1.	Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of CARBO Ceramics Inc. have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of the interim periods presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other interim period or the full year. The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2017 included in the annual report on Form 10-K of CARBO Ceramics Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2017.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CARBO Ceramics Inc. and its operating subsidiaries (the “Company”). All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

Low oil and natural gas prices have kept drilling activities and capital spending at reduced levels. As a result of the continued negative impact this has had on its business, the Company continues to operate its plants at significantly reduced levels. As of March 31, 2018, the Company was producing ceramic proppants and technology products from its Eufaula, Alabama manufacturing facility, and processing sand at its Marshfield, Wisconsin facility. As needed, the Company produces ceramic media for the industrial markets at our McIntyre, Georgia facility. Our Millen, Georgia facility is currently mothballed, and we do not expect to resume production or complete the second line of the facility. We are currently using our McIntyre and Toomsboro, Georgia facility in a limited capacity for contract manufacturing. The Company continues to focus on diversifying its revenue streams to more frac sand, technology and industrial ceramics, and contract manufacturing. As a result of the steps the Company has taken to enhance its liquidity, the Company currently believes that cash on hand will enable the Company to meet its working capital, capital expenditure, debt service and other funding requirements for at least one year from the date of this Form 10-Q. The Company’s view regarding sufficiency of cash and liquidity is primarily based on our financial forecast for the remainder of 2018 and 2019, which is impacted by various assumptions regarding demand and sales prices for our products. Although the Company has observed certain factors that could be indicative of improving industry conditions, its financial forecasts in recent periods have not always been accurate due to the inability to estimate customer demand, which is highly volatile in the current operating environment. The Company has no committed sales backlog from its customers. As a result, there is no guarantee that its financial forecast, which projects sufficient cash will be available to meet planned operating expenses and other cash needs, will be achieved.

Additionally, two large construction projects remain suspended. The completion of the second production line at Millen, Georgia is suspended indefinitely, and we are exploring ways to monetize these assets. Completion of the second phase of the retrofit of our Eufaula, Alabama plant with our new KRYPTOSPHERE^® technology is also suspended until such time that market conditions improves enough to warrant completion. During 2017, we recorded an impairment on the Millen, Georgia facility. As of March 31, 2018, the value of the projects relating to these two assets totaled approximately 85% of the Company’s total construction in progress and we estimate that both projects are over 90% complete.

We expect to receive additional proceeds on the previous sale of our Russian proppant business of approximately $4.0 million related to net debt and net working capital purchase price adjustments. Although we remain in active discussions with the buyer regarding the purchase price adjustments, in January 2018, we filed a Notice of Arbitration related to this purchase price adjustment against the buyer. Presently, we are in the early phases of the Arbitration process and in the event the parties are unable to work out an amicable resolution, we anticipate the Arbitration hearing to occur in late 2018 or early 2019.

Deferred Taxes – Valuation Allowance

Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 740, Income Taxes, provides the carrying value of deferred tax assets should be reduced by the amount not expected to be realized. A company should reduce deferred tax assets by a valuation allowance if, based on the weight of all available evidence, it is not more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will be realized. The valuation allowance should be sufficient to reduce the deferred tax asset to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. ASC 740 requires all available evidence, both positive and negative, be considered to determine whether a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets is needed in the financial statements. Additionally there can be statutory limitations and losses also assessed on the deferred tax assets should certain conditions arise. As a result of the significant decline in oil and gas activities and net losses incurred over the past several years, we believe it is more likely than not that a portion of our deferred tax assets will not be realized in the future. Our valuation allowance against a portion of our deferred taxes as of March 31, 2018 was $59,782. Our assessment of the realizability of our deferred tax assets is based on the weight of all available evidence, both positive and negative, including future reversals of deferred tax liabilities. As of March 31, 2018, there have been no changes to the provisional amounts recorded as of December 31, 2017 associated with tax reform under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Restricted Cash

A portion of the Company’s cash balance is restricted to its use in order to provide collateral, primarily relating to letters of credit and corporate credit cards. As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, restricted cash was $9,385 and $10,216, respectively.

Lower of Cost or Market Adjustments

As of March 31, 2018, the Company reviewed the carrying values of all inventories and concluded that no adjustments were warranted for finished goods and raw materials intended for use in the Company’s manufacturing process.

Manufacturing Production Levels Below Normal Capacity

As a result of the Company substantially reducing manufacturing production levels, including by idling certain facilities, certain production costs have been expensed instead of being capitalized into inventory. The Company expenses fixed production overhead amounts in excess of amounts that would have been allocated to each unit of production at normal production levels. For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company expensed $9,723 and $11,212, respectively, in production costs.

Long-lived and other noncurrent assets impairment

The Company has temporarily idled production at various manufacturing facilities. The Company does not assess temporarily idled assets for impairment unless events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of those assets may not be recoverable. Short-term stoppages of production for less than one year do not generally significantly impact the long-term expected cash flows of the idled facility. As of March 31, 2018, the Company concluded that there were no events or circumstances that would indicate that carrying amounts of long-lived and other noncurrent assets might be impaired. However, the Company continues to monitor market conditions closely. Further deterioration of market conditions could result in impairment charges being taken on the Company’s long-lived and other noncurrent assets, including the Company’s manufacturing plants, goodwill and intangible assets. The Company will evaluate long-lived and other noncurrent assets for impairment at such time that events or circumstances indicate that carrying amounts might be impaired.