UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 9, 2020 (March 6, 2020)
KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-08038 | 04-2648081 | ||
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1301 McKinney Street, Suite 1800
Houston, Texas 77010
(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)
713-651-4300
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
(Title of each class) |
(Trading symbol(s)) |
(Name of each exchange on which registered) | ||
Common Stock, $0.01 par value | KEGX | OTC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Emerging growth company ☐
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously announced, on January 24, 2020, Key Energy Services, Inc. (the Company or Key) entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (including the exhibit thereto, the RSA) with certain lender parties thereto collectively holding over 99.5% (the Supporting Term Lenders) of the principal amount of the Companys outstanding term loans (the Existing Term Loans) under the Companys existing term loan facility. The RSA contemplated a series of out-of-court transactions that would effectuate a financial restructuring (the Restructuring) of the Companys capital structure and indebtedness and related facilities, including the conversion of approximately $241.9 million aggregate outstanding principal of the Companys Existing Term Loans (together with accrued interest thereon) into (i) newly issued shares of the common stock of the Company and (ii) $20 million of term loans under a new approximately $51.2 million term loan facility (the New Term Loan Facility).
On March 6, 2020 (the Effective Date), the Company completed the Restructuring, including a 1-for-50 reverse stock split, as described in more detail below.
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains summary descriptions of certain agreements the Company and its subsidiaries entered into in connection with the Restructuring. The descriptions in this Current Report on Form 8-K are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full agreements, copies of which the Company intends to file as exhibits to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Exchange Agreement
On the Effective Date, the Company and the Supporting Term Lenders entered into an exchange agreement (the Exchange Agreement) wherein the Supporting Term Lenders exchanged the full principal amount outstanding and accrued and unpaid interest of the Existing Term Loans held by such Supporting Term Lenders for (i) $20 million of term loans under the New Term Loan Facility and (ii) 13,362,009 newly issued shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 (the Common Stock), each on a pro rata basis based on their holdings of existing term loans. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated in the Exchange Agreement, the Supporting Term Lenders own 97% of the Common Stock and holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Date own 3% of the Common Stock, in each case subject to potential dilution as a result of the Warrants (as defined below) and the 2019 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time.
Warrants
Pursuant to the RSA, on March 5, 2020, the Board declared a dividend of two series of warrants that will be distributed on March 13, 2020. Each stockholder as of February 18, 2020 will receive their pro rata share of the Warrants based on their ownership of Common Stock as of such date. The first series of warrants (the Series A Warrants) will entitle the holders to purchase in the aggregate 1,669,730 shares of the Companys Common Stock, at an exercise price of $19.23 (the Series A Exercise Price). The second series of warrants (the Series B Warrants and together with the Series A Warrants, the Warrants) will entitle the holders to purchase in the aggregate 1,252,297 shares of the Companys Common Stock, at an exercise price of $28.85 (the Series B Exercise Price). Each series of warrants will have a four-year exercise period.
All unexercised Warrants will expire, and the rights of the holders of such Warrants to purchase Common Stock will terminate, at the close of business on the first to occur of (i) March 13, 2024 or (ii) the date of completion of a certain reorganization transactions that results in the Common Stock being converted into, changed into or exchanged for consideration consisting solely of cash (Cash Exit Transaction). Upon the occurrence of a Cash Exit Transaction, each holder of the Warrants shall receive the positive difference between the cash consideration per Common Stock and the exercise price of each Warrant, if any; provided, that if no such payment results from a Cash Exit Transaction that occurs prior to the 18-month anniversary of the Effective Date, then each holder shall receive their pro rata share of the value of the Warrants, as determined by using the Black-Scholes valuation method, in cash as of the date of the Cash Exit Transaction subject to an aggregate cap of $10 million.
The exercise price per share of the Warrants and the number of Warrants are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events including: (i) the issuance of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution to all holders of shares of Common Stock, or a subdivision, combination, split, reverse split or reclassification of Common Stock into a greater or smaller number shares of Common Stock, (ii) the issuance as a dividend or distribution to all holders of Common Stock of cash, evidences of indebtedness, securities of the Company or any other person, or other property, (iii) the issuance to all holders of Common Stock of rights, options or warrants entitling them for a period expiring 60 days or less from the date of issuance of such rights, options or warrants to purchase Common Stock at less than the fair value of Common Stock as of the date of announcement of such issuance, and (iv) upon the occurrence of certain reorganization transactions (subject to similar Black-Scholes protection as described above in the first 18-months where cash comprises more than 10% of the consideration in the reorganization and the Warrants are out-of-the-money).
The Warrants permit a holder to exercise the Warrants by paying the applicable exercise price in cash or on a cashless basis. No Warrant holder will have, by virtue of holding or having a beneficial interest in the Warrants, the right to vote, to consent, to receive any cash dividends, stock dividends, allotments or rights or other distributions paid, allotted or distributed or distributable to the holders of Common Stock, or to exercise any rights whatsoever as a stockholder of the Company unless, until and only to the extent such Warrant holder becomes a holder of record of shares of Common Stock issued upon settlement of Warrants.
Stockholders Agreement
Pursuant to the RSA, on the Effective Date, the Company and the Supporting Term Lenders executed the Stockholders Agreement. Among other things, the Stockholders Agreement provides:
| Following the Effective Date, the Board will consist of seven directors, each of whom will have one vote, comprised of: the CEO, one director selected by Soter Capital LLC (Soter) who does not need to be independent, and five directors who meet the independent director requirements set forth in Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual and who are selected by the Supporting Term Lenders based on their respective percentage ownership in the Company; |
| Going forward, Supporting Term Lenders who hold more than 25% of the Companys outstanding shares as of the closing of the Restructuring are entitled to nominate two directors and Supporting Term Lenders who hold between 10% and 25% of the Companys outstanding shares as of the closing of the Restructuring are entitled to nominate one director. All future nominees of Supporting Term Lenders, other than Soter nominees, must meet the independent director requirements set forth in Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual; |
| Supporting Term Lenders are entitled to appoint non-voting board observers subject to specified ownership thresholds; |
| Supporting Term Lenders collectively holding over 50% of the then-outstanding Common Stock have the right to drag the other Supporting Term Lenders in a sale at any time the Company is a Private Company (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement); |
| Supporting Term Lenders have the right to tag on the sale by one or more Supporting Term Lenders of over 50% of the then-outstanding Common Stock at any time the Company is a Private Company; and |
| Supporting Term Lenders have certain demand and piggyback registration rights and customary information rights. |
CASA Letter Agreement
On the Effective Date, the Company and Platinum Equity Advisors, LLC (Platinum), entered into a letter agreement (the CASA Letter Agreement) regarding outstanding payments owed to Platinum by the Company under the Corporate Advisory Services Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2016 (the Advisory Agreement). Pursuant to the CASA Letter Agreement and the Exchange Agreement, Platinum agreed to release the Company from its outstanding payment obligations under the Advisory Agreement in exchange for the right to a potential payment of $4.0 million upon the occurrence of certain reorganization events involving the Company.
New Term Loan Facility
Upon completion of the Restructuring, Key entered into the New Term Loan Facility with the Supporting Term Lenders. The New Term Loan Facility is comprised of (i) a $50 million senior secured term loan, of which $30 million will be funded with new cash proceeds provided by the Supporting Term Lenders and $20 million will be issued in exchange for the Existing Term Loans held by, and accrued interest owed to, the Supporting Term Lenders and (ii) an approximate $1.2 million senior secured term loan tranche in respect of Existing Term Loans held by lenders who are not Supporting Term Lenders. The New Term Loan Facility will mature 5.5 years after the Effective Date. Soter provided $7.5 million of the $30 million of new funding under the New Term Loan Facility and the Supporting Term Lenders provided the rest of such $30 million on a pro rata basis based on their holdings of Existing Term Loans. The net proceeds of the $30 million new money term loans will be used to finance capital expenditures and working capital and for other general corporate purposes. Contemporaneously with the closing of the Restructuring, the agent under the New Term Loan Facility entered into an amended and restated intercreditor agreement (the New Intecreditor Agreement) with the agent under the New ABL Facility (as defined below).
The annual interest rate under the New Term Loan Facility is equal to LIBOR plus 10.25% and is payable semi-annually. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Key has the option to pay interest in kind at an annual rate of LIBOR plus 12.25% on the outstanding principal amount of the New Term Loans for the first two years following the closing of the Restructuring.
The Companys obligations under the New Term Loan Facility are guaranteed by the same subsidiaries that guarantee the Existing Term Loans. The obligations under the New Term Loan Facility are secured by a perfected first priority lien on all assets of the Company and the subsidiary guarantors (except for such assets on which the liens securing the obligations under the New Term Loan Facility are junior in priority to liens securing the obligations under the New ABL Facility, as provided under the New Intercreditor Agreement).
The Company has the right to voluntarily prepay the New Term Loans under the New Term Loan Facility at any time, subject to a prepayment premium (which may be waived by lenders holding New Term Loans under the New Term Loan Facility representing at least two-thirds of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the New Term Loans) expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the New Term Loans prepaid equal to 3% from the closing of the Restructuring to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, 2% from the first anniversary to the second anniversary, 1% from the second anniversary to the third anniversary, and 0% thereafter. The prepayment premium is also payable upon certain debt incurrences and asset sales, generation of excess cash flow, receipt of extraordinary cash proceeds (e.g., tax and insurance), certain change of control transactions and acceleration of the loans under the New Term Loan Facility because of an event of default or otherwise, subject in each case to certain exceptions.
The New Term Loan Facility contains affirmative and negative covenants customary for facilities of this type.
New ABL Facility
In connection with the Restructuring, Key entered into a third amendment to its existing ABL facility (the New ABL Facility). The New ABL Facility (i) reduced the lenders aggregate commitments to make revolving loans to $70 million, (ii) increased the applicable interest rate margin by 75 basis points to 275375 basis points for LIBOR borrowing and 175225 basis points for base rate borrowing, in each case depending on the fixed charge coverage ratio at the time of determination, and (iii) lowered the availability thresholds for triggering certain covenants. The New ABL Facility contains affirmative and negative covenants that are substantially similar to those under the New Term Loan Facility.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information regarding the New Term Loan Facility and the New ABL Facility set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
The information set forth under Item 1.01 with respect to the Exchange Agreement is incorporated herein by reference. The issuance of common stock pursuant to the Exchange Agreement was conducted in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), set forth under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act relating to issuances not involving any public offering and other applicable exemptions under the Securities Act, based, in certain circumstances, on representations to be made by the recipients.
Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
To the extent applicable, the information set forth under Item 1.01 and Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of New Directors
On the Effective Date, in connection with the Restructuring, Bryan Kelln, Mary Ann Sigler, Paul T. Bader, Philip Norment, and Steven H. Pruett resigned as members of the Board. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement, J. Marshall Dodson, current Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and certain nominees of the Supporting Term Lenders, were appointed to the Board on the Effective Date. The new members of the Board are:
| Harry Quarls: Mr. Quarls currently serves as a director for Rosehill Resources Inc., PetroQuest Energy and chairman of the board for Sunrise Oil & Gas. Mr. Quarls previously served as chairman of the board for Penn Virginia Corporation, SH 130 Concessions Company, Trident Resources Corp., Woodbine Acquisition Corp. and US Oil Sands Corp. Mr. Quarls also served as a director and chairman of the strategic alternatives committee for Gastar Exploration Inc. and as a director for Fairway Resources and Opal Resources. Mr. Quarls served as a Managing Director at Global Infrastructure Partners retiring after over a decade of service. Additionally, Mr. Quarls served as Managing Director and practice leader for Global Energy, as well as a member of the board of directors at Booz & Company, a leading international management consulting firm. Mr. Quarls earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University and holds ScM and B.S. degrees, both in chemical engineering, from M.I.T. and Tulane University, respectively. Mr. Quarls will serve as Chairman of the Board. It is expected that Mr. Quarls will serve on the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board. |
| Alan Menkes: Mr. Menkes currently serves as the Managing Partner of Empeiria Capital Partners, a private equity firm that he co-founded in 2002. From 2011 to 2012, Mr. Menkes served as the CEO of Empeiria Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company until it closed its merger with an operating company in December 2012 and was subsequently renamed Integrated Drilling Equipment Holdings Corp, a publicly traded company. From 2009 to 2010, Mr. Menkes was affiliated with G2 Investment Group LLC, a diversified asset management firm. From 2007 to 2008, Mr. Menkes was a Partner of Enterprise Infrastructure Ventures, a real estate investment firm, and the Chief Strategic and Investment Officer of CS Technology, an affiliate of Enterprise Infrastructure Ventures. Prior to founding Empeiria Acquisition Corp., from December 1998 through February 2002, Mr. Menkes was Co-Director of Private Equity and a member of the Executive Committee of Thomas Weisel Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Menkes was a Partner of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, where he was employed for almost seven years. Mr. Menkes was with The Carlyle Group from its founding in 1987 to 1992. Mr. Menkes currently serves on the boards of directors of SAExploration Holdings, a publicly traded company, PLH Group and Empeiria BBRSS Holdings LLC. Mr. Menkes earned a B.A. in Economics with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia in 1980 and a M.B.A. with Distinction from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1982. It is expected that Mr. Menkes will serve on the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board. |
| Marcus Rowland: Mr. Rowland is currently the Senior Managing Director and founding partner of IOG Capital, LP, an oil and gas investment company and is the chairman of the board of Silverbow Resources, Inc. Recently, Mr. Rowland served as the Chief Executive Officer at FTS International, Inc. (formally Frac Tech International, LLC). He served as the President and Chief Financial Officer of Frac Tech Services, LLC and Frac Tech International, LLC from November 2010 to May 2011. Mr. Rowland is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chesapeake Energy Corporation, where he worked for 18 years in roles of increasing levels of responsibility. Mr. Rowland served as Chief Operating Officer of Anglo-Suisse, LP from 1990 to 1993, and was assigned to the White Nights Russian Enterprise, a joint venture of Anglo-Suisse, LP and Phibro Energy Corporation, a major foreign operation which was granted the right to engage in oil and gas operations in Russia. Mr. Rowland currently serves on the board of directors of Warren Resources, a publicly-traded exploration and production company, and as non-executive chairman of the board of SilverBow Resources, Inc., as well as on several privately-held energy companies and community banks. Mr. Rowland holds a Bachelors degree from Wichita State University. Mr. Rowland will serve as chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board. |
| J. Marshall Dodson: Mr. Dodson is the Companys Senior Vice President, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Dodson joined Key as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer on August 22, 2005 and served in that capacity until being appointed Vice President and Treasurer on June 8, 2009. From February 6, 2009, until March 26, 2009, Mr. Dodson served in the additional capacity as interim principal financial officer and was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on March 25, 2013. From May 11, 2018 to August 20, 2018, Mr. Dodson served as Senior Vice President, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer and then from August 2018, Mr. Dodson served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer until he was appointed Senior Vice President, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer on December 30, 2019. Prior to joining Key, Mr. Dodson served in various capacities at Dynegy, Inc., an electric energy production and services company, from 2002 to August 2005, most recently serving as Managing Director and Controller, of Dynegy Generation since 2003. Mr. Dodson started his career with Arthur Andersen LLP in Houston, Texas in 1993, serving most recently as a senior manager prior to joining Dynegy, Inc. Mr. Dodson received a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. Mr. Dodson also served as a director for Enduro Resource Partners LLC, a private exploration and production company from November 2017 until July 2018. |
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
On the Effective Date, pursuant to the approval of its stockholders, the Company filed an amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation (the Restated Charter) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Restated Charter, among other things, (i) gives effect to a 1-for-50 reverse stock split of the Common Stock and (ii) implements various corporate governance changes necessary to effectuate the Restructuring. Additional details of the Restated Charter are included in the Companys 2020 Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2020.
The forgoing description of the Restated Charter is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Restated Charter, attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Amended and Restated By-laws
On the Effective Date, the Board amended and restated the Companys Amended and Restated By-laws (the Restated By-laws) in order to effectuate certain corporate governance changes contemplated by the RSA. As a general matter, the Companys Amended and Restated By-laws were amended generally to remove references to Platinum, their director appointees and certain special voting rights in connection therewith. The following is a summary of the material amendments:
| Article II was amended generally to remove references to the Initial Directors (as defined therein) and to provide for the election of directors, subject to certain nomination rights included in the Stockholders Agreement. |
| Article II, Section 9, as amended, deletes certain special director quorum requirements that previously applied, and provides that, at all meetings, the majority of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; |
| Article IV, which provided Non-Platinum Stockholders (as defined therein) approval rights for certain issuances of Common Stock unless such issuance of shares were approved by a supermajority vote of the Board, and required the supermajority vote of the Board to approve certain matters, was deleted in its entirety; and |
| Article VIII, Section 7, which provided that Delaware was the exclusive forum for certain litigation, was deleted in its entirety as a similar provision was included in the Restated Charter. |
The forgoing description of the Restated By-laws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Restated By-laws, attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 Other Events
On March 9, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Restructuring and the transactions contemplated in connection therewith, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | ||||
Date: March 9, 2020 | By: | /s/ Katherine I. Hargis | ||
Katherine I. Hargis | ||||
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary |
Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
The present name of the corporation is Key Energy Services, Inc. (the Corporation). The Corporation was originally incorporated under the name Key Energy Services, Inc. by the filing of its original Articles of Incorporation with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland on April 22, 1977. The Articles of Conversion of the Corporation were filed with the Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland on December 15, 2016, and the Certificate of Conversion of the Corporation and the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the Certificate of Incorporation) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 15, 2016. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, which restates and integrates and also further amends the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (as the same exists or may hereafter be amended from time to time, the DGCL). The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended, integrated and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
NAME
The name of the Corporation is Key Energy Services, Inc.
ARTICLE 2.
REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT
The address of the Corporations registered office in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Corporation Trust Center, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE 3.
PURPOSE AND POWERS
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.
ARTICLE 4.
CAPITAL STOCK
(A) Authorized Shares
(1) Classes of Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 200,000,000 shares, of which 150,000,000
shares of the par value of $0.01 per share shall be designated as shares of common stock (Common Stock) and 50,000,000 shares of the par value of $0.01 per share shall be designated as shares of preferred stock (Preferred Stock). Effective as of the effective time of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the Effective Time), every 50 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, automatically and without any action on the part of the respective holders thereof, be combined and converted into one share of Common Stock without increasing or decreasing the par value of each share of Common Stock (the Reverse Split); provided, however, no fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued in connection with the Reverse Split, and instead, the Corporation shall issue one full share of post-Reverse Split Common Stock to any stockholder who would have been entitled to receive a fractional share of Common Stock as a result of the Reverse Split. The Reverse Split shall occur whether or not the certificates representing such shares of Common Stock are surrendered to the Corporation or its transfer agent. The Reverse Split shall be effected on a record holder-by-record holder basis, such that any fractional shares of Common Stock resulting from the Reverse Split and held by a single record holder shall be aggregated.
(2) Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series from time to time by the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to fix by resolution or resolutions the designations and the powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of the shares of each series of Preferred Stock, including without limitation the following:
(a) | the distinctive serial designation of such series which shall distinguish it from other series; |
(b) | the number of shares included in such series; |
(c) | the dividend rate (or method of determining such rate) payable to the holders of the shares of such series, any conditions upon which such dividends shall be paid and the date or dates upon which such dividends shall be payable; |
(d) | whether dividends on the shares of such series shall be cumulative and, in the case of shares of any series having cumulative dividend rights, the date or dates or method of determining the date or dates from which dividends on the shares of such series shall be cumulative; |
(e) | the amount or amounts which shall be payable out of the assets of the Corporation to the holders of the shares of such series upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up the Corporation, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of the shares of such series; |
(f) | the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which the shares of such series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Corporation or at the option of the holder or holders thereof or upon the happening of a specified event or events; |
(g) | the obligation, if any, of the Corporation to purchase or redeem shares of such series pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which the shares of such series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; |
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(h) | whether or not the shares of such series shall be convertible or exchangeable, at any time or times at the option of the holder or holders thereof or at the option of the Corporation or upon the happening of a specified event or events, into shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation, and the price or prices or rate or rates of exchange or conversion and any adjustments applicable thereto; |
(i) | whether or not the holders of the shares of such series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and if so the terms of such voting rights; and |
(j) | any other powers, preferences and rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions not inconsistent with the DGCL. |
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of designations or the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof establishing the terms of a series of Preferred Stock, no holder of any share of Preferred Stock shall be entitled as of right to vote on any amendment or alteration of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any other class or series of Preferred Stock or any alteration, amendment or repeal of any provision of any other series of Preferred Stock.
Except as otherwise required by the DGCL or provided in the resolution or resolutions of the board of directors or a duly authorized committee thereof or other document establishing the terms of a series of Preferred Stock (including this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), no holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to vote on any amendment or alteration of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation that alters, amends or changes the powers, preferences, rights or other terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or series, voting together as a single class, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL or any corresponding provision hereafter enacted, and no vote of the holders of any of the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor, unless a vote of any such holder is required pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock).
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(B) Voting Rights. Each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote.
ARTICLE 5.
BYLAWS
The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation (the Bylaws).
The stockholders may adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws only with the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 50.1% of the voting power of all outstanding securities of the Corporation generally entitled to vote in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
ARTICLE 6.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(A) Power of the Board of Directors. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors.
(B) Number of Directors. The number of directors which shall constitute the Board of Directors shall, as of the date this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation becomes effective, be seven and, thereafter, shall be fixed exclusively by one or more resolutions adopted from time to time solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors.
(C) Election of Directors. Subject to the stockholders agreement, dated as of March 6, 2020, among the Corporation and certain holders of Common Stock identified therein (the Stockholders Agreement), the terms and manner of election of directors shall be fixed by the Bylaws of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more such other series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, removal, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) applicable thereto. There shall be no cumulative voting in the election of directors. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws so provide.
(D) Vacancies. Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal or otherwise and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall, except as otherwise required by the DGCL, be filled solely by a majority of the directors then in office (although less than a quorum) or by the sole remaining director, and each director so elected shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the term to which such director shall have been elected.
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ARTICLE 7.
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
(A) Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors shall determine.
(B) Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the Trigger Date, holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Stock may call a special meeting of the stockholders. Trigger Date means the date on which the Consenting Term Lenders cease to collectively own at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. Consenting Term Lenders means each of the holders of Common Stock party to the Stockholders Agreement together with their Permitted Transferees as defined therein.
(C) Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken only upon the vote of stockholders at an annual or special meeting duly noticed and called in accordance with the DGCL, as amended from time to time, and this Article 7 and may not be taken by written consent of stockholders without a meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the Trigger Date, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken by written consent of the stockholders, acting together as a single class, without a meeting, but only if (i) such consent or consents are signed by or on behalf of the holders of outstanding shares of stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and (ii) such consent or consents are delivered to the Corporation in accordance with the DGCL.
ARTICLE 8.
INDEMNIFICATION
(A) Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify each director to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL (as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior to such amendment). Expenses reasonably incurred by a director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized by law. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article 8 shall be a contract right.
(B) Limited Liability. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
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duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction for which the director derived any improper personal benefit.
(C) Insurance. The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such persons status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the DGCL.
(D) Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights and authority conferred in this Article 8 shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may otherwise have or hereafter acquire.
(E) Preservation of Rights. If the DGCL is amended after the filing of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of which this Article 8 is a part to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article 8 by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE 9.
FORUM SELECTION
Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the Court of Chancery) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporations stockholders, (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws (in each case, as they may be amended from time to time), or (d) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case subject to such Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. This Article 9 shall not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to and contingent upon a final adjudication in the State of Delaware of the enforceability of this
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provision. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to have consented to the provisions of this Article 9.
ARTICLE 10.
MISCELLANEOUS
(A) Amendments. The Corporation reserves the right to amend this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in any manner permitted by the DGCL and all rights and powers conferred upon stockholders, directors and officers herein are granted subject to this reservation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in Articles 4(B), 5, 6, 7 and this Article 10 may not be repealed or amended in any respect, and no other provision may be adopted, amended or repealed which would have the effect of modifying or permitting the circumvention of the provisions set forth in any of Articles 4(B), 5, 6, 7 or this Article 10, unless such action is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 662⁄3% of the total voting power of all outstanding classes of stock of the Corporation generally entitled to vote in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
(B) Section 203 of the DGCL. Prior to the Trigger Date, the Corporation elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL, and the restrictions contained in Section 203 shall not apply to the Corporation. From and after the Trigger Date, the Corporation shall be governed by Section 203 so long as Section 203 by its terms would apply to the Corporation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by its duly authorized officer this 6th day of March, 2020.
KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Katherine I. Hargis | |
Name: | Katherine I. Hargis | |
Title: |
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary |
Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
OF
KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
(Adopted 12-15-2016; Amended & Restated on 3-6-2020)
ARTICLE I
Stockholders
Section 1.1. Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors to succeed any then current directors whose terms are set to expire. All meetings of stockholders, including all annual meetings of stockholders, shall be held at such date, time and place either within or without the State of Delaware, or may not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication, as may be designated by the board of directors of the Corporation (the Board) from time to time. Any other business as may be properly brought before such annual meeting may also be transacted at such meeting.
Section 1.2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by the Board pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the directors. Except as set forth in the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation (as in effect from time to time, and including any certificates of designation then in effect, the Certificate of Incorporation), stockholders of the Corporation are not permitted to call a special meeting or to require that the Board call a special meeting of stockholders. The business permitted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the business specified in the notice of the special meeting (or any supplement to the notice of the special meeting). Except in the case of a special meeting of stockholders called at the request of the stockholders pursuant to the express terms of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders.
Section 1.3. Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholders address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. In addition, if stockholders have consented to receive notices by a form of electronic transmission, then such notice, by facsimile telecommunication, or by electronic mail, shall be deemed to be given when directed to a number or an electronic mail address, respectively, at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice. If such notice is transmitted by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, such notice shall be deemed to be given upon the later of (i) such posting, and (ii) the giving of such separate notice. If such notice is transmitted by any other form of electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed to be given when directed to the stockholder. Notice shall be deemed to have been given to all stockholders of record who share an address if notice is given in accordance with the householding rules set forth in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) and Section 233 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. For purposes of these by-laws, electronic transmission means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by a recipient through an automated process.
Section 1.4. Postponements; Adjournments. Subject to Section 1.2, the Board may postpone, reschedule or adjourn any previously scheduled meeting of the stockholders. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless these by-laws otherwise require, notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 1.9 and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.
Section 1.5. Quorum. At each meeting of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum. Where a separate vote is required to be taken by a class or series of stock or by a class or category of stockholders, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or series or of shares held by such class or category of stockholders, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum to take action with respect to that vote on that matter. Two (2) or more classes or series of stock or classes or groups of stockholders shall be considered a single class or group if the holders thereof are entitled to vote together as a single class at the meeting. In the absence of a quorum of the holders of any class or series of stock or class or category of stockholders entitled to vote on a matter, either (i) the stockholders of such class or stockholders in such group so present or represented may, by majority vote of the shares held by such stockholders, adjourn the meeting of such class from time to time in the manner provided by Section 1.4 of these by-laws until a quorum of such class shall be so present or represented or (ii) the Chairperson of the meeting may on his or her own motion, without the approval of the stockholders who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote, adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided by Section 1.4 of these by-laws until a quorum of such class shall be so present and represented, without notice other than announcement at the meeting. Shares of its own capital stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes. Nothing in this Section 1.5 shall be construed as limiting the right of the Corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.
Section 1.6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the Chairperson of the Board by the Vice Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the Vice Chairperson of the Board by the President, or in the absence of the President by a Vice President, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairperson designated by the Board, or in the absence of such designation by a chairperson chosen at the meeting by the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy. The Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the absence of the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
The Board may adopt by resolution or resolutions such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the order of business at each such meeting shall be as determined by the chairperson of the meeting. The chairperson of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, the establishment of procedures for the maintenance of order and safety, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the Corporation, restrictions on entry to such meeting after the time prescribed for the commencement thereof and the opening and closing of the voting polls, for each item on which a vote is to be taken.
Section 1.7. Inspectors. The Corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspectors ability. Every vote taken by ballots shall be conducted by an inspector or inspectors appointed by the Chairperson of the meeting.
Section 1.8. Voting; Proxies. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and subject to Section 1.9, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the Corporation generally. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Corporation. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot and need not be conducted by inspectors unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of all classes of stock entitled to vote thereon present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting shall so determine. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. In all other matters, unless otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders.
Where a separate vote by class or series of stock or class or category of stockholders is required, the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares of such class or series or of the shares held by stockholders in such class or group present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class or series or classes or series, except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws. For purposes of this Section 1.8, votes cast for or against and abstentions with respect to such matter shall be counted as shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote on such matter, while broker non-votes (or other shares of stock of the Corporation similarly not entitled to vote) shall not be counted as shares present and entitled to vote on such matter.
Section 1.9. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of such meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.9.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board. If no record date has been fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board is required by law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board and prior action by the Board is required by law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty days (60) prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.
Section 1.10. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting; provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth (10th) day before the meeting date, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Nothing in this Section 1.10 shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic content information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then such list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.
Section 1.11. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth such action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (a) its registered office in the State of Delaware, (b) its principal place of business, or (c) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are
recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this by-law to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (a) its registered office in the State of Delaware, (b) its principal place of business, or (c) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.
Section 1.12. Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees for Director and Other Stockholder Proposals.
(a) The matters to be considered and brought before any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be limited to only such matters, including the nomination and election of directors, as shall be brought properly before such meeting in compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.12.
(b) For any matter to be brought properly before the annual meeting of stockholders, the matter must be (i) specified in the notice of the annual meeting given by or at the direction of the Board, (ii) otherwise brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board or (iii) brought before the annual meeting by a stockholder who is a stockholder of record of the Corporation on the date the notice provided for in this Section 1.12 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the annual meeting and who complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.12. In addition to any other requirements under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws of the Corporation, written notice (the Stockholder Notice) of any nomination or other proposal must be timely and any proposal, other than a nomination, must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, the Stockholder Notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive office of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary date of the annual meeting for the preceding year; provided, however, that if (and only if) the annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within a period that commences thirty (30) days before such anniversary date and ends thirty (30) days after such anniversary date (an annual meeting date outside such period being referred to herein as an Other Meeting Date), the Stockholder Notice shall be given in the manner provided herein not earlier than the opening of business one hundred twenty (120) days prior to such Other Meeting Date and no later than the later of the close of business on (i) the date ninety (90) days prior to such Other Meeting Date or (ii) the tenth (10th) day following the date such Other Meeting Date is first publicly announced or disclosed. A Stockholder Notice must contain the following information: (i) whether the stockholder is providing the notice at the request of a beneficial holder of shares, whether the stockholder, any such beneficial holder or any nominee has any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, or has received any financial assistance, funding or other consideration from, any other person with respect to the investment by the stockholder or such beneficial holder in the Corporation or the matter the Stockholder Notice relates to, and the details thereof, including the name of such other person (the stockholder, any beneficial holder on whose behalf the notice is being delivered, any nominees listed in the notice and any persons with whom such agreement, arrangement or understanding exists or from whom such assistance has been obtained are hereinafter collectively referred to as Interested Persons), (ii) the name and address of all Interested Persons, (iii) a complete listing of the record and beneficial ownership positions (including number or amount) of all equity securities and debt instruments, whether held in the form of loans or capital market instruments, of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries held by all Interested Persons, (iv) whether and the extent to which any hedging, derivative or other transaction is in place or has been entered into within the prior six (6) months preceding the date of delivery of the Stockholder Notice by or for the benefit of any Interested Person with respect to the Corporation or its subsidiaries or any of their respective securities, debt instruments or credit ratings, the effect or intent of which transaction is to give rise to gain or loss as a result of changes in the trading price of such securities or debt instruments or changes in the credit ratings for the Corporation, its subsidiaries or any of their respective securities or debt instruments (or, more generally, changes in the perceived creditworthiness of the Corporation or its subsidiaries), or to increase or decrease the voting power of such Interested Person, and if so, a summary of the material terms thereof, (v) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation that would be entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose the matter set forth in the Stockholder Notice, (vi) a representation as to whether such stockholder or any such beneficial owner intends or is part of
a group that intends to 1) deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporations outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or to elect each such nominee and/or 2) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, (vii) any other information relating to such stockholder, beneficial owner, if any, or director nominee or proposed business that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies in support of such nominee or proposal pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and (viii) such other information relating to any proposed item of business as the Corporation may reasonably require to determine whether such proposed item of business is a proper matter for stockholder action. As used herein, beneficially owned has the meaning provided in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act. The Stockholder Notice shall be updated not later than ten (10) days after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting to provide any material changes in the foregoing information as of the record date. Any Stockholder Notice relating to the nomination of directors must also contain (i) the information regarding each nominee required by paragraphs (a), (e) and (f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (or the corresponding provisions of any successor regulation), (ii) each nominees signed consent to serve as a director of the Corporation if elected and such nominees representation that he or she currently intends to serve as a director, if elected, for the term for which he or she is standing for election, (iii) a reasonably detailed description of any compensatory, payment or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding that such person has with any other person or entity other than the Corporation including the amount of any payment or payments received or receivable thereunder, in each case in connection with candidacy or service as a director of the Corporation, and (iv) whether each nominee is eligible for consideration as an independent director under the relevant standards contemplated by Item 407(a) of Regulation S-K (or the corresponding provisions of any successor regulation). The Corporation may also require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information, including completion of the Corporations directors questionnaire, as it may reasonably require to determine whether the nominee would be considered independent as a director or as a member of the audit committee of the Board under the various rules and standards applicable to the Corporation. Any Stockholder Notice with respect to a matter other than the nomination of directors must contain (i) the text of the proposal to be presented, including the text of any resolutions to be proposed for consideration by stockholders and (ii) a brief written statement of the reasons why such stockholder favors the proposal.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1.12(b) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of the Corporation is increased and either all of the nominees for director or the size of the increased Board is not publicly announced or disclosed by the Corporation at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a Stockholder Notice shall also be considered timely hereunder, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the first date all of such nominees or the size of the increased Board shall have been publicly announced or disclosed.
(c) For any matter to be brought properly before a special meeting of stockholders, the matter must be set forth in the Corporations notice of the meeting. In the event that the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more persons to the Board, not at the request of any stockholders acting pursuant to Section 1.12(b) of these by-laws, any stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporations notice of the meeting, if the Stockholder Notice required by Section 1.12(b) hereof shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting is publicly announced or disclosed.
(d) For purposes of this Section 1.12, a matter shall be deemed to have been publicly announced or disclosed if such matter is disclosed in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(e) Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.12, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.12; provided, however, that any references in these by-laws to the Exchange Act are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 1.12, and compliance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 1.12 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than as provided in Section 1.12(f)).
(f) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.12 shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation. In no event shall the postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting already publicly noticed, or any announcement of such postponement or adjournment, commence a new period (or extend any time period) for the giving of notice as provided in this Section 1.12. This Section 1.12 shall not apply to stockholders proposals made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
(g) The person presiding at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall have the power and duty to determine whether notice of nominees and other matters proposed to be brought before a meeting has been duly given in the manner provided in this Section 1.12 and, if not so given, shall direct and declare at the meeting that such nominees and other matters are not properly before the meeting and shall not be considered. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.12 if the stockholder or a qualified representative of the stockholder does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present any such nomination, or make any such proposal, such nomination or proposal shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.
ARTICLE II
Board of Directors
Section 2.1. Powers; Number; Qualifications. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board, except as may be otherwise provided by law or in the Certificate of Incorporation. The Board shall consist of not less than five (5) nor more than fifteen (15), with the exact number of directors to be determined from time to time solely by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board. Each member shall be a natural person. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 2.2. Elections to the Board; Term of Office. Director nominees who are voted on by all holders of Common Stock shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Subject to the stockholders agreement, dated as of March 6, 2020 among the Corporation and certain holders of Common Stock identified therein (the Stockholders Agreement), each director shall be elected at each annual meeting of the stockholders for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders and each director shall remain in office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.
Section 2.3. Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board or to the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the resignation is delivered unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. Unless otherwise specified therein no acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary to make it effective. Any director or the entire Board may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these by-laws or the Stockholders Agreement, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class or from any other cause may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director. Any director elected or appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.
Section 2.4. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times as the Board may from time to time determine, and if so determined notice thereof need not be given.
Section 2.5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be held at any time or place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairperson of the Board, if any, by the Vice Chairperson of the Board, if any, by the President or by any two (2) or more directors. At least five (5) business days prior notice thereof shall be given by the person or persons calling the meeting. Attendance at such meeting by any director (except attendance at such meeting to protest the failure of proper notices) shall constitute waiver of any notice requirement by such director.
Section 2.6. Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone Permitted. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this by-law shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Section 2.7. Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board, a majority of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws shall require a vote of a greater number. In case at any meeting of the Board a quorum shall not be present, the members of the Board present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present.
Section 2.8. Organization. Meetings of the Board shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the Chairperson of the Board by the Vice Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the Vice Chairperson of the Board by the President, or in their absence by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the absence of the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 2.9. Action by Directors Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board, or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
ARTICLE III
Committees
Section 3.1. Committees. The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, or in these by-laws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by law to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending or repealing these by-laws.
Section 3.2. Committee Rules. Unless the Board otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board may adopt, amend and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. A majority of the directors then serving on a committee of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the committee. The vote of the majority of the members of a committee present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee, unless the Certificate of Incorporation, these by-laws or a resolution of the Board requires a greater number. In other respects, each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these by-laws.
Officers
Section 3.3. Executive and Other Officers. The Corporation shall have a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Corporation may also have one or more Vice-Presidents, assistant officers, and subordinate officers as may be established from time to time by the Board. A person may hold more than one office in the Corporation except that no person may serve concurrently as both President and Vice-President of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall be a director, and the other officers may be directors.
Section 3.4. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general charge and supervision of the business of the Corporation subject to the direction of the Board. He or she shall perform the duties customarily performed, and have the powers customarily possessed, by the chief executive officer of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as are from time to time assigned to him or her by the Board. The Chief Executive Officer may execute, in the name of the Corporation, all authorized deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments, except in cases in which the signing and execution thereof shall have been expressly delegated to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.
Section 3.5. President. Unless otherwise specified by resolution of the Board, the President shall be the chief operating officer of the Corporation, who shall have supervision of the operations of the Corporation, subject to the rights and authority of the Chief Executive Officer. He or she shall perform the duties customarily performed, and have the powers customarily possessed, by a president or chief operating officer of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as are from time to time assigned to him or her by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. The President may execute, in the name of the Corporation, all authorized deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments, except in cases in which the signing and execution thereof shall have been expressly delegated to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.
Section 3.6. Vice Presidents. The Vice-President or Vice-Presidents, at the request of the Chief Executive Officer or the President, or in the Presidents absence or during his or her inability to act, shall perform the duties and exercise the functions of the President, and when so acting shall have the powers of the President. If there be more than one Vice-President, the Board may determine which one or more of the Vice-Presidents shall perform any of such duties or exercise any of such functions, or if such determination is not made by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or if he or she shall fail to do so, the President may make such determination; otherwise any of the Vice-Presidents may perform any of such duties or exercise any of such functions. Each Vice-President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, and have such additional descriptive designations in his or her titles (if any), as are from time to time assigned to him or her by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President.
Section 3.7. Secretary. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders, of the Board and of any committees, in books provided for the purpose; he or she shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws or as required by Delaware law, he or she shall be custodian of the records of the Corporation; he or she may witness any document on behalf of the Corporation, the execution of which is duly authorized, see that the corporate seal is affixed where such document is required or desired to be under its seal, and, when so affixed, may attest the same. In general, he or she shall perform such other duties customarily performed by a secretary of a corporation, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as are from time to time assigned to him or her by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President.
Section 3.8. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge of and be responsible for all funds, securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, and shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in the name of the Corporation, all moneys or other valuable effects in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall, from time to time, be selected by the Board; he or she shall render to the Chief Executive Officer, the President and the Board, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation. In general, he or she shall perform such other duties customarily performed by a treasurer of a corporation, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as are from time to time assigned to him or her by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. Unless otherwise specified by the Board, the Treasurer shall be the chief financial officer and, in the absence of the election of a Controller, the chief accounting officer of the Corporation.
Section 3.9. Assistant and Subordinate Officers. The assistant and subordinate officers of the Corporation are all officers below the office of Vice-President, Secretary, or Treasurer. The assistant or subordinate officers shall have such duties as are from time to time assigned to them by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President or in the case of Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary by the Treasurer and the Secretary, respectively.
Section 3.10. Tenure and Removal of Officers. The principal officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Board in the manner determined by the Board. Each such officer shall hold office until his or her successor is appointed, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board. Any vacancy in any office shall be filled in such manner as the Board shall determine. Any officer may be removed, with or without cause, at any time, by resolution adopted by the Board. Any such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Corporation.
Section 3.11. Compensation. The Board shall have power to fix the salaries and other compensation and remuneration, of whatever kind, of all officers of the Corporation. No officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director of the Corporation. The Board may authorize any committee or officer, upon whom the power of appointing assistant and subordinate officers may have been conferred, to fix the salaries, compensation and remuneration of such assistant and subordinate officers.
Section 3.12. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice to the Board (or to a principal officer if the Board has delegated to such principal officer the power to appoint and to remove such officer). Any such notice must be in writing. The resignation of any officer shall take effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at such later time as shall be specified in such notice; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
ARTICLE IV
Stock
Section 4.1. Stock Certificates and Uncertificated Shares. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the Corporations stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate theretofore issued until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by any two (2) authorized officers of the Corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The Corporation shall not have power to issue stock certificates in bearer form.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.
Section 4.2. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owners legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
Section 4.3. Authority for Additional Rules Regarding Transfer. The Board shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificated or uncertificated shares of the stock of the Corporation, as well as for the issuance of new certificates in lieu of those which may be lost or destroyed, and may require of any stockholder requesting replacement of lost or destroyed certificates, bond in such amount and in such form as they may deem expedient to indemnify the Corporation, and/or the transfer agents, and/or the registrars of its stock against any claims arising in connection therewith.
Section 4.4. Dividends. Subject to limitations contained in Delaware law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of capital stock of the Corporation, which dividends may be paid either in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock of the Corporation.
ARTICLE V
Finance
Section 5.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the twelve (12) calendar months period ending December 31 in each year, unless otherwise provided by the Board.
ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous
Section 6.1. Seal. The Corporation may have a corporate seal, which may be altered from time to time, and use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof, to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
Section 6.2. Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees. Whenever notice is required to be given by law or under any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws.
Section 6.3. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Except as provided in this Section 6.3, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law (as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior to such amendment) against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered in connection with any action, suit or proceeding as to which such person is an Indemnitee. In
addition to the foregoing right to indemnification, an Indemnitee shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation the Expenses incurred in defending any such action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, if the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware requires, an advancement of Expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such Indemnitee) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation for such Expenses under this Section 6.3 or otherwise. Indemnitees obligation to reimburse the Corporation shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.
No claim for indemnification shall be paid by the Corporation unless the Corporation has determined that Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitees conduct was unlawful. Unless ordered by a court, such determinations shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Section 6.3. Such determination shall be made, with respect to an Indemnitee who is a director or officer of the Corporation at the time of such determination, by (1) a majority of the directors who are, or were nominated or designated by, parties, or Affiliates of parties, to the action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification is sought, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by such majority vote, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders. Indemnitee shall be presumed to have met the relevant standard, and, if the determination is not made by the Corporation within thirty (30) days of a demand by Indemnitee for indemnification, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have met such standard. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.3, advances of Expenses shall be made by the Corporation without regard to the Indemnitees ability to repay the Expenses so advanced and without regard to the Indemnitees ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Section 6.3.
Indemnitee shall promptly notify the Corporation in writing upon the sooner of (a) becoming aware of an action, suit or proceeding where indemnification or the advance payment or reimbursement of Expenses may be sought or (b) being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any matter which may be subject to indemnification or the advance payment or reimbursement of Expenses covered hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Corporation shall not relieve the Corporation of any obligation which it may have to Indemnitee pursuant to this by-law.
If a claim for indemnification under this Section 6.3 is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days, or a claim for advancement of Expenses under this Section 6.3 is not paid in full by the Corporation within ten (10) days, after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. To the fullest extent permitted by law, if successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (a) any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of Expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (b) in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such Expenses upon a final adjudication that, the Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the
Indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of Expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of Expenses, under this Section 6.3 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
As a condition to indemnification or the advance payment or reimbursement of Expenses, any demand for payment by Indemnitee hereunder shall be in writing and shall provide reasonable accounting for the amount to be paid by the Corporation (but which, for avoidance of doubt, in the case of expenses in connection with legal services, need not include any references to legal work performed or to expenditures made that might cause Indemnitee to waive any privilege accorded by applicable law).
For the purposes of this by-law, the term Indemnitee shall mean any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee, agent or manager of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether the basis of such action, suit or proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as such a director, officer, trustee, employee, agent or manager or in any other capacity while serving as such a director, officer, trustee, employee, agent or manager; the term Corporation shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, trustees, employees, agents or managers, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, employee, agent or manager of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, officer, trustee, employee, agent or manager of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this Section 6.3 with respect to the resulting or surviving entity as such person would have with respect to such constituent entity if its separate existence had continued; the term other enterprise shall include employee benefit plans; service at the request of the Corporation shall include, among other possibilities, service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries, and any director or officer of the Corporation serving as a director, officer, trustee or manager of a direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation shall be deemed to so serve at the request of the Corporation; a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; the term Expenses shall include all reasonable out of pocket fees, costs and expenses, including without limitation, attorneys fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan, Federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this by-law, penalties and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with defending, preparing to defend, or investigating an actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding (including Indemnitees (i) affirmative defenses in connection with a claim not initiated by Indemnitee and (ii) mandatory counterclaims in connection with any claim not initiated by Indemnitee (the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, Permitted Counterclaims) in such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, but shall exclude the costs of any of Indemnitees counterclaims, other than Permitted Counterclaims.
Any action, suit or proceeding regarding indemnification or advance payment or reimbursement of Expenses arising out of these by-laws or otherwise shall only be brought and heard in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. In the event of any payment under this by-law, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee (under any insurance policy or otherwise), who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Corporation to effectively bring suit to enforce such rights. Except as required by law or as otherwise becomes public, Indemnitee will keep
confidential any information that arises in connection with this by-law, including but not limited to, claims for indemnification or the advance payment or reimbursement of Expenses, amounts paid or payable under this by-law and any communications between the Indemnitee, the Corporation and any other parties to such matter.
The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Section 6.3 shall be deemed independent of, and shall not be deemed exclusive of or a limitation on, any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled or may hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, provision of these by-laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or of disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to such persons official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. It is the intent of the Corporation that indemnification of and advancement of expenses to Indemnitees shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The Corporations obligation, if any, to indemnify, to hold harmless, or to provide advancement of expenses to any Indemnitee who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, trustee, employee, agent or manager of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or nonprofit entity (including service with respect to an employee benefit plan) shall be reduced by any amount such Indemnitee actually collects as indemnification, holding harmless, or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise nonprofit entity.
The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 6.3 shall be contract rights, and such rights shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be an Indemnitee or has ceased to serve the Corporation or at the Corporations request, and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, legatees, distributees, executors, administrators and other comparable legal representatives of such person. No amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation or this by-law shall impair the rights of any Indemnitee arising at any time with respect to events occurring prior to such amendment.
Section 6.4. Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses to Certain Other Persons. The Corporation may from time to time grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to such persons and with such scope and effect as the Board may determine, subject to applicable law.
Section 6.5. Interested Directors; Quorum. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board or committee which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because such directors or officers votes are counted for such purpose, if: (1) the material facts as to directors or officers relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board or the committee, and the Board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (2) the material facts as to directors or officers relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (3) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
Section 6.6. Form of Records. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books, may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device, or method provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time. The Corporation shall so convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect such records in accordance with law.
Section 6.7. Voting Stock in Other Corporations. Stock of other corporations or associations, registered in the name of the Corporation, may be voted by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice-President, the Treasurer or a proxy appointed by any of them. The Board, however, may by resolution appoint some other person or persons to vote such shares, in which case such person or persons shall be entitled to vote such shares upon the production of a certified copy of such resolution.
Section 6.8. Bonds. The Board may require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give a bond to the Corporation, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his or her duties, with one or more sureties and in such amount as may be satisfactory to the Board.
Section 6.9. Amendment of By-Laws. These by-laws or any of them, may be altered, amended or repealed, or new by-laws may be made, by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon at any annual or special meeting thereof or by the Board. Unless a higher percentage is required by the Certificate of Incorporation as to any matter that is the subject of these by-laws, all such amendments must be approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 50.1% of the total voting power of all outstanding securities of the Corporation, generally entitled to vote in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, or by a majority of the Board.
Exhibit 99.1
Key Energy Services, Inc. |
March 9, 2020 | |||
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1301 McKinney Street Suite 1800 Houston, TX 77010 |
Contact: Marshall Dodson 713-651-4403 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Key Energy Services Announces Completion of Restructuring
HOUSTON, TX, March 9, 2020Key Energy Services, Inc. (Key or the Company) announced today that on March 6, 2020, the Company completed the transactions described in its previously announced Restructuring Support Agreement (the RSA). Pursuant to the RSA and related agreements, lenders collectively holding over 99.5% of the Companys term loans exchanged approximately $241.9 million aggregate outstanding principal of such term loans (together with accrued interest) into (1) approximately 13.3 million newly issued shares of common stock of the Company and (2) $20 million of term loans under a new approximately $51.2 million term loan facility. The 13.3 million shares issued to the lenders represent 97% of the outstanding shares of common stock following such exchange and give effect to the 50-for-1 reverse stock split also implemented by the Company on March 6, 2020. As part of the new term loan facility, the lenders also provided $30 million of new term loan funding.
As contemplated by the RSA, on March 6, 2020, the Board of Directors of the Company also declared a dividend of two series of warrants to each stockholder of record as of the close of business on February 18, 2020, pursuant to which stockholders will receive their pro rata share of the warrants based on their ownership of common stock as of the record date. The first series of warrants will entitle the holders to purchase in the aggregate 1,669,730 shares of the Companys Common Stock, at an exercise price of $19.23 per share of common stock and subject to adjustment as set forth in the warrant agreement. The second series of warrants will entitle the holders to purchase in the aggregate 1,252,297 shares of the Companys common stock, at an exercise price of $28.85 per share of common stock and subject to adjustment as set forth in the warrant agreement. Each series of warrants will have a four-year exercise period.
In connection with the Restructuring, Key entered into a third amendment to its existing ABL facility (the New ABL Facility). The New ABL Facility, among other things, (i) reduces the lenders aggregate commitments to make revolving loans to $70 million and (ii) increases the applicable interest rate margin by 75 basis points to 275375 basis points for LIBOR borrowing and 175225 basis points for base rate borrowing, in each case depending on the fixed charge coverage ratio at the time of determination. The New ABL Facility contains affirmative and negative covenants that are substantially similar to those under the Companys prior term loan facility.
On March 6, 2020, in connection with the Restructuring, Bryan Kelln, Mary Ann Sigler, Paul T. Bader, Philip Norment, and Steven H. Pruett resigned as members of the Board. As contemplated by the RSA and pursuant to a stockholders agreement entered into on March 6, 2020, J. Marshall Dodson, current Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Harry Quarls, Alan Menkes and Marcus Rowland were appointed to the Board on March 6, 2020. Harry Quarls was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors.
About Key Energy Services
Key Energy Services is the largest onshore, rig-based well servicing contractor based on the number of rigs owned. Key provides a complete range of well intervention services and has operations in all major onshore oil and gas producing regions of the continental United States.
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Cautions Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical in nature or that relate to future events and conditions are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on Keys current expectations, estimates and projections and its managements beliefs and assumptions concerning future events and financial trends affecting its financial condition and results of operations. In some cases, you can identify these statements by terminology such as may, will, should, predicts, expects, believes, anticipates, projects, potential or continue or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of performance. Future actions, events and conditions and future results of operations may differ materially from those expressed in these statements. In evaluating those statements, you should carefully consider the information above as well as the risks outlined in Item 1A. Risk Factors, in Keys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and in other reports Key files with the SEC.
Key undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Form 8-K except as required by law. All of Keys written and oral forward-looking statements are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements and any other cautionary statements that may accompany such forward-looking statements.
Important factors that may affect Keys expectations, estimates or projections include, but are not limited to, the following: Keys ability to satisfy its cash and liquidity needs, including its ability to generate sufficient liquidity or cash flow from operations or to obtain adequate financing to fund its operations or otherwise meet its obligations as they come due; Keys ability to retain employees, customers or suppliers as a result of its financial condition generally or as a result of its recent restructuring; Keys inability to achieve the potential benefits of the restructuring; conditions in the services and oil and natural gas industries, especially oil and natural gas prices and capital expenditures by oil and natural gas companies; Keys ability to achieve the benefits of cost-cutting initiatives, including its plan to optimize its geographic footprint, including exiting certain locations and reducing its regional and corporate overhead costs; Keys ability to implement price increases or maintain pricing on its core services; risks that Key may not be able to reduce, and could even experience increases in, the costs of labor, fuel, equipment and supplies employed in its businesses; industry capacity; asset impairments or other charges; the low demand for Keys services and resulting operating losses and negative cash flows; Keys highly competitive industry as well as operating risks, which are primarily self-insured, and the possibility that its insurance may not be adequate to cover all of its losses or liabilities; significant costs and potential liabilities resulting from compliance with applicable laws, including those resulting from environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, specifically those relating to hydraulic fracturing, as well as climate change legislation or initiatives; Keys historically high employee turnover rate and its ability to replace or add workers, including executive officers and skilled workers; Keys ability to implement technological developments and enhancements; severe weather impacts on Keys business, including hurricane activity; Keys ability to successfully identify, make and integrate acquisitions and its ability to finance future growth of its operations or future acquisitions; Keys ability to achieve the benefits expected from disposition transactions; the loss of one or more of Keys larger customers; the amount of Keys debt and the limitations imposed by the covenants in the agreements governing its debt, including its ability to comply with covenants under its current debt agreements; an increase in Keys debt service obligations due to variable rate indebtedness; Keys inability to achieve its financial, capital expenditure and operational projections, including quarterly and annual projections of revenue and/or operating income and its inaccurate assessment of future activity levels, customer demand, and pricing stability which may not materialize (whether for Key as a whole or for geographic regions and/or business segments individually); Keys ability to respond to changing or declining market conditions, including Keys ability to reduce the costs of labor, fuel, equipment and supplies employed and used in its businesses; the adverse impact of litigation; and other factors affecting Keys business described in Item 1A. Risk Factors in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, and other reports Key files with the SEC.
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