Investor Update Core Laboratories enjoyed a banner year in 2013 and its most profitable year ever,  posting four consecutive quarters of all-time highs for earnings per diluted share  (EPS), net income, operating income, and revenue. The Company’s loyal investors,  some of whom have owned shares since our initial public offering (IPO) in 1995,  were rewarded as our share price increased over 74% for the year. Moreover, the  insider ownership of Core Laboratories stock continues to be at a very high level for  publicly traded oilfield service companies. Core’s executive and senior management  and scientists and its Board of Supervisory Directors (Board) own over $100 million  worth of Company shares. Accordingly, Core’s management is closely aligned  with independent shareholders, and all management and investment decisions are made to maximize shareholder value. In 2013, Core observed its eighteenth  anniversary as a publicly traded company,  recording an annualized return of 25.9%  from its 1995 split- and dividend-adjusted  IPO share price of $2.82 (Figure 1).  Over the eighteen-year period, only  eight companies in the S&P 500 had  annualized returns exceeding Core’s  return according to Bloomberg Financial.  Although Core is not in the S&P 500,  Table 1 shows its performance compared  with the S&P 500 companies having the  leading returns over this time period.  (Note that Core outperformed Apple  Computer.) Core Lab closed 2013 with a share price of $190.95 and total  returns over 76% for the year, clearly  outperforming all major market indices.  In comparison, the S&P 500 Index was up 32%, the S&P 500 Oil & Gas  Equipment and Services Index was up almost 31%, and the Philadelphia  Oilfield Services Index (OSX) was up  almost 30% during 2013. More detail on the OSX appears later in this report. Source: Bloomberg, December 2013 Ticker Symbol Company Name Annualized Total Return 1 MNST Monster Beverage Corp 44.0% 2 CELG Celgene Corp 33.9% 3 BIIB Biogen Idec Inc 33.5% 4 KSU  Kansas City Southern 30.9% 5 GILD  Gilead Sciences Inc 29.4% 6 TJX  TJX Cos Inc/The 28.8% 7 GRMN  Garmin Ltd 28.3% 8 ROST  Ross Stores Inc 27.6% 9 CLB Core Laboratories NV 25.9% 10 AAPL  Apple Inc 25.4% Table 1: Total Annualized Returns for Core and the Leading S&P 500 Companies since September 1995 $ 200 $ 180 $ 160 $ 140 $ 120 $ 100 $ 80 $ 60 $ 40 $ 20 $ 0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 CLB @ $190.95 on 31 Dec 2013 CLB IPO @ $2.82 on 21 Sep 1995 Figure 1. Stock Performance.