UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM8-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): December 6, 2019
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
(Registrant’s 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 | KEG | New York Stock Exchange |
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously announced, on October 29, 2019, Key Energy Services, Inc. (the “Company” or “Key”) entered into (i) a forbearance agreement (the “Term Loan Forbearance Agreement”) with Cortland Products Corp., as agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”), and the lenders party thereto (the “Term Loan Lenders”), collectively holding over 99.5% of the principal amount of the outstanding term loans, regarding a default under the Term Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2016, by and among Key, the Agent and the Term Loan Lenders and (ii) a forbearance agreement (the “ABL Forbearance Agreement” and, collectively, the “Forbearance Agreements”) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and all of the lenders party thereto (the “ABL Lenders” and, collectively with the Term Loan Lenders, the “Lenders”) regarding a cross-default under the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2019, by and among Key, the Administrative Agent and the ABL Lenders (such defaults, the “Specified Defaults”).
On December 6, 2019, the Company and the Lenders party thereto amended the Forbearance Agreements (the “Forbearance Agreement Amendments”) to extend the forbearance period. Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement Amendments, the Lenders party thereto have agreed that, until the earlier of January 10, 2020 or the occurrence of certain specified early termination events, such Lenders will forbear from exercising any default-related rights and remedies with respect to the Specified Defaults.
The foregoing description of the Forbearance Agreement Amendments is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of (i) the Amendment to the Term Loan Forbearance Agreement, attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and (ii) the Amendment to the ABL Forbearance Agreement, attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto, each incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 Other Events
On December 9, 2019, Key issued a press release relating to the events described in Item 1.01 above. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. The information set forth under Item 1.01 above is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
† | Certain portions of this exhibit (indicated by “[***]”) have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of RegulationS-K. |
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: December 9, 2019 | By: | /s/ Katherine I. Hargis | ||||
Katherine I. Hargis | ||||||
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary |