EXHIBIT A
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
The undersigned each agree as follows: (i) that certain Amendment No. 4
to the Statement on Schedule 13D relating to the Common Stock, par value $.01
per share, of Varco International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is filed on
behalf of each of them, (ii) such Statement on Schedule 13D is adopted by each
of them, (iii) all future amendments to such Statement on Schedule 13D will,
unless written notice to the contrary is delivered as described below, be
jointly filed on behalf of each of them, and (iv) the provisions of Rule
13d-1(f)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, apply to each
of them. This Agreement may be terminated with respect to the obligation to file
jointly future amendments to such Statement on Schedule 13D as to any of the
undersigned upon such person giving written notice thereof to each of the other
persons signatory hereto, at the principal office thereof.
EXECUTED as of April 10, 2002.
SCF-III, L.P.
By: SCF-II, L.P.
By: X.X. Xxxxxxx & Associates, Incorporated
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxx
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Xxxxxxx XxXxxx, Managing Director
SCF-II, L.P.
By: X.X. Xxxxxxx & Associates, Incorporated
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxx
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Xxxxxxx XxXxxx, Managing Director
D.O.S. PARTNERS, L.P.
By: SCF Partners, L.P.
By: X.X. Xxxxxxx & Associates, Incorporated
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxx
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Xxxxxxx XxXxxx, Managing Director
FGSI PARTNERS, L.P.
By: SCF Partners, L.P.
By: X.X. Xxxxxxx & Associates, Incorporated
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxx
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Xxxxxxx XxXxxx, Managing Director
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SCF PARTNERS, L.P.
By: X.X. Xxxxxxx & Associates, Incorporated
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxx
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Xxxxxxx XxXxxx, Managing Director
X.X. XXXXXXX & ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxx
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Xxxxxxx XxXxxx, Managing Director
X.X. XXXXXXX
/s/ X.X. Xxxxxxx
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X.X. Xxxxxxx, individually
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