SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

FURST JACK D

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2591 LAKESIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 100

(Street)

FLOWER MOUND

75022

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ROC Energy Acquisition Corp. [ DTI ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/20/2023

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	06/20/2023		A		118,252	A	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	118,252	I	By Oak Stream Investors II, Ltd.⁽³⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Option (right to buy)	$3.72	06/20/2023		A		57,059		⁽⁴⁾	04/01/2027	Common Stock	57,059	⁽⁵⁾	57,059	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Received in connection with the Issuer's business combination (the "Business Combination") with Drilling Tools International Holdings, Inc. ("Legacy DTI") in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February 13, 2023 and amended as of June 5, 2023 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Issuer (f/k/a ROC Energy Acquisition Corp.), ROC Merger Sub, Inc. ("Merger Sub") and Legacy DTI. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, each outstanding share of Legacy DTI (i) common stock was converted into the right to receive 0.2282 shares of common stock of the Issuer ("Common Stock") and (ii) preferred stock was converted into the right to receive 0.3299 shares of Common Stock and $0.54 in cash (the "Preferred Cash Consideration"). The Business Combination closed on June 20, 2023 (the "Closing Date").

2. (Continued from Footnote 1) Pursuant to the terms of an Exchange Agreement by and between ROC Energy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Merger Sub, Legacy DTI and Oak Stream Investors II, Ltd. ("Oak Stream"), Oak Stream elected to exchange the $59,274 of Preferred Cash Consideration it was entitled to receive pursuant to the Merger Agreement into 11,203 shares of Common Stock, which are included in the reported amount.

3. The Reporting Person may be deemed to have voting power and dispositive power over the shares held by Oak Stream. Mr. Furst is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Oak Stream Ranch Incorporated, Oak Stream's general partner. Mr. Furst disclaims any beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock held by Oak Stream, other than his pecuniary interest therein.

4. As of the Closing Date, all shares of Common Stock subject to the stock options held by the Reporting Person are vested.

5. The stock options were received in exchange for stock options to purchase 250,000 shares of common stock of Legacy DTI for $0.85 per share in connection with the Business Combination.

Remarks:

	/s/ John D. Furst	06/22/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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