SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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* HHEP-Directional, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 2200 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 4600W (Street) DALLAS TX 75201 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 06/20/2023	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Drilling Tools International Corp [ DTI ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	15,928,111(1)(2)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

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.

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 HHEP-Directional, L.P. ("HHEP"), HHEP elected to exchange the $9,529,541 of Preferred Cash Consideration it was entitled to receive pursuant to the Merger Agreement into 1,801,178 shares of Common Stock, which are included in the reported amount.

Remarks:

	Signature: /s/ Thomas O. Hicks, Name of Signer: Thomas O. Hicks, Title: Sole Member of the GP of the Reporting Person's GP	06/29/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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