Company: NINE
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001532286-25-000026
Chunk: 120

Company: Nine Energy Service, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 120
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 and fund our working capital requirements. Due to our high level of variable costs and the asset-light make-up of our business, we have historically been able to quickly implement cost-cutting measures. For example, in 2024, we implemented certain cost reduction and supply chain initiatives. These ongoing initiatives have helped reduce some of our largest material costs, and starting at the end of the second quarter of 2024, we began to see positive impacts, that have continued into 2025, on our earnings as a result of such efforts.

For 2025, our planned capital expenditure budget, excluding possible acquisitions, is expected to be between $15 million and $25 million. The nature of our capital expenditures is comprised of a base level of investment required to support our current operations and amounts related to growth and company initiatives. Capital expenditures for growth and company initiatives are discretionary. We continually evaluate our capital expenditures, and the amount we ultimately spend will depend on a number of factors, including expected industry activity levels and company initiatives. Although we do not budget for acquisitions, pursuing growth through acquisitions may continue to be a part of our business strategy. Our ability to make significant additional acquisitions for cash will require us to obtain additional equity or debt financing, which we may not be able to obtain on terms acceptable to us or at all.

At September 30, 2025, we had $14.4 million of cash and cash equivalents and $25.9 million of availability under the 2025 ABL Credit Facility, which resulted in a total liquidity position of $40.3 million. As a result of the current commodity price environment and its impact on our inventory’s appraised value, we currently expect our borrowing base under the 2025 ABL Credit Facility will be reduced by approximately $2.2 million as of October 31, 2025 and will be further reduced by approximately $2.2 million on each of November 30, 2025, December 31, 2025, and January 31, 2026, which would reduce our availability thereunder and our total liquidity position by such amounts. Future increases or decreases in our inventory’s appraised value would increase or decrease, respectively, our borrowing base. Our next inventory appraisal is currently expected to be conducted by mid-December 2025 and could increase or decrease our borrowing base as of December 31, 2025. The availability under the 2025 ABL Credit Facility could also be reduced in the future if the agent thereunder (