30, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $985 million and total debt of $1,749 million. At December 31, 2023, cash and cash equivalents were $816 million and total debt was $1,725 million. As of September 30, 2024, approximately $534 million of the $985 million of cash and cash equivalents was held by our foreign subsidiaries and the earnings associated with this cash could be subject to foreign withholding taxes and incremental U.S. taxation if transferred among countries or repatriated to the U.S. If opportunities to invest in the U.S. are greater than available cash balances that are not subject to income tax, rather than repatriating cash, the Company may choose to borrow against its revolving credit facility. On September 12, 2024, the Company entered into a new $1.5 billion five-year unsecured revolving credit facility. This new credit facility replaced the Company's previous $2.0 billion revolving credit facility. The Company has the right to increase the aggregate commitments under this new agreement to an aggregate amount of up to $2.5 billion upon the consent of only those lenders holding any such increase. Interest under the multicurrency facility is based upon Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR), Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA), Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA), or Norwegian Interbank Offered Rate (NIBOR), plus 1.25% subject to a ratings-based grid or the U.S. prime rate. The new credit facility contains a financial covenant establishing a maximum debt-to-capitalization ratio of 60%. As of September 30, 2024, the Company was in compliance with a debt-to-capitalization ratio of 23.4% and had no borrowings or letters of credits issued under the facility, resulting in $1.5 billion of available funds. Additionally, a consolidated joint venture of the Company borrowed $120 million against a $150 million bank line of credit for the construction of a facility in Saudi Arabia. Interest under the bank line of credit is based upon SOFR plus 1.40%. The bank line of credit contains a financial covenant regarding maximum debt-to-equity ratio of 75%. As of September 30, 2024, the joint venture was in compliance. The facility construction was completed in the fourth quarter of 2022, and the joint venture will not have future borrowings on the line of credit. The line of credit repayment schedule began in December 2022 with final payment no later than June 2032. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had $99 million in borrowings related to this line of credit. The Company has $11 million in payments related to this line of credit due in the next twelve months. The Company’s outstanding debt at September 30, 2024 consisted of $1,091 million in 3.95% Senior Notes, $496 million in 3.60% Senior Notes, and other debt of $162 million. The Company was in compliance with all covenants at September 30, 2024. Long-term lease liabilities totaled $551 million at September 30, 2024. The Company had $472 million of outstanding letters of credit at September 30, 2024, primarily in Norway and the United States, that are under various bilateral letter of credit facilities. Letters of credit are issued as bid bonds, advanced payment bonds and performance bonds. The following table summarizes our net cash provided by (used in) continuing operating activities, continuing investing activities and continuing financing activities for the periods presented (in millions): Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 2023 Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $ 713 $ (234 ) Net cash used in investing activities (308 ) (211 ) Net cash used in financing activities (235 ) (106 ) Significant uses of cash during the first nine months of 2024 • Cash flows provided by operating activities were $713 million, primarily driven by higher levels of profitability and changes in the primary components of our working capital (receivables, inventories, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities). • Capital expenditures were $233 million. • Business acquisitions, net of cash, were $252 million. • Payments of $79 million in dividends to our shareholders. • Share repurchases were $117 million. Other The effect of the change in exchange rates on cash flows was a decrease of $1 million for the first nine months of 2024, and a decrease of $5 million for the first nine months of 2023. We believe that cash on hand, cash generated from operations and amounts available under our credit facilities and from other sources of debt will be sufficient to fund operations, lease payments, working capital needs, capital expenditure requirements, dividends and financing obligations. 27 During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company repurchased 4.6 million shares of common stock under its stock program for an aggregate amount of $80 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company repurchased 6.6 million shares of common stock under the program for an aggregate amount of $117 million. The Company expects to return at least 50% of Excess Free Cash Flow (defined as cash flow from operations less capital expenditures and other investments, including acquisitions), through a combination of steady, quarterly base dividends, opportunistic stock buybacks, and an annual supplemental dividend to true-up returns to shareholders on an annual basis. We may pursue additional acquisition candidates, but the timing, size or success of any acquisition effort and the related potential capital commitments cannot be predicted. We continue to expect to fund future cash acquisitions primarily with cash flow from operations and borrowings, including the unborrowed portion of the revolving credit facility or new debt issuances, but may also issue additional equity either directly or in connection with acquisitions. There can be no assurance that additional financing for acquisitions will be available at terms acceptable to us. Forward-Looking Statements The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor provisions for forward-looking information. Some of the information in this document contains, or has incorporated by reference, forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements typically are identified by use of terms such as “may,” “believe,” “plan,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “should,” “forecast,” and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. We may also provide oral or written forward-looking information in other materials we release to the public. Forward-looking information involves risk and uncertainties and reflects our best judgment based on current information. You should be aware that our actual results could differ materially from results anticipated in the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including but not limited to changes in oil and gas prices, customer demand for our products and worldwide economic activity, including matters related to recent Russian sanctions. Given these uncertainties, current or prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update any such factors or forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments. You should also consider carefully the statements under “Risk Factors,” as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year-end December 31, 2023, as updated in Part II, Item 1A of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which address additional factors that could cause our actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, and additional disclosures we make in our press releases and Forms 10-Q, and 8-K. We also suggest that you listen to our quarterly earnings release conference calls with financial analysts. 28