---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-069995"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DTI"
cik: "0001884516"
company_name: "Drilling Tools International Corp"
filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T04:21:00.786276+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ROC amends merger agreement with Drilling Tools International, extends termination to June 6, 2023

## Summary
- ROC, Merger Sub, and DTI entered Merger Agreement Amendment on June 5, 2023, extending the termination date to June 6, 2023.
- DTI consented to amendments to ROC's amended charter and trust agreement as described in the May 17, 2023 proxy statement.
- Amended escrow agreement dated June 8, 2023 aligns founder share lock-up with DTI stockholders' 180-day lock-up post-closing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-069995
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DTI
- cik: 0001884516
- company_name: Drilling Tools International Corp
- filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000110465923069995/0001104659-23-069995-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000110465923069995/tm2317528d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Drilling Tools International Corp amended Merger Agreement Amendment with ROC Energy Acquisition Corp., ROC Merger Sub, Inc., and Drilling Tools International Holdings, Inc. (effective 2023-06-05).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: ROC Energy Acquisition Corp., ROC Merger Sub, Inc., and Drilling Tools International Holdings, Inc.
  - Effective: 2023-06-05
  source text: On June 5, 2023, ROC Energy Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ROC”), ROC Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and Drilling Tools International Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“DTI”) entered into the First Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement Amendment”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000110465923069995/0001104659-23-069995-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Drilling Tools International Corp amended Amended and Restated Stock Escrow Agreement with ROC, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, and certain stockholders of ROC (the Founders) (effective 2023-06-08).
  - Action: amendment
  - Counterparty: ROC, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, and certain stockholders of ROC (the Founders)
  - Effective: 2023-06-08
  source text: On June 8, 2023, ROC, CST and certain stockholders of ROC (the “Founders”) entered into an amended and restated stock escrow agreement (the “Amended and Restated Stock Escrow Agreement”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000110465923069995/0001104659-23-069995-index.htm

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