Contingencies	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Contingencies	14. Contingencies Steamfitters Complaint On March 21, 2024, a purported Company stockholder filed a putative class action complaint captioned Steamfitters Local 449 Pension Fund v. Dril-Quip, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 2024-0284-LWW (Del. Ch.) (the “Steamfitters Complaint”). The Steamfitters Complaint alleges that members of the Company’s Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties by agreeing, in connection with the proposed merger with Innovex, to enter into a stockholders agreement with Amberjack Capital Partners (“Amberjack”) requiring Amberjack to vote in favor of the Board of Director’s nominees at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and prohibiting certain transfers from Amberjack directly to activist stockholders not through public market sales. The Steamfitters Complaint further alleges that Innovex and Amberjack aided and abetted the directors’ alleged breaches of fiduciary duties. The complaint seeks an order certifying a class of the Company’s stockholders, finding that the directors breached their fiduciary duties and that Innovex and Amberjack aided and abetted the directors’ breaches of fiduciary duties, enjoining enforcement of the challenged provisions of the stockholders agreement, and awarding the plaintiff its reasonable attorneys’ and experts’ witness fees and other costs. The defendants, including the Company and the members of the Company’s Board of Directors, believe that they have substantial defenses against the claims asserted in the Steamfitters Complaint. Nevertheless, the outcome of this lawsuit is uncertain and cannot be predicted with any certainty. FMC Technologies Lawsuit On October 5, 2020, FMC Technologies, Inc. (“FMC”) sued the Company alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and sought money damages and injunctive relief in the 127th District Court of Harris County in an action styled FMC Technologies, Inc. v. Richard Murphy and Dril-Quip, Inc., Cause No. 2020-63081. FMC alleged that its former employee communicated FMC trade secrets to the Company and the Company used those trade secrets in its VXTe subsea tree systems. On April 29, 2021, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the Company. FMC filed a notice of appeal on August 20, 2021. On August 10, 2023, the First District of Texas Court of Appeals rendered a judgment that affirmed the judgment of the 127th District Court of Harris County in favor of the Company. FMC filed a petition for review with the Texas Supreme Court on November 27, 2023. General The Company operates its business and markets its products and services in most of the significant oil and gas producing areas in the world and is, therefore, subject to the risks customarily attendant to international operations and is dependent on the condition of the oil and gas industry. Additionally, certain of the Company’s products are used in potentially hazardous drilling, completion, and production applications that can cause personal injury, property damage and environmental claims. Although exposure to such risks has not resulted in any significant problems for the Company in the past, ongoing exposure to these risks and future developments could adversely impact the Company in the future. The Company is also involved in a number of legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. Although no assurance can be given with respect to the ultimate outcome of such legal action, in the opinion of management, the ultimate liability with respect thereto will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

14. Contingencies

Steamfitters Complaint

On March 21, 2024, a purported Company stockholder filed a putative class action complaint captioned Steamfitters Local 449 Pension Fund v. Dril-Quip, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 2024-0284-LWW (Del. Ch.) (the “Steamfitters Complaint”). The Steamfitters Complaint alleges that members of the Company’s Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties by agreeing, in connection with the proposed merger with Innovex, to enter into a stockholders agreement with Amberjack Capital Partners (“Amberjack”) requiring Amberjack to vote in favor of the Board of Director’s nominees at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and prohibiting certain transfers from Amberjack directly to activist stockholders not through public market sales. The Steamfitters Complaint further alleges that Innovex and Amberjack aided and abetted the directors’ alleged breaches of fiduciary duties. The complaint seeks an order certifying a class of the Company’s stockholders, finding that the directors breached their fiduciary duties and that Innovex and

Amberjack aided and abetted the directors’ breaches of fiduciary duties, enjoining enforcement of the challenged provisions of the stockholders agreement, and awarding the plaintiff its reasonable attorneys’ and experts’ witness fees and other costs.

The defendants, including the Company and the members of the Company’s Board of Directors, believe that they have substantial defenses against the claims asserted in the Steamfitters Complaint. Nevertheless, the outcome of this lawsuit is uncertain and cannot be predicted with any certainty.

FMC Technologies Lawsuit

On October 5, 2020, FMC Technologies, Inc. (“FMC”) sued the Company alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and sought money damages and injunctive relief in the 127th District Court of Harris County in an action styled FMC Technologies, Inc. v. Richard Murphy and Dril-Quip, Inc., Cause No. 2020-63081. FMC alleged that its former employee communicated FMC trade secrets to the Company and the Company used those trade secrets in its VXTe subsea tree systems. On April 29, 2021, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the Company. FMC filed a notice of appeal on August 20, 2021. On August 10, 2023, the First District of Texas Court of Appeals rendered a judgment that affirmed the judgment of the 127th District Court of Harris County in favor of the Company. FMC filed a petition for review with the Texas Supreme Court on November 27, 2023.

General

The Company operates its business and markets its products and services in most of the significant oil and gas producing areas in the world and is, therefore, subject to the risks customarily attendant to international operations and is dependent on the condition of the oil and gas industry. Additionally, certain of the Company’s products are used in potentially hazardous drilling, completion, and production applications that can cause personal injury, property damage and environmental claims. Although exposure to such risks has not resulted in any significant problems for the Company in the past, ongoing exposure to these risks and future developments could adversely impact the Company in the future.

The Company is also involved in a number of legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. Although no assurance can be given with respect to the ultimate outcome of such legal action, in the opinion of management, the ultimate liability with respect thereto will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.