Forbes Energy Services Ltd. (OTCMKTS:FESL) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01.
On December 18, 2019 Forbes Energy Services Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the Company) issued a press release announcing the execution of an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) with Superior Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Superior), New NAM, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Superior (NAM), Spieth Newco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (Holdco), Spieth Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco (NAM Merger Sub), and Fowler Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco (Fowler Merger Sub). Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, NAM Merger Sub will merge with and into NAM and Fowler Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with each of NAM and the Company continuing as surviving entities and wholly owned subsidiaries of Holdco.
A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, together with the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished to this Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and it shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing to Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 | Press release dated December 18, 2019 announcing entry into the Merger Agreement. |