NCS Energy Services, Inc. (“NCS” or the “Company”)

Founded by a team of proven industry veterans, NCS is a leading developer of coiled tubing conveyed downhole tools and services to serve the multistage hydraulic fracturing completion market. The Company has achieved explosive growth with more than [35,000] individual fracs performed across more than [2,000] successful completions. As a market leader in advanced completion design and innovation, NCS has effectively developed its systems to improve frac efficacy, lower costs, minimize environmental impact, increase reliability and maximize operator flexibility. The Company’s proprietary technology can be utilized across the vast majority of multistage completions with no practical limits to the number or spacing of stages. NCS’s strong and growing patent portfolio is further complemented by a robust R&D pipeline with more than [35] different tool designs, methods or enhancements currently under development. With a leading technology position in a rapidly expanding segment of the oilfield services industry, NCS is well positioned to benefit from the ongoing secular shift in global energy markets towards large scale shale development.

Advent International (“Advent”)

Founded in 1984, Advent is one of the world’s leading global buyout firms, with offices in 16 countries on four continents. A driving force in international private equity for 28 years, Advent has built an unparalleled global platform of over 170 investment professionals across Western and Central Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. The firm focuses on international buyouts, strategic repositioning opportunities and growth buyouts in five core sectors, working actively with management teams to drive revenue growth and earnings improvements in portfolio companies. Since its inception, Advent has raised $26 billion in private equity capital and, through its buyout programs, has completed over 270 transactions in 35 countries.

PPHB, LP (“PPHB”)

PPHB is an independent investment banking firm providing financial advisory services exclusively to clients in the oilfield equipment and service industry.