Item 8.01. Other Events.

Expro Group Holdings N.V. (the "Company") has previously disclosed that it has been investigating the operations of certain of its foreign subsidiaries in West Africa including possible violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"), our policies and other applicable laws. The investigation was voluntarily disclosed to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") in 2016. The investigation has now concluded. The DOJ provided a declination, subject to the Company and the SEC reaching a satisfactory settlement of civil claims. On April 26, 2023, the SEC issued a cease-and-desist order against the Company pursuant to Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"). Under this Order, the Company neither admitted nor denied any of the SEC's findings and has agreed to cease and desist from committing or causing any violations and any future violations of the anti-bribery, books and records and internal accounting controls requirements of the FCPA and the Exchange Act. In addition, the Company has agreed to pay $7.99 million to the SEC in respect of disgorgement, prejudgment interest and civil penalty.

In accepting the Company's offer, the SEC noted the Company's self-reporting, co-operation afforded to the SEC staff and remedial action including improving the Company's internal accounting controls and further enhancements to its internal controls environment and compliance program following the merger in 2021 of Frank's International and Expro Group Holdings International.

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