PRECISION DRILLING Corp — Annual Report 2018

Mar 16, 2018

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 40-F/A

(Amendment No. 1)

☐ Registration statement pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

or

☒ Annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017

Commission file number: 001-14534

PRECISION DRILLING CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Alberta, Canada	1381	Not Applicable
(Province or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification)

800, 525 - 8 Avenue, S.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 1G1

(403) 716-4500

(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

Precision Drilling (US) Corporation, 10350 Richmond Avenue, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77042

(713) 435-6100

(Name, address, (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code) of agent for service in the United States)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares	New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

Information filed with this Form:

☒ Annual Information Form ☒ Audited annual financial statements

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report: 293,238,858 Common Shares outstanding as at December 31, 2017.

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

☒ Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit and post such files).

☒ Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

The documents (or portions thereof) forming part of this Form 40-F are incorporated by reference into the following registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended:

Form	Registration No.
F-10	333-212736
S-8	333-194966
S-8	333-189046
S-8	333-189045
S-8	333-221226

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Precision Drilling Corporation (“Precision”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (the “Form 40-F”), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2018 (the “Original Filing”), for the sole purpose of providing more up to date market data included in Precision’s Management Discussion & Analysis, which was filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the Form 40-F. Precision is amending the Form 40-F in order to amend and restate Exhibit 99.2 thereto.

No other changes have been made to the Original Filing or any other exhibits. This Amendment speaks as of the filing date of the Original Filing and does not reflect events occurring after the original filing date or modify or updated those disclosures that may be affected by subsequent events.

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SIGNAT URES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 40-F and has duly caused this Management’s Discussion & Analysis to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Calgary, Province of Alberta, Canada.

By:	/s/ Kevin A. Neveu
	Name:	Kevin A. Neveu
Date: March 16, 2018	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer

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EXHIB ITS

Exhibit Number	Description
23.1 *	Consent of KPMG LLP, Chartered Accountants.
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
99.1 *	Annual Information Form for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.
99.2	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.
99.3 *	Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.
101 *	Interactive data files with respect to the Annual Consolidated Financial Statements of Precision Drilling Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.

• Previously filed

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