-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, G53yQzT1pGr+PnzNz/ANSNyUJgBdTvWELGApioSbcDIb4CLA016GSTsaiQua+sXE 5DbubrfSDN4z8Ytd5JOKRw== 0001193125-09-113248.txt : 20090515 0001193125-09-113248.hdr.sgml : 20090515 20090515165855 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-09-113248 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090511 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20090515 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090515 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FLOTEK INDUSTRIES INC/CN/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000928054 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS [2890] IRS NUMBER: 900023731 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13270 FILM NUMBER: 09834195 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7030 EMPIRE CENTRAL DRIVE CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77040 BUSINESS PHONE: 7138499911 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7030 EMPIRE CENTRAL DRIVE CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77040 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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): May 11, 2009

 

 

Flotek Industries, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-13270   90-0023731

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2930 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N., Suite 300

Houston, Texas

  77043
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 849-9911

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 12, 2009, Flotek Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Fourth Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Original Credit Agreement”), dated as of August 31, 2007, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. The Amendment, among other things, permits the granting of second priority liens in certain real property of the Company to secure the repayment of the amounts owed by the Company pursuant to the Credit Agreement between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as lender and as administrative agent for itself and the certain other lenders (the “Syndicated Credit Agreement”). The purpose of the Amendment to the Original Credit Agreement is to comply with covenants that required it to grant second priority liens to secure amounts owed pursuant to the Syndicated Credit Agreement by May 15, 2009.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective as of May 11, 2009, Gary M. Pittman resigned from his position as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Pittman’s resignation letter, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K, describes Mr. Pittman’s disagreements with management and the Board of Directors that Mr. Pittman states caused him to resign. Mr. Pittman served as a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and Compensation Committee.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 12, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company elected James R. Massey, currently a Director of the Company and Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee, to fill the vacancy on the Audit Committee created by Mr. Pittman’s resignation.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

10.1   Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2009
17.1   Letter of Resignation of Gary M. Pittman, dated as of May 11, 2009


SIGNATURES

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.

 

  FLOTEK INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date: May 15, 2009   By:  

/s/ Jesse E. Neyman

    Jesse E. Neyman
    Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

10.1   Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2009
17.1   Letter of Resignation of Gary M. Pittman, dated as of May 11, 2009
EX-10.1 2 dex101.htm FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of May 12, 2009 (the “Effective Date”) is between Flotek Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as lender (the “Bank”).

INTRODUCTION

WHEREAS, the Borrower and Bank entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 31, 2007, as amended by that certain Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 15, 2007, that certain Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 4, 2008, and that certain Agreement and Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated March 31, 2008 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”).

THEREFORE, the Borrower and the Bank hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

Section 2. Amendment.

(a) Section 1.01 (Certain Defined Terms). Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the defined term “Permitted Liens” in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

Permitted Liens” means (i) Liens granted to the Bank to secure the Obligations, (ii) Liens in the Collateral to secure the obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the Syndicated Credit Agreement to the extent permitted under the Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges which are not yet due or which are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, and (iv) landlord’s, materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, warehouseman’s and repairmen’s liens, and other similar liens imposed by Law arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate procedures or proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established.

(b) Section 1.01 (Certain Defined Terms). Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following new term:

Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of May 6, 2009, among the Borrower, the Bank and Wells Fargo in its capacity as the administrative agent under the Syndicated Credit Agreement.


Section 3. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective, and the Credit Agreement shall be amended as provided in this Agreement, upon the occurrence of the following conditions precedent:

(a) after giving effect to this Agreement, the representations and warranties in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects;

(b) the Bank shall have received this Agreement duly executed and delivered to the Bank by the Borrower and executed by the Bank;

(c) the Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement shall have been fully executed and delivered to the Bank by the Borrower and executed by the Bank;

(d) the Borrower shall have paid or reimbursed the Bank for all of its out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, and any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel(s) to the Bank.

Section 4. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower represents and warrants to Bank that:

(a) (i) the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement are within the corporate power and authority of the Borrower and have been duly authorized by appropriate proceedings, and (ii) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and general principles of equity;

(b) the representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement, except for any representations or warranties made as of a specified date, which are true and correct in all material respects as of such specified date;

(c) no Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof or will result from the execution and delivery of this Agreement; and

(d) this Agreement is a Loan Document for the purposes of the provisions of the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, any breach of representations, warranties, covenants and agreements under this Agreement by the Borrower shall be a Default or Event of Default, as applicable, under the Credit Agreement.

Section 5. Continuing Effect on Loan Documents. This Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement and shall not be construed as a consent to any action on the part of the Borrower that would require a waiver or consent of the Bank or an amendment or modification to any term of the Loan Documents except as expressly

 

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stated herein. The Borrower hereby confirms and ratifies the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents as amended hereby and acknowledges and agrees that the same shall continue in full force and effect as amended hereby.

Section 6. Reference to the Credit Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “herein” or words of like import, and each reference to the Credit Agreement in any of the other Loan Documents, refer to the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.

Section 7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by all parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts each of which may be delivered in original, electronic or facsimile form and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 8. References. The words “hereby,” “herein,” “hereinabove,” “hereinafter,” “hereinbelow,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or provision of this Agreement.

Section 9. Headings Descriptive. The headings of the several sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not in any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.

Section 10. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.

Section 11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Texas, without regard to such state’s conflict of laws rules that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

Section 12. Release. The Borrower hereby releases and forever discharges the Bank and each affiliate thereof and each of their respective employees, officers, directors, trustees, agents, attorneys, successors, assigns or other representatives from any and all claims, demands, damages, actions, cross-actions, causes of action, costs and expenses (including legal expenses), of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether based on law or equity, which any of said parties has held or may now or in the future own or hold, whether known or unknown, for or because of any matter or thing done, omitted or suffered to be done on or before the actual date upon which this Agreement is signed by any of such parties (i) arising directly or indirectly out of the Credit Agreement as amended or any other documents, instruments or any other transactions relating thereto and/or (ii) relating directly or indirectly to all transactions by and between the Borrower or their representatives and the Bank or any of their respective directors, officers, agents, employees, attorneys or other representatives, including any such that is caused by the negligence of any released party. Such release, waiver, acquittal and discharge shall and does include, without limitation, any claims of usury, fraud, duress, misrepresentation, lender liability, control, exercise of remedies and all similar items and claims, which may, or could be, asserted by the Borrower.

 

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PURSUANT TO SECTION 26.02 OF THE TEXAS BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE, A LOAN AGREEMENT IN WHICH THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IN THE LOAN AGREEMENT EXCEEDS $50,000 IN VALUE IS NOT ENFORCEABLE UNLESS THE LOAN AGREEMENT IS IN WRITING AND SIGNED BY THE PARTY TO BE BOUND OR THAT PARTYS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE.

THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO AN AGREEMENT SUBJECT TO THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH SHALL BE DETERMINED SOLELY FROM THE WRITTEN LOAN AGREEMENT, AND ANY PRIOR ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES ARE SUPERSEDED BY AND MERGED INTO THE LOAN AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS DEFINED IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.

[Signature page follows. Remainder of this page intentionally left blank.]

 

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EXECUTED to be effective as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWER:
FLOTEK INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:   /s/ Jesse E. Neyman
Name:   Jesse E. Neyman
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Fourth Amendment


BANK:

WELLS FARGO BANK,

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:   /s/ Michael W. Nygren
  Michael W. Nygren
  Vice President

Signature Page to Fourth Amendment

EX-17.1 3 dex171.htm LETTER OF RESIGNATION Letter of Resignation

Exhibit 17.1

Gary M. Pittman

8110 Georgetown Pike

McLean, VA 22102

703-903-9661

Board of Directors

Flotek Industries, Inc.

2930 West Sam Houston Pkwy North

Suite 300

Houston, TX 77043

May 11, 2009

Flotek Board of Directors,

As the longest serving Board member and a long term investor, I am very proud of the numerous accomplishments made by this company, Board, and management. Regrettably, recent decisions and actions by the CEO and Board, with which I disagreed, made it clear in my judgment that changes in the senior executive leadership and Board are necessary for Flotek to return to profitable growth manifesting itself in shareholder value.

My disagreements with the CEO and/or Board on issues such as the hiring of certain individuals to key positions, management compensation proposals, monthly financial reporting to the Board, and governance came to an impasse over the past year. I believe my steadfast insistence that these items be discussed and rectified culminated in the recommendation that I not be renominated to Flotek’s Board. This action, coupled with other issues, was followed by the subsequent resignation of William Ziegler, the other longest serving Board member and largest independent shareholder on the Board.

It is my considered opinion that Jerry Dumas, who has provided many years of valuable service, should retire from this company and Board in order to restore governance, profitability, the focus on creating shareholder value, and the development of a succession plan.

For these reasons and with sincere sadness, I hereby tender my resignation from the Board of Flotek Industries, Inc. effective May 11, 2009 and request that this letter of resignation be provided as an exhibit to the required 8-K.

 

Regards,

/s/ Gary M. Pittman

Gary M. Pittman
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