Private company

Steel Excel Inc.

Steel Excel Inc. is an American oil and gas field services company based in New York.²

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

IndustryOil & Gas Field Services, NEC²
HeadquartersNew York, United States²
Incorporated inDE³
Business address590 Madison Avenue, 32Nd Floor, New York, Ny 10022³
Filer categoryAccelerated filer³
Legal formCorporation²
LEI254900Y752X2LSR0IZ64²
StatusActive²
LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)²
Registered addressC/O THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY, 19801 Wilmington, United States²
Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 2821928²

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Corporate structure

Steel Excel Inc. is part of a group headed by STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.. 4 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P. Miami, Florida, United States
- API GROUP PLC Stockport, United Kingdom
- Steel Excel Inc. New York, New York, United States
- WebBank Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Steel Excel Inc. reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

Item	Latest	A year before	Change
Property and equipment, before depreciation	$143.4M⁴ Dec 31, 2015	$139.8M⁴ Dec 31, 2014	+2.6%
Accumulated depreciation	$47.6M⁴ Dec 31, 2015	$32.6M⁴ Dec 31, 2014	+46.0%
Property and equipment, net	$95.8M⁴ Dec 31, 2015	$107.2M⁴ Dec 31, 2014	−10.6%

Investments

Item	Latest	A year before	Change
Cash and cash equivalents	$31.7M⁴ Dec 31, 2015	$51.9M⁴ Dec 31, 2014	−38.9%
Marketable securities, current	$96.2M⁴ Dec 31, 2015	$138.5M⁴ Dec 31, 2014	−30.5%
Debt securities available for sale	$126.3M⁴ Dec 31, 2015	$181.1M⁵ Dec 31, 2014	−30.3%
Stakes in other companies (equity method)	$24.8M⁴ Dec 31, 2015	$30.1M⁴ Dec 31, 2014	−17.4%

Intangibles and goodwill

Item	Latest	A year before	Change
Goodwill	$12.6M⁴ Dec 31, 2015	$30.9M⁴ Dec 31, 2014	−59.2%
Intangible assets, net (excluding goodwill)	$20.2M⁴ Dec 31, 2015	$35.8M⁴ Dec 31, 2014	−43.5%
Finite-lived intangibles, gross	$54.3M⁴ Dec 31, 2015	$61.6M⁴ Dec 31, 2014	−11.9%
Accumulated amortization	$34.0M⁴ Dec 31, 2015	$25.8M⁴ Dec 31, 2014	+31.8%
Finite-lived intangibles, net	$20.2M⁴ Dec 31, 2015	$35.8M⁵ Dec 31, 2014	−43.5%

Leadership

Who has led Steel Excel Inc., and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

President

Chief financial officer

2010201520202025

Chief executive officerJohn J. Quicke May 21, 2012 to Aug 9, 2012⁶
Chief executive officerSubramanian Sundaresh Nov 15, 2006 to Jan 6, 2010⁷
PresidentJohn J. Quicke May 21, 2012 to Aug 9, 2012⁶
PresidentWarren G. Lichtenstein May 27, 2011 to Apr 22, 2016⁸
PresidentSubramanian Sundaresh Jun 16, 2006 to Jan 6, 2010⁹
Chief financial officerDouglas Woodworth May 26, 2016 to May 26, 2016¹⁰
Chief financial officerJames F. McCabe Jr. May 17, 2013 to May 17, 2013¹¹
Chief financial officerMark A. Zorko Oct 7, 2011 to Oct 7, 2011¹²
Chief financial officerMary Dotz Apr 2, 2008 to Dec 3, 2010¹³
Chief financial officerChristopher G. Omeara Mar 22, 2006 to Dec 17, 2007¹⁴

Board members and other officers (22)

VP, Worldwide SalesJohn Noellert Oct 30, 2008 to Nov 12, 2009¹⁵
VP Global Product DevelopmentManoj Goyal Apr 5, 2007 to Nov 23, 2007¹⁶
VP & GM of SSGStephen Terlizzi Apr 5, 2007 to Aug 27, 2007¹⁷
VP MarketingTed Chen Apr 5, 2007 to Apr 5, 2007¹⁸
VP, Corp ControllerJohn M. Westfield Jun 18, 2007 to Nov 19, 2009¹⁹
VP Corp/GMMarcus D. Lowe Jun 16, 2006 to Mar 9, 2010²⁰
Board memberRobert J. Valentine May 18, 2012 to Apr 22, 2016²¹
Board memberJohn J. Quicke May 21, 2012 to Aug 9, 2012⁶
Board memberGary W. Ullman Oct 12, 2011 to Apr 22, 2016²²
Board memberWarren G. Lichtenstein Oct 18, 2010 to Apr 22, 2016²³
Board memberLawrence Ruisi Oct 27, 2008 to Sep 8, 2011²⁴
Board memberJohn Mutch Dec 17, 2007 to Apr 25, 2016²⁵
Board memberCharles J. Robel Mar 27, 2006 to Sep 21, 2006²⁶
Board memberD. Scott Mercer Apr 3, 2006 to Dec 17, 2007²⁷
Board memberHouweling Douglas E. Van Apr 3, 2006 to Oct 27, 2008²⁸
Board memberIlene H. Lang Apr 3, 2006 to Apr 3, 2006²⁹
Board memberJoseph S. Kennedy Apr 3, 2006 to Oct 27, 2008³⁰
Board memberLucie J. Fjeldstad Apr 3, 2006 to Apr 3, 2006³¹
Board memberRobert J. Loarie Apr 3, 2006 to Oct 27, 2008³²
Board memberJon Castor Jul 18, 2006 to May 17, 2012³³
Board memberJudith M. Obrien Jul 18, 2006 to Sep 21, 2006³⁴
General counselLeonard J. McGill Jun 15, 2012 to Aug 9, 2012³⁵

Subsidiaries and ownership

Ultimate parent

STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.²

Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Former names

ADPT CorpSep 15, 2009 to Sep 29, 2011³
ADAPTEC INCDec 9, 1994 to Jun 22, 2010³

Timeline

May 21, 2012New chief executive John J. Quicke becomes CEO⁶
Nov 15, 2006New chief executive Subramanian Sundaresh becomes CEO⁷
Nov 19, 1997Founded Steel Excel Inc. is founded²

Filings

19 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 19 other. The latest 19:

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

SEC filer profile

How Steel Excel Inc. is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

Name on EDGARSteel Excel Inc.¹
CIK0000709804
Filer statusAccelerated filer¹
Incorporated inDelaware¹
Fiscal year endsDecember 31¹
Industry code (SIC)1389 Oil & Gas Field Services, NEC¹
SEC reviewing officeOffice of Energy & Transportation, Division of Corporation Finance¹
Business address590 Madison Avenue, 32Nd Floor, New York, NY 10022¹
Phone4089458600¹
Shares outstanding11,347,038 as of Feb 29, 2016⁴
Public float$96.8M as of Jun 30, 2015⁴
On EDGAR sinceFeb 14, 1994¹
Filings1,294 in all: 4 (485), 8-K (191), SC 13D/A (80), 10-Q (63), 3 (47), SC 13G/A (44), 424B3 (30), SC 13G (30)¹
All 60 form types
13F-NT (27), S-8 POS (26), DEF 14A (21), DEFA14A (19), 10-K (18), UPLOAD (18), S-8 (17), DFAN14A (12), 4/A (11), S-3/A (11), POS AM (10), PRE 14A (10), 8-K/A (9), 10-K/A (8), 10-Q/A (8), CORRESP (8), EFFECT (8), S-3 (8), SC 13D (8), 5 (7), ARS (4), CT ORDER (4), PREC14A (4), SC TO-I/A (4), 10-K405 (3), 3/A (3), 425 (3), N-PX (3), PRER14A (3), PRRN14A (3), 8-A12G/A (2), DEFC14A (2), SC TO-C (2), SC TO-T/A (2), 10-KT (1), 15-12B (1), 15-12G (1), 25 (1), 25-NSE (1), 8-A12B (1), 8-A12G (1), CERTNAS (1), DEF 14C (1), DEFR14A (1), PRE 14C (1), REGDEX (1), S-1 (1), S-1/A (1), S-4 (1), S-4/A (1), SC TO-I (1), SC TO-T (1)
Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Mar 11, 2016
Quarterly report (10-Q) Nov 4, 2015
Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Apr 29, 2015
Latest 8-K (8-K) Mar 23, 2016

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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SEC EDGARSteel Excel Inc. filings on SEC EDGAR
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GLEIFSteel Excel Inc. LEI record (254900Y752X2LSR0IZ64)
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SEC EDGARSteel Excel Inc. filings on SEC EDGAR
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SEC EDGARSteel Excel Inc. 10-K for fiscal 2015
5
SEC EDGARSteel Excel Inc. 10-K for fiscal 2014
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SEC EDGARJohn J. Quicke, Chief executive officer
7
SEC EDGARSubramanian Sundaresh, Chief executive officer
8
SEC EDGARWarren G. Lichtenstein, President
9
SEC EDGARSubramanian Sundaresh, President
10
SEC EDGARDouglas Woodworth, Chief financial officer
11
SEC EDGARJames F. McCabe Jr., Chief financial officer
12
SEC EDGARMark A. Zorko, Chief financial officer
13
SEC EDGARMary Dotz, Chief financial officer
14
SEC EDGARChristopher G. Omeara, Chief financial officer
15
SEC EDGARJohn Noellert, VP, Worldwide Sales
16
SEC EDGARManoj Goyal, VP Global Product Development
17
SEC EDGARStephen Terlizzi, VP & GM of SSG
18
SEC EDGARTed Chen, VP Marketing
19
SEC EDGARJohn M. Westfield, VP, Corp Controller
20
SEC EDGARMarcus D. Lowe, VP Corp/GM
21
SEC EDGARRobert J. Valentine, Board member
22
SEC EDGARGary W. Ullman, Board member
23
SEC EDGARWarren G. Lichtenstein, Board member
24
SEC EDGARLawrence Ruisi, Board member
25
SEC EDGARJohn Mutch, Board member
26
SEC EDGARCharles J. Robel, Board member
27
SEC EDGARD. Scott Mercer, Board member
28
SEC EDGARHouweling Douglas E. Van, Board member
29
SEC EDGARIlene H. Lang, Board member
30
SEC EDGARJoseph S. Kennedy, Board member
31
SEC EDGARLucie J. Fjeldstad, Board member
32
SEC EDGARRobert J. Loarie, Board member
33
SEC EDGARJon Castor, Board member
34
SEC EDGARJudith M. Obrien, Board member
35
SEC EDGARLeonard J. McGill, General counsel