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): August 16, 2017

 


 

RANGER ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

001-38183

 

81-5449572

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

800 Gessner Street, Suite 1000

Houston, Texas 77024

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(713) 935-8900

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

 


 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in  Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. x

 

 

 



 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Master Reorganization Agreement

 

On August 10, 2017, Ranger Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Master Reorganization Agreement (the “Master Reorganization Agreement”) with, among others, RNGR Energy Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Ranger LLC”), Ranger Energy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Ranger Holdings”), Ranger Energy Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Ranger Holdings II”), Torrent Energy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Torrent Holdings”), and Torrent Energy Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Torrent Holdings II” and, together with Ranger Holdings, Ranger Holdings II and Torrent Holdings, the “Existing Owners”).

 

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Master Reorganization Agreement, the parties thereto will effect a series of restructuring transactions in connection with the Company’s initial public offering (the “Offering”) of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), as a result of which:

 

(i)                   Ranger Holdings II and Torrent Holdings II will contribute certain of the equity interests in Ranger Energy Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Ranger Services”), and Torrent Energy Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Torrent Services” and, together with Ranger Services, the “Predecessor Companies”), respectively, to the Company in exchange for an aggregate of 1,638,386 shares of Class A Common Stock and an aggregate of $3.0 million to be paid to CSL Energy Holdings I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and CSL Energy Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, on or prior to the 18-month anniversary of the consummation of the Offering in, at the Company’s option, cash, shares of Class A Common Stock (with such shares to be valued based on the greater of the initial public offering price of the Class A Common Stock in the Offering and a 30-day volume-weighted average price) or a combination thereof, and the Company will contribute such equity interests to Ranger LLC in exchange for 1,638,386 shares of Class A Common Stock;

 

(ii)                Ranger Holdings and Torrent Holdings will contribute the remaining membership interests in the Predecessor Companies to Ranger LLC in exchange for 5,621,491 units in Ranger LLC (“Ranger Units”) and 5,621,491 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), which the Company will initially issue and contribute to Ranger LLC;

 

(iii)             the Company will contribute all of the net proceeds received by it in the Offering to Ranger LLC in exchange for 5,862,069 Ranger Units;

 

(iv)            Ranger LLC will distribute to each of Ranger Holdings and Torrent Holdings one share of Class B Common Stock received pursuant to (ii) above for each Ranger Unit such Existing Owner holds; and

 

(v)               as consideration for the termination of certain related party loan agreements, the Company will issue 567,895 shares of Class A Common Stock (in connection with which Ranger LLC will issue 567,895 Ranger Units to the Company) and Ranger LLC will issue an aggregate of 1,244,663 Ranger Units (and distribute a corresponding number of shares of Class B Common Stock) to the lenders thereof.

 

The foregoing transactions will be undertaken in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof. As a result of these transactions, Ranger LLC will become a subsidiary of the Company and the Predecessor Companies will become wholly owned subsidiaries of Ranger LLC.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Master Reorganization Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated in this Item 1.01 by reference.

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

On August 10, 2017, the Company and Ranger LLC entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Piper Jaffray & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to the offer and sale in the Offering of 5,862,069 shares of Class A Common Stock at a price to the public of $14.50 per share ($13.5575 per share net of underwriting discounts and commissions). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 879,310 additional shares of Class A Common Stock if the Underwriters sell more than 5,862,069 shares of Class A Common Stock in the Offering. The material terms of the Offering are described in the prospectus, dated August 10, 2017 (the “Prospectus”), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 14, 2017, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act. The Offering is registered with the Commission pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333- 218139), initially filed by the Company on May 22, 2017.

 

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The Underwriting Agreement contains certain representations and warranties, agreements and obligations, closing conditions and termination provisions. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to contribute to payments the Underwriters may be required to make because of any of those liabilities.

 

The Offering closed on August 16, 2017. The Company expects to receive proceeds from the Offering of approximately $75,181,875.47 million (net of underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company). As described in the Prospectus, the Company intends to contribute all of the net proceeds from the Offering to Ranger LLC in exchange for Ranger Units. Ranger LLC will use (i) approximately $10.4 million of the net proceeds to repay amounts outstanding under its debt agreements, (ii) approximately $0.7 million of the net proceeds to pay cash bonuses to certain employees, (iii) approximately $45.2 million of the net proceeds to fund the remaining cash portion of the consideration for the acquisition of substantially all of ESCO Leasing, LLC’s assets and certain of its liabilities and (iv) the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include the acquisition of high-spec well service rigs.

 

The Underwriters and their respective affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment hedging, financing and brokerage activities. Certain of the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may from time to time perform various financial advisory, commercial banking and investment banking services for the Company and for its affiliates in the ordinary course of business for which they have received and would receive customary compensation. In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and such investments and securities activities may involve long or short positions in securities and/or instruments of the Company. The Underwriters and their respective affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated in this Item 1.01 by reference.

 

2017 Long Term Incentive Plan

 

The description of the Ranger Energy Services, Inc. 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”) provided below under Item 5.02 is incorporated in this Item 1.01 by reference. A copy of the LTIP is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 1.01 by reference.

 

Item 2.03        Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 under “Master Reorganization Agreement” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02        Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 under “Master Reorganization Agreement” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

On August 10, 2017, the Board adopted the LTIP for the employees, consultants and the directors of the Company and its affiliates who perform services for the Company. The LTIP provides for potential grants of: (i) incentive stock options qualified as such under U.S. federal income tax laws; (ii) nonstatutory stock options that do not qualify as incentive stock options; (iii) stock appreciation rights; (iv) restricted stock awards; (v) restricted stock units; (vi) bonus stock; (vii) performance awards; (viii) dividend equivalents; (ix) other stock-based awards; (x) cash awards; and (xi) substitute awards. Subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the LTIP, 1,250,000 shares of Class A Common Stock have been reserved for issuance pursuant to awards under the LTIP. Class A Common Stock withheld to satisfy exercise prices or tax withholding obligations will be available for delivery pursuant to other awards. The LTIP will be administered by the Board or an alternative committee appointed by the Board.

 

The foregoing description of the LTIP is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the LTIP, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 5.02 by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

  1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2017, by and among Ranger Energy Services, Inc. and RNGR Energy Services, LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Piper Jaffray & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

 

 

 

  2.1††

 

Master Reorganization Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2017, by and among Ranger Energy Services, Inc., RNGR Energy Services, LLC, Ranger Energy Holdings, LLC, Ranger Energy Holdings II, LLC, Torrent Energy Holdings, LLC, Torrent Energy Holdings II, LLC and the other parties named therein.

 

 

 

10.1

 

Ranger Energy Services, Inc. 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan.

 


†† Schedules and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The registrant will furnish a supplemental copy of any omitted schedule or similar attachment to the SEC upon request.

 

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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.

 

 

RANGER ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ DARRON M. ANDERSON

 

 

Darron M. Anderson

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Dated: August 16, 2017

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

  1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2017, by and among Ranger Energy Services, Inc. and RNGR Energy Services, LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Piper Jaffray & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

 

 

 

  2.1††

 

Master Reorganization Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2017, by and among Ranger Energy Services, Inc., RNGR Energy Services, LLC, Ranger Energy Holdings, LLC, Ranger Energy Holdings II, LLC, Torrent Energy Holdings, LLC, Torrent Energy Holdings II, LLC and the other parties named therein.

 

 

 

10.1

 

Ranger Energy Services, Inc. 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan.

 


†† Schedules and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The registrant will furnish a supplemental copy of any omitted schedule or similar attachment to the SEC upon request.

 

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Exhibit 1.1

 

5,862,069 Shares

 

RANGER ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

 

Class A Common Stock

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

August 10, 2017

 

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
   As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,

c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,

Eleven Madison Avenue,

New York, N.Y. 10010-3629

 

Dear Sirs:

 

1.                                       Introductory . Ranger Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), agrees with the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the “ Underwriters ”) to issue and sell to the several Underwriters 5,862,069 shares of its Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“ Securities ”) (such 5,862,069 shares of Securities being hereinafter referred to as the “ Firm Securities ”).  The Company also agrees to sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than 879,310 additional shares of its Securities (all such additional shares of Securities being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ Optional Securities ”), as set forth below.  The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein collectively called the “ Offered Securities ”.  As part of the offering contemplated by this agreement (the “ Agreement ”), Piper Jaffray & Co. (“ PJC ” and, in such capacity, the “ Designated Underwriter” ) has agreed to reserve out of the Firm Securities purchased by it under this Agreement, up to 293,103 shares, for sale to the Company’s directors, officers, employees and other parties associated with the Company (collectively, “ Participants” ), as set forth in the Final Prospectus (as defined herein) under the heading “Underwriting” (the “ Directed Share Program” ).  The Firm Securities to be sold by the Designated Underwriter pursuant to the Directed Share Program (the “ Directed Shares” ) will be sold by the Designated Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement at the public offering price.  Any Directed Shares not subscribed for by the end of the business day on which this Agreement is executed will be offered to the public by the Underwriters as set forth in the Final Prospectus.

 

The Company is a holding company that, following the transactions contemplated by this paragraph and the offering contemplated by this Agreement, will directly own a 55.1% membership interest in RNGR Energy Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Ranger LLC ”).  The Company and Ranger LLC are herein referred to as the “ Company Parties ”.  The businesses through which the Company Parties will conduct their operations are Ranger Energy Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Ranger Services ”) that, immediately prior to the First Closing Date (as defined below), will be a subsidiary of Ranger Energy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Ranger Holdings I ”), and Ranger Energy Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Ranger Holdings II ”), and Torrent Energy Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Torrent Services ”) that, immediately prior to the First Closing Date, will be a subsidiary of Torrent Energy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Torrent Holdings I ”), and Torrent Energy Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Torrent Holdings II ”).  In anticipation of the offering contemplated by this Agreement, on the First Closing Date, (x) Ranger Holdings I will contribute all of its membership interests in Ranger Services to Ranger LLC in exchange for membership interests in Ranger LLC (“ Ranger Units ”) and Ranger Holdings II will contribute all of its membership interests in Ranger Services to Ranger LLC in exchange for shares of the Securities (such contributions, the “ Ranger Assignment Transactions ”), and (y) Torrent Holdings I will contribute all of its membership interests in Torrent Services to Ranger LLC in exchange for Ranger Units and Torrent Holdings II will contribute all of its membership interests in Ranger Services to Ranger LLC in exchange for shares of the Securities (such contributions, the “ Torrent Assignment Transactions ” and collectively with the Ranger Assignment Transactions, the “ Assignment Transactions ”).

 



 

Immediately prior to the consummation of the offering contemplated by this Agreement, the Company intends to amend and restate its certificate of incorporation to, among other things, authorize two classes of common stock, Class A common stock and Class B common stock..  The Company intends that the net proceeds of the sale of Optional Securities by the Company, if any, will be contributed to Ranger LLC in exchange for an additional number of Ranger Units equal to the number of shares of Class A common stock issued as Optional Securities by the Company. Ranger LLC will use such net proceeds, if any, to purchase Ranger Units from Ranger Holdings I and Torrent Holdings I. The foregoing transactions (including the Assignment Transactions), as further described under the headings “Corporate Reorganization” and “Use of Proceeds” in the General Disclosure Package (as defined below), are referred to herein collectively as the “ Reorganization Transactions ”. Unless otherwise required by the context, references to the “ Subsidiaries ” of the Company in this Agreement refer to entities that will be subsidiaries of the Company after giving effect to the Reorganization Transactions, as evidenced by such entities being listed on Schedule C hereto.

 

2.                                       Representations and Warranties of the Company Parties .  (a) Each of the Company Parties, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:

 

(i)                                      Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Certain Defined Terms .  The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-218139) covering the registration of the Offered Securities under the Act, including a related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses.  At any particular time, this initial registration statement, in the form then on file with the Commission, including all information contained in the registration statement (if any) pursuant to Rule 462(b) and then deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement, and all 430A Information and all 430C Information, that in any case has not then been superseded or modified, shall be referred to as the “ Initial Registration Statement ”.  The Company may also have filed, or may file with the Commission, a Rule 462(b) registration statement covering the registration of Offered Securities.  At any particular time, this Rule 462(b) registration statement, in the form then on file with the Commission, including the contents of the Initial Registration Statement incorporated by reference therein and including all 430A Information and all 430C Information, that in any case has not then been superseded or modified, shall be referred to as the “ Additional Registration Statement ”.

 

As of the time of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Act and is not proposed to be amended.  Any Additional Registration Statement has or will become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and is not proposed to be amended.  The Offered Securities all have been or will be duly registered under the Act pursuant to the Initial Registration Statement and, if applicable, the Additional Registration Statement.

 

For purposes of this Agreement:

 

430A Information ”, with respect to any registration statement, means information included in a prospectus and retroactively deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A(b).

 

430C Information ”, with respect to any registration statement, means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430C.

 

Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Applicable Time ” means 7:55 pm (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement.

 

Closing Date” has the meaning defined in Section 3 hereof.

 

Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Effective Time ” with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or, if filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement means the date and time as of which such Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission or has become effective upon filing pursuant to

 

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Rule 462(c).  If an Additional Registration Statement has not been filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Company has advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“ Credit Suisse ” and, together with PJC, the “ Lead Representatives ”), PJC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“ Wells ”, and together with the Lead Representatives, the “ Representatives ”) that it proposes to file one, “ Effective Time ” with respect to such Additional Registration Statement means the date and time as of which such Registration Statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Rule 462(b).

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Final Prospectus ” means the Statutory Prospectus that discloses the public offering price, other 430A Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act.

 

General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule B to this Agreement.

 

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

 

Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

 

The Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement are referred to collectively as the “ Registration Statements ” and individually as a “ Registration Statement ”.  A “ Registration Statement ” with reference to a particular time means the Initial Registration Statement and any Additional Registration Statement as of such time.  A “ Registration Statement ” without reference to a time means such Registration Statement as of its Effective Time.  For purposes of the foregoing definitions, 430A Information with respect to a Registration Statement shall be considered to be included in such Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430A.

 

Rules and Regulations ” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

Securities Laws ” means, collectively, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (“ Sarbanes-Oxley ”), the Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations, the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of “issuers” (as defined in Sarbanes-Oxley) promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and, as applicable, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“ Exchange Rules ”).

 

Statutory Prospectus ” with reference to a particular time means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any 430A Information or 430C Information with respect to such Registration Statement.  For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430A Information shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 462(c) and not retroactively.

 

Testing-the-Waters Communication ” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Act.

 

Written Testing-the-Waters Communication ” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.

 

Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the Act.

 

(ii)                                   Compliance with the Requirements of the Act .  (i) (A) At their respective Effective Times, (B) on the date of this Agreement and (C) on each Closing Date, each of the Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement (if any) conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, (ii) at their respective Effective Times, each of

 

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the Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement (if any) did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) on its date, at the time of filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement in which the Final Prospectus is included, and on each Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (iv) on the date of this Agreement, at their respective Effective Times or issue dates and on each Closing Date, each Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, any Statutory Prospectus, any prospectus wrapper, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied or comply, and such documents and any further amendments or supplements thereto will comply, in all material respects, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Final Prospectus, any Statutory Prospectus, any prospectus wrapper or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program.  The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

 

(iii)                                Ineligible Issuer Status.   (i) At the time of the initial filing of the Initial Registration Statement and (ii) at the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405.

 

(iv)                               Emerging Growth Company Status .  From the time of the initial confidential submission of the Initial Registration Statement to the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly or through any person authorized to act on its behalf in any Testing-the-Waters Communication) through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Act (an “ Emerging Growth Company ”).

 

(v)                                  General Disclosure Package .  As of the Applicable Time, none of (i) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the preliminary prospectus, dated August 1, 2017 (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to investors generally) and the other information, if any, stated in Schedule B to this Agreement to be included in the General Disclosure Package, all considered together (collectively, the “ General Disclosure Package ”), (ii) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, or (iii) any individual Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

 

(vi)                               Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses .  Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Offered Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement.  If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, at a time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption of Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act by any underwriter or dealer, there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following such event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or

 

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omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and (ii) the Company has promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

(vii)                            Testing-the-Waters Communication .  The Company (a) has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication and (b) has not authorized anyone other than the Representatives and their affiliates and employees to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications.  The Company reconfirms that the Representatives have been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communication.  The Company has not distributed any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication.

 

(viii)                         Good Standing of the Company.   The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (“ Material Adverse Effect ”).

 

(ix)                               Subsidiaries.   Each Subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated, organized or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization, or formation, as applicable, with power and authority (corporate, limited liability company or other power, as applicable) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; and each Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or limited liability company in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of each Subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable (to the extent applicable); and the equity interests of each Subsidiary that, after giving effect to the Reorganization Transactions, this offering and the use of proceeds thereof, will be owned by the Company, directly or through Subsidiaries, will be owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects. After giving effect to the Reorganization Transactions, the Subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule C hereto will be the only subsidiaries, direct or indirect, of the Company and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, each Subsidiary of the Company other than Ranger LLC will be a wholly owned subsidiary, direct or indirect, of Ranger LLC.

 

(x)                                  Offered Securities .  The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company will, after giving effect to the Reorganization Transactions, have been duly authorized; the authorized equity capitalization of the Company will, after giving effect to the Reorganization Transactions and the other transactions described in the General Disclosure Package under the heading “Capitalization”, be as set forth under such heading; all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company will, after giving effect to the Reorganization Transactions, be, and, when the Offered Securities have been delivered and paid for in accordance with this Agreement on each Closing Date, such Offered Securities will have been, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will conform to the information in the General Disclosure Package and to the description of such Offered Securities contained in the Final Prospectus; the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the Securities; and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any security holder. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package, there are no outstanding (A) securities or obligations of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock of the Company, (B) warrants, rights or options to subscribe for or purchase from the Company any such capital stock or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations or (C) obligations of the Company to issue or sell any shares of capital stock, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations or any such warrants, rights or options.  The Company has not, directly or indirectly, offered or sold any of the Offered Securities by

 

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means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations) or used any “prospectus” or made any offer (within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations) in connection with the offer or sale of the Offered Securities, in each case other than the preliminary prospectus referred to in Section 2(a)(v) hereof, the Final Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and, in connection with the Directed Share Program, the enrollment materials prepared by the Designated Underwriter on behalf of the Company.

 

(xi)                               Other Offerings .  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package in Item 15 of the Registration Statement, the Company has not sold, issued or distributed any shares of Class A common stock during the six-month period preceding the date hereof, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulation D or S of, the Act, other than common stock issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants.

 

(xii)                            No Finder’s Fee.   Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.

 

(xiii)                         Registration Rights.   Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and as set forth in the Form of Registration Rights Agreement filed as an exhibit to the Initial Registration Statement, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any person, on the other hand,  granting such person the right to require the Company or such Subsidiary to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company or such Subsidiary owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Act (collectively, “registration rights”), and any person to whom the Company has granted registration rights has agreed not to exercise such rights until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period referred to in Section 5 hereof.

 

(xiv)                        Listing.   The Offered Securities have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to notice of issuance.

 

(xv)                           Absence of Further Requirements.   No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any person (including any governmental agency or body or any court) is required to be obtained or made by the Company Parties for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with (i) the sale of the Offered Securities or (ii) the consummation of the Reorganization Transactions, except (x) such as have been, or prior to the First Closing Date will have been, obtained or made, (y) where the failure of the Company to obtain or make any such consent, approval, authorization, order, filing or registration would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (z) such as may be required under state securities laws or the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”).

 

(xvi)                        Title to Property .  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, after giving effect to the Reorganization Transactions, the Company and its Subsidiaries will have good and marketable title to all material real properties and all other properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens (other than pursuant to the NOV Purchase Agreement as defined in the Initial Registration Statement and, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the sellers notes issued as partial consideration for the ESCO Acquisition as defined in the Initial Registration Statement), charges, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them and the Company and its Subsidiaries will hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no terms or provisions that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.

 

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(xvii)                     Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction.   None of (A) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, nor the offering, issuance or sale of the Offered Securities, (B) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements (as defined below) nor (C) the consummation of the Reorganization Transactions will result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the imposition of any lien (except, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the sellers notes issued as partial consideration for the ESCO Acquisition), charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter, certificate of formation, operating agreement or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties, or (iii) any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; a “ Debt Repayment Triggering Event ” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(xviii)                  Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of its respective charter, certificate of formation, operating agreement or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) or in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject, except such violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xix)                        Authorization of Agreements.   This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company Parties. The Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement] of Ranger LLC (the “ Ranger LLC Agreement ”) has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the members thereof, enforceable against such parties in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.  Each of the tax receivable agreement among the Company, Ranger Holdings I and Torrent Holdings I (the “ Tax Receivable Agreement ”), the Stockholders’ Agreement  among the Company and the other parties thereto (the “ Stockholders’ Agreement ”), the registration rights agreement between the Company and certain other parties thereto (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ” and, together with the Tax Receivable Agreement and the Stockholders’ Agreement, the “ Transaction Agreements ”), has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company Parties thereto and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, will be a valid and legally binding agreement of such Company Parties, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 

(xx)                           Possession of Licenses and Permits.   After giving effect to the Reorganization Transactions, the Company and its Subsidiaries will possess, and will be in compliance with the terms of, all adequate certificates, authorizations, franchises, licenses, permits, approvals, consents, orders, certifications, accreditations and other authorizations (collectively, “ Licenses ”), issued by the appropriate federal, state or local agencies or bodies necessary or material to the conduct of the business now conducted or proposed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus to be conducted by them, except where the failure to have obtained the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(xxi)                        Absence of Labor Dispute.   No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxii)                     Possession of Intellectual Property.   After giving effect to the Reorganization Transactions, the Company and its Subsidiaries will own, possess the right to use or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual property (collectively, “ intellectual property rights ”) necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, or presently employed by them, and have not received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any intellectual property rights that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxiii)                  Environmental Laws.   Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (a) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is or has been in violation of any foreign, federal, state or local statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order, decree, decision, ordinance, code or other legally binding requirement (including common law) relating to the pollution,  protection or restoration of the environment, wildlife or natural resources; occupational health and workplace safety; or the generation, use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, discharge, disposal or release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Substance (as defined below) (collectively, “ Environmental Laws ”), (ii) is conducting or funding, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation, monitoring or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law, including to address any actual or suspected Hazardous Substance, (iii) has received notice of, or is subject to any action, suit, claim or proceeding alleging, any actual or potential liability under, or violation of, any Environmental Law, including with respect to any Hazardous Substance, (iv) is party to any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law, or (v) is or has been in violation of, or has failed to obtain and maintain, any permit, license, authorization, identification number or other approval required under any Environmental Law; (b) to the knowledge of the Company, there are no facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in any violation of or liability under any Environmental Law, including with respect to any Hazardous Substance, except in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b) above, for such matters as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is subject to any pending proceeding pursuant to any Environmental Law in which any foreign, federal, state or local governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will not be imposed, nor does the Company or any of its Subsidiaries know of any such proceeding that is contemplated, (ii) is aware of any material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its Subsidiaries resulting from compliance with any Environmental Law, or (iii) anticipates any material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Law.  For purposes of this subsection, “ Hazardous Substance ” means (A) any pollutant, contaminant, petroleum or petroleum product, by-product or breakdown product, radioactive material, asbestos, asbestos-containing material, polychlorinated biphenyl or toxic mold, and (B) any other toxic, radioactive, ignitable, corrosive, reactive or otherwise hazardous chemical, material, waste or substance.

 

(xxiv)                 Accurate Disclosure.  The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the headings “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders”, “Description of Capital Stock”, “Shares Eligible for Future Sale”, “Our History and Corporate Reorganization”, “Business—Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health Matters”, “Business—Motor Carrier Operations”, “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions —Tax Receivable Agreement” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Registration Rights Agreement”, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present the information required to be shown, in each case in all material respects.

 

(xxv)                    Absence of Manipulation .  The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the

 

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stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.

 

(xxvi)                 Statistical and Market-Related Data.  Any third-party statistical and market-related data included in a Registration Statement, a Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication is based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate.

 

(xxvii)              Internal Controls and Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) are in compliance with all applicable requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley and all applicable Exchange Rules.  Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company maintains a system of internal controls, including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over accounting matters and financial reporting, an internal audit function and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, “ Internal Controls ”) that comply with the Securities Laws and are sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“ GAAP ”) and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.  The Internal Controls are, or upon consummation of the offering of the Offered Securities will be, overseen by the Audit Committee (the “ Audit Committee ”) of the Board in accordance with Exchange Rules.  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, none of the Company Parties has publicly disclosed or reported to the Audit Committee or its Board (or their applicable equivalents) a significant deficiency, material weakness, change in Internal Controls or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in Internal Controls (each, an “ Internal Control Event ”), any violation of, or failure to comply with, the Securities Laws, or any matter which, if determined adversely, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxviii)           Litigation .  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) against or affecting the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and no such actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) are threatened or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated.

 

(xxix)                 Financial Statements.   The financial statements included in each Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the entities purported to be shown thereby as of the dates shown and, as applicable, their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and, except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S.  GAAP applied on a consistent basis; and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements included in each of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts.  Each of BDO USA, LLP and Whitley Penn LLP is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and Torrent Services, respectively, within the Rules and Regulations and as required by the Act and the applicable rules and guidance from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). The summary and selected financial and statistical data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus presents fairly the information shown therein and such data has been

 

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compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein and the books and records of the Company.  The Company does not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations or any “variable interest entities” within the meaning of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46), not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.  There are no financial statements that are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, including any required to be included pursuant to Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, that are not included as required.

 

(xxx)                    No Material Adverse Change in Business.   Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, since the end of the period covered by the latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (i) there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that is material and adverse, (ii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or Ranger LLC on any class of its capital stock or membership interests, as applicable, (iii) there has been no material adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (iv) there has been no material transaction entered into and there is no material transaction that is probable of being entered into by the Company Parties during the time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption of Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act by and underwriter or dealer other than transactions in the ordinary course of business, (v) there has been no obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company taken as a whole, incurred by the Company, except obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and (vi) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority.

 

(xxxi)                 Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ Investment Company Act ”).

 

(xxxii)              Ratings.   No “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined in Section (3)(a)(62) of the Exchange Act (i) has imposed (or has informed the Company Parties that it is considering imposing) any condition (financial or otherwise) on the Company’s retaining any rating (if any) assigned to a Company Party or any securities of a Company Party or (ii) has indicated to the Company that it is considering any of the actions described in Section 7(c)(ii) hereof.

 

(xxxiii)           Taxes .  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date of this Agreement and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by GAAP have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and no tax deficiency has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxxiv)          Insurance .  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers with appropriately rated claims paying abilities against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are adequate and customary for the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any material insurance coverage sought or applied for; neither the Company nor any such

 

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Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and the Company will obtain directors’ and officers’ insurance in such amounts as is customary for an initial public offering.

 

(xxxv)             Regulatory Filings .  The Company and its subsidiaries have filed with applicable regulatory authorities all statements, reports, information or forms required by any applicable law, regulation or order, except where the failure to so file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  All such filings were in compliance with applicable laws when filed and no deficiencies have been asserted by any regulatory commission, agency or authority with respect to any such filing, except for any such failure as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxxvi)          Anti-Corruption .  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer or employee, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliate, agent or representative of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, has (A) taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) to unlawfully influence official action or secure an unlawful or improper advantage; (B) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity, (C) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds, (D) violated or is in violation of applicable anti-corporation laws and anti-bribery laws in any country in which it does business, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or (E) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. The Company and its Subsidiaries and affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain, and will continue to maintain, policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.

 

(xxxvii)       Anti-Money Laundering .  The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries and all directors, officers, employees and, to the Company’s knowledge, affiliates, agents and representatives of the Company and all of its Subsidiaries and affiliates, are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with, and each has taken and will continue to take reasonable action designed to comply with, all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, and the anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Anti-Money Laundering Laws ”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(xxxviii)    Economic Sanctions .

 

(i)                                      None of the Company, the Subsidiaries of the Company, or any director, officer, employee, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent, affiliate or representative of the Company or any Subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, is (or is owned or controlled by an individual or entity that is) subject to any U.S. sanctions administered or enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“ OFAC ”) or other sanctions authority (including the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (UK HMT), the Swiss Secretariat of Economic Affairs

 

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(SECO), the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) or the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)) applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Sanctions ”) or located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions.  The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner, person or other entity:

 

(A)                                to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any individual or entity or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or

 

(B)                                in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any individual or entity (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).

 

(ii)            For the past five years, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any individual or entity, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.  The Company, its Subsidiaries and affiliates, and all directors, officers, and employees and, to the Company’s knowledge, all agents and representatives of the Company and all of its Subsidiaries have taken and will continue to take reasonable action designed to comply with such applicable laws.

 

(xxxix)          No Restrictions on Payments by Subsidiaries .  Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, (A) from paying any dividends to the Company, (B) from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock, (C) from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or (D) from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s material properties or assets to the company or any other Subsidiary of the Company.

 

(xl)                               ERISA and Employee Benefits Matters . (A) Except, in each case, for any such matter as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) to the knowledge of the Company, no “prohibited transaction” as defined under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and not exempt under Section 408 of ERISA has occurred with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan, (ii)neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has maintained, sponsored, participated in, contributed to or has or had any liability or obligation in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan subject to Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Title IV of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or any “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA, (iii) no Employee Benefit Plan provides or promises, or at any time provided or promised, retiree health, retiree life insurance, or other retiree welfare benefits except as may be required by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, or similar state law, (iv) each Employee Benefit Plan is and has been operated in material compliance with its terms and all applicable laws, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code and, to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred (including a “reportable event” as such term is defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) and no condition exists that would subject the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to any material tax, fine, lien, penalty or liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable law and (v) each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Code Section 401(a) is so qualified and has a favorable determination, advisory or opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service upon which it can rely, and, to the knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred since the date of such determination, advisory or opinion letter that is reasonably likely to cause the loss of such qualification; (B) no Employee Benefit Plan is a Foreign Benefit Plan; (C) the Company does not have any obligations under any collective bargaining agreement with any union and no organization efforts are underway with respect to Company employees.  As used in this Agreement, “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; “ Employee Benefit Plan ” means any “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, including all stock purchase, stock option, stock-based severance, employment, change-in-control, medical, disability, fringe benefit, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, employee loan and all other employee

 

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benefit plans, agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA, which is contributed to, sponsored by or maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has had or could have any obligation or liability; “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published governmental interpretations thereunder; “ ERISA Affiliate ” means any member of the Company’s controlled group within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code; and “ Foreign Benefit Plan ” means an Employee Benefit Plan operated outside of the United States of America or which primarily covers employees working or residing outside of the United States.

 

(xli)                            Absence of Unlawful Influence.  The Company has not offered or sold, or caused the Underwriters to offer or sell, any Offered Securities to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company.

 

3.                                       Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities .  On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule A hereto.  The purchase price payable by the Underwriters for the Firm Securities is $13.5575 per share for the first 5,112,069 shares of Firm Securities and $14.50 per share for the remaining 750,000 shares of Firm Securities.  The purchase price payable by the Underwriters for the Optional Securities is $13.5575 per share.

 

The Company will deliver the Firm Securities to or as instructed by the  Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives, against payment of the purchase price by the Underwriters in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the Representatives drawn to the order of the Company, at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY, 10019, at 10:00 A.M., New York time, on August 16, 2017, or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representatives and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “ First Closing Date ”.  For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the First Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering.  Delivery of the Firm Securities will be made through the facilities of DTC unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.

 

In addition, upon written notice from the Lead Representatives given to the Company from time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Final Prospectus, the Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional Securities at the purchase price per Security to be paid for the Firm Securities.  Such notice shall set forth (i) the aggregate number of shares of Optional Securities as to which the Underwriters are exercising the option and (ii) the time, date and place at which the Optional Securities will be delivered (each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities being herein referred to as an “ Optional Closing Date ,” which may be the First Closing Date) (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if any, being sometimes referred to as a “ Closing Date ”). The Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the number of Optional Securities specified in such notice, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase such Optional Securities.  Such Optional Securities shall be purchased from the Company for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name bears to the total number of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by the Lead Representatives to eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the Underwriters only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered.  The right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from time to time and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by the Lead Representatives to the Company.

 

Each Optional Closing Date shall be determined by the Lead Representatives but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice of election to purchase Optional Securities is given.  The Company will deliver the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to or as instructed by the Lead Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Lead

 

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Representatives against payment of the purchase price therefor in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the Lead Representatives drawn to the order of the Company, at the above office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.  Delivery of the Optional Securities will be made through the facilities of DTC unless the Lead Representatives shall otherwise instruct.

 

4.                                       Offering by Underwriters .  It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.

 

5.                                       Certain Agreements of the Company .  The Company Parties, jointly and severally, agree with the several Underwriters that:

 

(a)                                  Additional Filings.   Unless filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) as part of the Additional Registration Statement in accordance with the next sentence, the Company will file the Final Prospectus, in a form approved by the Representatives, with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented to by the Representatives, subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the earlier of (A) the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or (B) the fifteenth business day after the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement.  The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and provide satisfactory evidence to the Representatives of such timely filing.  If an Additional Registration Statement is necessary to register a portion of the Offered Securities under the Act but the Effective Time thereof has not occurred as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will file the additional registration statement or, if filed, will file a post-effective amendment thereto with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the Final Prospectus is finalized and distributed to any Underwriter, or will make such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by the Representatives.

 

(b)                                  Filing of Amendments: Response to Commission Requests.   The Company will promptly advise the Representatives of any proposal to amend or supplement at any time the Initial Registration Statement, any Additional Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without the Representatives’ consent; and the Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of (i) the effectiveness of any Additional Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement), (ii) any amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus, (iii) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to any Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of a Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (v) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose.  The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

 

(c)                                   Continued Compliance with Securities Laws.   If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and the dealers and any other dealers upon request of the Representatives, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance.  Neither the Representatives’ consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof.

 

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(d)                                  Testing-the-Waters Communication.   If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such statement or omission.

 

(e)                                   Rule 158.   As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), the Company will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement (or, if later, the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement) which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.  For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “ Availability Date ” means the day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes such Effective Time on which the Company is required to file its Form 10-Q for such fiscal quarter except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter on which the Company is required to file its Form 10-K.

 

(f)                                    Furnishing of Prospectuses.   The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of each Registration Statement (four of which will be signed and will include all exhibits), each related Statutory Prospectus, and, so long as a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case in such quantities as the Representatives request.  The Final Prospectus shall be so furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Representatives.  All other such documents shall be so furnished as soon as available.  The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.

 

(g)                                   Blue Sky Qualifications.   The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution.

 

(h)                                  Reporting Requirements.   During the period of five  years hereafter, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as the Representatives may reasonably request.  However, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is timely filing reports with the Commission on its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (or any successor system), it is not required to furnish such reports or statements to the Underwriters.

 

(i)                                      Payment of Expenses.   The Company Parties, jointly and severally, agree that the Company Parties will pay all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the obligations of the Company Parties under this Agreement, including but not limited to any filing fees and other expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters) incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and the preparation and printing of memoranda relating thereto, costs and expenses related to the review by FINRA of the Offered Securities (including (x) filing fees and (y) the fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such review (the amount in clause (y) not to exceed $35,000)), costs and expenses relating to investor presentations or any “road show” in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities including, without limitation, any travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees; provided, however, that the Underwriters shall be responsible for 50% of the costs of any private aircraft chartered by or on behalf of the Company in connection with such presentations, and any other expenses of

 

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the Company including fees and expenses incident to listing the Offered Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, fees and expenses in connection with the registration of the Offered Securities under the Exchange Act, any transfer taxes payable in connection with the delivery of the Offered Securities to the Underwriters and expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Final Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters and for expenses incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective investors. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section 5(i) and Sections 5(p), 8 and 10 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel and any road show expenses incurred by them (other than costs and expenses incurred by the Underwriters on behalf of the Company).

 

(j)                                     Use of Proceeds.  The Company will use the net proceeds received by it in connection with this offering in the manner described in the “Use of Proceeds” section of the General Disclosure Package and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any Underwriter or affiliate of any Underwriter.

 

(k)                                  Absence of Manipulation.  The Company Parties will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.

 

(l)                                      (A)  Restriction on Sale of Securities by the Company.  For the period specified below (the “ Lock-Up Period ”), the Company Parties will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to its Securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of the Securities (“ Lock-Up Securities ”): (i) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities, (ii) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (iv) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (v) file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to Lock-Up Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent of the Lead Representatives.  The Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 180 days after the date hereof or such earlier date that the Lead Representatives consent to in writing.  The restrictions set forth in this Section 5(l) shall not apply to (A) the sale of Securities to the Underwriters; (B) the issuance of Securities and Ranger Units in connection with (x) the Reorganization Transactions, (y) the ESCO Acquisition and (z) the offering contemplated by this Agreement; (C) the issuance by the Company of shares of Securities upon the exchange of Class B common stock together with Ranger Units pursuant to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Ranger LLC, as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (D) grants of stock options or other compensatory awards of Lock-Up Securities or awards the value of which is based in whole or in part on the value of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to the terms of a plan in effect prior to the closing of the Offering and described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, to individuals eligible to receive awards under such plan; provided, however that such securities either do not vest or are not transferable except in accordance with the provisions of a lock-up agreement in substantially the form set forth on Exhibit C hereto (a “ Lock-Up Agreement ”), (E) issuances of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to the exercise of such options or the exercise of any other employee stock options outstanding on the date hereof or the vesting or settlement of any other award granted pursuant to the plan described in the immediately preceding clause (D) (and subject to the proviso in such clause (D)), (F)  issuances of Lock-Up Securities issued as consideration for the acquisition of equity interests or assets of any person, or the acquiring by the Company by any other manner of any business, properties, assets, or persons, in one transaction or a series of related transactions or the filing of a registration statement related to such Lock-Up Securities; provided that (x) no more than an aggregate of 10% of the number of shares of the Company’s capital stock outstanding immediately after the issuance and sale of Securities pursuant to the ESCO Acquisition and the Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement and (y) prior to the issuance of such shares of the Company’s capital stock each recipient of

 

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such shares agrees in writing to be subject to the “lock-up” described in this Section 5(l) for the remaining term of the Lock-Up Period and (G) the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to, and the issuance and sale of, Lock-Up Securities as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 

(B)                                Agreement to Announce Lock-up Waiver.  If the Lead Representatives, in their  sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a Lock-Up Agreement described in Section 7(g) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.

 

(m)                              Emerging Growth Company Status .  The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of the Offered Securities within the meaning of the Act and (ii) completion of the Lock-Up Period.

 

(n)                                  [ Reserved .]

 

(o)                                  Transfer Restrictions.   In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company will ensure that the Directed Shares will be restricted to the extent required by FINRA or the FINRA rules from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a period of three months following the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.  The Designated Underwriter will notify the Company as to which Participants will need to be so restricted.  The Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon such securities for such period of time.

 

(p)                                  Payment of Expenses Related to Directed Share Program.   The Company will pay all fees and expenses of the Underwriters incurred in connection with the Directed Share Program, including all reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel (including non-U.S. counsel) and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.

 

(q)                                  Compliance with Foreign Laws.   The company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.

 

6.                                       Free Writing Prospectuses .  The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission.  Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .”  The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping.  The Company represents that is has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.

 

7.                                       Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters .  The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each Optional Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company Parties (as though made on such Closing Date), to the accuracy of the statements of the Company Parties’ officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company Parties of their obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

 

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(a)           Accountants’ Comfort Letters.   The Representatives shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and each Closing Date, of (i) BDO USA, LLP, (ii) Hein & Associates LLP, (iii) Whitley Penn LLP and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP confirming, in each case, that such party is a registered public accounting firm and independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Laws and otherwise in the form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives (except that, in any letter dated a Closing Date, the specified date referred to in the comfort letters shall be a date no more than three days prior to such Closing Date).

 

(b)           Effectiveness of Registration Statement.   If the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement (if any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Final Prospectus is finalized and distributed to any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later time as shall have been consented to by the Representatives.  The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) hereof.  Prior to such Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Representatives, shall be contemplated by the Commission.

 

(c)           No Material Adverse Change.   Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole which, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating (if any) of any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company or Ranger LLC by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating (if any) of any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company or Ranger LLC (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating) or any announcement that the Company has been placed on negative outlook; (iii) any change in either U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impractical to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (v) any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. federal or New York authorities; (vii) any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment or clearance services in the United States or any other country where such securities are listed or (viii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representatives, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities.

 

(d)           Opinion of Counsel for the Company.   The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., counsel for the Company, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

(e)           Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters.   The Representatives shall have received from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

 

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accounting officer of each of the Company Parties in which such officers shall state that: the representations and warranties of the Company Parties in this Agreement are true and correct; the Company Parties have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge and after reasonable investigation, are contemplated by the Commission; the Additional Registration Statement (if any) satisfying the requirements of subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was timely filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), including payment of the applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) of Regulation S-T of the Commission; and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or as described in such certificate.

 

(g)           Lock-Up Agreements.   On or prior to the date hereof, the Representatives shall have received Lock-Up Agreements in substantially the form set forth on Exhibit C hereto from each of the parties listed on Schedule D to this Agreement.

 

(h)           [ Reserved .]

 

(i)            New Revolving Credit Facility .  The new revolving credit facility described in the Initial Registration Statement under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Our Debt Agreements” shall be effective prior to or simultaneously with the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(j)            ESCO Acquisition . The Representatives shall have received evidence satisfactory to them and their counsel that the ESCO Acquisition shall have been consummated as described under the caption “Recent Developments” in the Initial Registration Statement prior to or simultaneously with the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(k)           CFO Certificate . On the date hereof and each Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Representatives, of a principal financial or accounting officer of each of the Company Parties with respect to certain financial data contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Registration Statement, providing “management comfort” with respect to such information, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.

 

The Company Parties will furnish the Representatives with any additional opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably request and conformed copies of documents delivered pursuant to this Section 7.   The Representatives may in their sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or otherwise.

 

8.             Indemnification and Contribution .  (a)   Indemnification of Underwriters by Company.   The Company Parties will, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each an “ Indemnified Party ”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, or included in any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, or, in the case of any Registration Statement, arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or, in the case of any Statutory Prospectus, Final Prospectus, Issuer

 

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Free Writing Communication or Written Testing the Waters Communication, arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that the Company Parties will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company Parties by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.

 

The Company Parties, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Designated Underwriter and its affiliates and each person, if any, who controls the Designated Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (the “ Designated Entities” ), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) (i) (x) arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement prepared by or with the consent of the Company for distribution to Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (y) arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in the Final Prospectus, any Statutory Prospectus, any prospectus wrapper, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or with the consent of the Company for distribution to Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (ii) arising out of or based upon the failure of any Participant to pay for and accept delivery of Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to purchase; or (iii) arising out of, related to, or in connection with the Directed Share Program, other than losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are finally judicially determined to have resulted from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Designated Entities.

 

(b)           Indemnification of Company.   Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and each of its officers who signs a Registration Statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “ Underwriter Indemnified Party ”) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, or included in any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission of a material fact (i) in the case of any Registration Statement, required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) in the case of any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Written Testing the Waters Communication or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such

 

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information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Final Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures and the statements relating to price stabilization, short positions and penalty bids appearing under the caption “Underwriting”.

 

(c)           Actions against Parties; Notification.   Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above.  In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if indemnity may be sought pursuant to the last paragraph in Section 8(a) hereof in respect of such action or proceeding, then in addition to such separate firm for the indemnified parties, the indemnifying party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Designated Underwriter for the defense of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of the Directed Share Program, and all persons, if any, who control the Designated Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act of Section 20 of the Exchange Act. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.

 

(d)           Contribution.   If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters.  The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.  The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d).  Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the

 

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Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.  The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 8(d).

 

9.             Default of Underwriters .  If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, the Representatives may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date.  If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives, the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 10 (provided that if such default occurs with respect to Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior to such termination).  As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section.  Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

 

10.          Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations .  The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company Parties or their respective officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any Company Party or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities.  If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 hereof or the occurrence of any event specified in clauses (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of Section 7(c) hereof), the Company Parties will, jointly and severally, reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonably documented fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, and the respective obligations of the Company Parties and and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8 hereof shall remain in effect.  In addition, if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder, the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under Section 5 shall also remain in effect.

 

11.          Notices .  All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Representatives, c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention:  LCD-IBD; c/o Piper Jaffray & Co., U.S. Bancorp Center, 800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, with a copy to General Counsel; c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 375 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10152, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department (fax no: (212) 214-5918) and a copy to Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, Attention: William J.  Whelan, III, Esq.,; or if sent to the Company Parties, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it c/o Ranger Energy Services, Inc., 800 Gessner, Suite 1000, Houston, TX 77024, Attention: Darron Anderson; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.

 

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12.          Successors .  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective personal representatives and successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

 

13.          Representation of Underwriters .  The Representatives will act for the several Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives jointly will be binding upon all the Underwriters.

 

14.          Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

15.          Absence of Fiduciary Relationship.  The Company Parties acknowledge and agree that:

 

(a)           No Other Relationship.   The Representatives have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company, on the one hand, and the Representatives, on the other, has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Final Prospectus, irrespective of whether the Representatives have advised or are advising the Company Parties on other matters;

 

(b)           Arms’ Length Negotiations.  The price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by Company Parties following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Representatives and the Company Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(c)           Absence of Obligation to Disclose.  The Company Parties have been advised that the Representatives and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company Parties and that the Representatives have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company Parties by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and

 

(d)           Waiver.   The Company Parties waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may have against the Representatives for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that the Representatives shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company Parties in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company Parties, including  stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company Parties.

 

16.          Applicable Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

The Company Parties hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.  The Company Parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

17.          Waiver of Jury Trial .  The Company Parties hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives’ understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company Parties and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

RANGER ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Robert S. Shaw Jr.

 

 

Robert S. Shaw Jr.

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RNGR ENERGY SERVICES, LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

Ranger Energy Services, Inc., its sole member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Robert S. Shaw Jr.

 

 

Robert S. Shaw Jr.

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby

 

confirmed and accepted as of the date first above

 

written.

 

 

 

 

Acting on behalf of themselves and as the

 

 

Representatives of the several

 

 

Underwriters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ryan E. Tull

 

 

 

Name: Ryan E. Tull

 

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ira H. Green, Jr.

 

 

 

Name: Ira H. Green, Jr.

 

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Herman

 

 

 

Name: David Herman

 

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

Underwriter

 

Number of
Firm Securities
to be Purchased

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

 

2,218,567

 

Piper Jaffray & Co.

 

1,641,379

 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

649,337

 

Barclays Capital Inc.

 

541,114

 

Evercore Group L.L.C.

 

378,780

 

Capital One Securities, Inc.

 

108,223

 

Johnson Rice & Company L.L.C.

 

108,223

 

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

 

108,223

 

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

 

108,223

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

5,862,069

 

 



 

SCHEDULE B

 

1.                                       General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (included in the General Disclosure Package)

 

“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” includes each of the following documents:

 

1.  Free writing prospectus relating to preliminary estimates of selected second quarter 2017 financial results, filed with the Commission on August 2, 2017.

 

2.                                       Other Information Included in the General Disclosure Package

 

The following information is also included in the General Disclosure Package:

 

1.  The initial price to the public of the Offered Securities is $14.50.

 

2.  The number of Firm Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company is 5,862,069.

 

3.  The number of Optional Securities to be sold by the Company at the option of the Underwriters is up to 879,310.

 



 

SCHEDULE C

 

Subsidiaries

 

RNGR Energy Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

Ranger Energy Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

Torrent Energy Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

Academy Oilfield Rentals, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

Ranger Energy Leasing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

Ranger Energy Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

Ranger Energy Equipment, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

Mallard Completions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 



 

SCHEDULE D

 

Lock-Up Agreements

 

·                   Darron Anderson

 

·                   Bill Austin

 

·                   Brett Agee

 

·                   Richard Agee

 

·                   Matt Hooker

 

·                   Charlie Leykum

 

·                   Pete Miller

 

·                   Lance Perryman

 

·                   Vivek Raj

 

·                   Robert Shaw

 

·                   Krishna Shivram

 

·                   Bayou Well Holdings Company, LLC

 

·                   CSL Energy Holdings II, LLC

 

·                   CSL Energy Opportunities Fund II, L.P.

 

·                   ESCO Leasing, LLC

 

·                   Ranger Energy Holdings, LLC

 

·                   Ranger Energy Holdings II, LLC

 

·                   Torrent Energy Holdings, LLC

 

·                   Torrent Energy Holdings II, LLC

 



 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Company

 

1.                                       The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation, and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in the jurisdictions set forth opposite its name on Schedule I hereto.

 

2.                                       Each Subsidiary is validly existing as a limited liability company and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; each Subsidiary has the limited liability company power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, and the Final Prospectus; each Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business as a foreign limited liability company in the jurisdictions set forth opposite its name on Schedule I hereto.

 

3.                                       The Company owns such equity interests of each Subsidiary as are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; such equity interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the respective governing documents of such Subsidiaries and are fully paid (to the extent required) and non-assessable (except as such non-assessability may be limited by sections 18-303, 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “ Delaware LLC Act ”)); and the Company owns such equity interests free and clear of all liens, defects, encumbrances, equities or claims (“ Liens ”) (other than Liens arising under or in connection with the [Credit Agreement], as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, and the Final Prospectus) (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the Company as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of [•], 2017, or (ii) otherwise known to us, without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LLC Act.

 

4.                                       The Offered Securities to be issued and sold by the Company to the Underwriters under the Agreement have been duly authorized in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation  and Amended and Restated Bylaws (together, the “ Governing Documents ”) and (x) conform to the information in the General Disclosure Package and to the description of such Offered Securities contained in the Final Prospectus, and (y) when issued and delivered by the Company to the Underwriters upon payment therefor in accordance with the Agreement, will be (i) validly issued in accordance with the Governing Documents, free of preemptive rights under federal law, the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”) or the Governing Documents, (ii) fully paid and non-assessable and (iii) free of any restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any shares of any class of common stock pursuant to the Company’s Governing Documents or other instrument known to us to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound.

 

5.                                       Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights created pursuant to any agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement to have any securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or registered by the Company under the Securities Act or otherwise; and, except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company created pursuant to any agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement are outstanding.

 

6.                                       The execution and delivery of the Agreement by the Company does not, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Agreement, the offering, issuance and sale of the Offered Securities pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Final Prospectus will not, (i) result in a breach or default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such an event) under any agreement

 



 

listed on Schedule II hereto; (ii) violate the provisions of the Governing Documents or the similar organizational documents of the Company or any Subsidiary; (iii) violate any federal or New York statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or  the DGCL or the Delaware Limited Liability Act, or (iv) result in the creation of any additional Lien upon any property or assets of the Company or the Subsidiaries under the [Credit Agreement] except, with respect to clauses (iii) and (iv), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of the Company and the Subsidiaries to consummate the Reorganization Transactions or the transactions contemplated by the Agreement in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by the Company (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”); it being understood that we express no opinion in clause (iii) of this paragraph (6) with respect to any federal or state securities, blue sky or anti-fraud laws, rules or regulations.

 

7.                                       The Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company Parties.

 

8.                                       The Reorganization Transactions have been duly authorized by the Company Parties.

 

9.                                       No consent, approval, authorization or order of, registration or qualification with any federal or New York court or governmental agency or any Delaware court or governmental agency is required to be obtained or made by the Company or the Subsidiaries for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Agreement, the compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by the Company being delivered on the date hereof pursuant to the Agreement, except (i) as have been obtained or made, (ii) for the registration of the offering and sale of the Offered Securities under the Securities Act, (iii) for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable federal or state securities or blue sky laws and the approval by FINRA of the underwriting terms and arrangements in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters or (iv) for such consents that, if not obtained, have not or would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

10.                                The Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Act; to our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened by the Commission; and any required filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act has been made in the manner and within the time period required by such rule.

 

11.                                The statements set forth in the Final Prospectus under the headings “Business—Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health Matters,” “Business — Motor Carrier Operations,” “Description of Capital Stock,” “Shares Eligible for Future Sale,” “Our History and Corporate Reorganization,” “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions —Tax Receivable Agreement” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Registration Rights Agreement” and “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations For Non-U.S. Holders,” and in the Registration Statement in Item 14, to the extent that they constitute descriptions or summaries of the terms of the Class A common stock or the documents referred to therein, or refer to statements of federal law, the laws of the State of Delaware or legal conclusions, are accurate in all material respects.

 

12.                                The Company is not, and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds,” will not be, an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

13.                                Each of the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Time, the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, and the Final Prospectus, when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and at the Closing Date (in each case other than (i) the financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and schedules thereto and the auditor’s report thereon and (ii) the other financial data derived therefrom, in each case included in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, as to which we express no opinion), appeared on its face to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act; and to our knowledge there are no legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in a Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus which are not described as required

 



 

or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in a Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to a Registration Statement which are not described and filed as required.

 

14.                                The Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Ranger LLC, dated of even date herewith, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of each of the Company Parties, enforceable against each of the Company Parties in accordance with its terms, provided that the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (ii) public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

 

We have participated in conferences with representatives of the Company and with representatives of its independent accountants and counsel for the Underwriters, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and any amendment and supplement thereto and related matters were discussed.  Although we have not undertaken to determine independently, and do not assume any responsibility for, or express opinion regarding, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus (in each case, other than listed in paragraph 11 above), based upon the participation described above (relying as to factual matters upon statements of fact made to us by representatives of the Company), nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that:

 

(a)                                  the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;

 

(b)                                  the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or

 

(c)                                   the Final Prospectus, as of its date or as of the date hereof, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

except that in each case, such counsel need not express any belief with respect to (i) the financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and schedules thereto and the auditor’s report thereon, (ii) any other financial or accounting information; in each case included in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 



 

Exhibit B

 

Form of Press Release

 

Ranger Energy Services, Inc.
[Date]

 

Ranger Energy Services, Inc. (the “Company”) announced today that Credit Suisse and Piper Jaffray & Co., the lead book-running managers in the Company’s recent public sale of              shares of Class A common stock, are [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to              shares of the Company’s common stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company.  The [waiver] [release] will take effect on             , 201  , and the shares may be sold on or after such date.

 

This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 



 

Exhibit C

 

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

[ Insert date ]

 

RANGER ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

800 Gessner Street, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77024

 

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.,
   As Lead Representatives of the Several Underwriters,

c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,

Eleven Madison Avenue,

New York, N.Y. 10010-3629

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

As an inducement to the underwriters to execute the Underwriting Agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), pursuant to which an offering will be made that is intended to result in the establishment of a public market for Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Securities ”), of Ranger Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereto, (the “ Company ”), the undersigned hereby agrees that during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “ Lock-Up Period ”), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Securities (collectively, “ Lock-Up Securities ”), enter into a transaction which would have the same effect, or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such aforementioned transaction is to be settled by delivery of the Lock-Up Securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any such transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement, without, in each case, the prior written consent of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“ Credit Suisse ”) and Piper Jaffray & Co. (“ PJC ”, and together with Credit Suisse, the “ Lead Representatives ”).  In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Lead Representatives, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Lock-Up Securities.

 

The Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this agreement (this “ Lock-Up Agreement ”) and continue and include the date that is 180 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the Securities (the “ Public Offering Date ”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

 

Any Lock-Up Securities received upon exercise of options granted to the undersigned will also be subject to this Lock-Up Agreement.  However, the restrictions in this Lock-Up Agreement shall not apply to (a) any Lock-Up Securities acquired by the undersigned in the open market, provided that no filing or public announcement by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) or otherwise shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period), (b) a transfer of Lock-Up Securities to a family member (which, for purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, not more remote than first cousin) or trust, provided that (i) the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement prior to such transfer, (ii) such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and (iii) no filing or public announcement by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period), (c) any exercise of options or vesting or exercise of any other equity-based award, in each case under the Company’s equity incentive plan or any other plan or agreement described in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement, including any Lock-Up Securities withheld by the Company to pay the applicable exercise price or taxes associated with such awards, provided that (i) no

 



 

filing or public announcement by any party under the Exchange Act or otherwise shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such exercise or vesting and (ii)  any Lock-Up Securities received upon such exercise or vesting, following any applicable net settlement or net withholding, will also be subject to this Lock-Up Agreement, (d) transfers through a distribution to limited partners or stockholders of the undersigned, provided that (i) the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, (ii) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and (iii) no filing or public announcement by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period), (e) transfers to the undersigned’s affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned, provided that (i) the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, (ii) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and (iii) no filing or public announcement by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period), or (f) the establishment of any written contract, instruction or plan that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 (a “ Rule 10b5-1 Plan ”) under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that no transfers of Lock-Up Securities shall be made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period; and provided further, that no party is required to publicly announce, file, or report the establishment of such Rule 10b5-1 Plan in any public report, announcement, or filing with the Commission under the Exchange Act during the Lock-Up Period and does not otherwise voluntarily effect any such public report, announcement, or filing regarding such Rule 10b5-1 Plan.

 

In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent and registrar are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of Lock-Up Securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Agreement.

 

If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, the undersigned further agrees that the foregoing restrictions in this Lock-Up Agreement shall be equally applicable to any issuer-directed Lock-Up Securities the undersigned may purchase in the above-referenced offering.

 

If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) the Lead Representatives agree that, at least three business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of Lock-Up Securities, the Lead Representatives will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver, and (ii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.  Any release or waiver granted by the Lead Representatives hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such press release.  The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this Lock-Up Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.

 

This Lock-Up Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and the successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the undersigned.  It is understood that if the Underwriting Agreement is executed yet terminates (other than the provisions thereof that survive termination) prior to payment for and delivery of the Offered Securities, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Lock-Up Agreement. Further, this Lock-Up Agreement shall lapse and become null and void if the Public Offering Date shall not have occurred on or before [ · ].  This agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

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Very truly yours,

 

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(duly authorized signature)

 

(please print complete name of entity)

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

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(please print full name)

 

 

(duly authorized signature)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 2.1

 

 

 

MASTER REORGANIZATION AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

Ranger Energy Holdings, LLC,

 

Ranger Energy Holdings II, LLC,

 

Torrent Energy Holdings, LLC,

 

Torrent Energy Holdings II, LLC,

 

RNGR Energy Services, LLC,

 

Ranger Energy Services, Inc.

 

and the other parties hereto

 


 

August 10, 2017

 


 

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

 

 

 

 

Section 1.1.

Definitions

1

Section 1.2.

Effective Time; Closing Time

4

Section 1.3.

Headings; References; Interpretation

4

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

RESTRUCTURING ACTIONS AND RELATED MATTERS

 

 

 

 

Section 2.1.

RES Internal Restructure

4

Section 2.2.

TES Internal Restructure

5

Section 2.3.

RES Reorganization Transactions

5

Section 2.4.

TES Reorganization Transactions

8

Section 2.5.

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of PubCo

9

Section 2.6.

Combination Transactions

10

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND RELATED MATTERS

 

 

 

 

Section 3.1.

Underwriting Agreement

11

Section 3.2.

Tax Receivable Agreement

12

Section 3.3.

Registration Rights Agreement

12

Section 3.4.

Stockholders’ Agreement

12

Section 3.5.

Repayment of Bridge Loans

12

Section 3.6.

Use of IPO Proceeds

12

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

 

 

Section 4.1.

Organization

13

Section 4.2.

Authority; Enforceability

13

Section 4.3.

Consents and Approvals; No Violations

13

Section 4.4.

Ownership of Interests

14

Section 4.5.

Bankruptcy

14

Section 4.6.

Litigation

14

Section 4.7.

Independent Investigation

14

Section 4.8.

No Tax Representations

14

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

 

Section 5.1.

Consents; Deemed Amendment to Agreements

14

Section 5.2.

Deed; Bill of Sale; Assignment

15

Section 5.3.

FIRPTA Certificate

15

 

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Section 5.4.

Further Assurances

15

Section 5.5.

Power of Attorney

15

Section 5.6.

Termination

16

Section 5.7.

Notices

16

Section 5.8.

Successors and Assigns; No Third Party Rights

16

Section 5.9.

Severability

16

Section 5.10.

Waivers and Amendments

16

Section 5.11.

Entire Agreement; Survival

16

Section 5.12.

Governing Law

16

Section 5.13.

Counterparts

16

 

Exhibits

 

Exhibit A

 

-

 

A&R Certificate of Incorporation of PubCo

Exhibit B

 

-

 

A&R Bylaws of PubCo

Exhibit C

 

-

 

Form of Certificate of Merger

Exhibit D

 

-

 

Form of A&R RNGR LLC Agreement

Exhibit E

 

-

 

Form of Tax Receivable Agreement

Exhibit F

 

-

 

Form of PubCo Registration Rights Agreement

Exhibit G

 

-

 

Form of Stockholders’ Agreement

 

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MASTER REORGANIZATION AGREEMENT

 

This Master Reorganization Agreement (this “ Agreement ”), dated effective as of August 10, 2017, is entered into by and among Ranger Energy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ RES Holdings ”), Ranger Energy Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ RES Holdings II ”), Torrent Energy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ TES Holdings ”), Torrent Energy Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ TES Holdings II ”), Ranger Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ PubCo ”), RNGR Energy Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ RNGR ”), and each other signatory to this Agreement (each signatory to this Agreement, a “ Party ” and collectively, the “ Parties ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , on July 26, 2017, CSL Energy Holdings I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Offshore Fund I ”), and CSL Energy Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Offshore Fund II ” and, together with Offshore Fund I, the “ Offshore Funds ”), formed RES Holdings II for purposes of effectuating certain of the transactions set forth in this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS , on July 26, 2017, Offshore Fund I formed TES Holdings II for purposes of effectuating certain of the transactions set forth in this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS , the Parties wish to facilitate an initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) of PubCo, which will be effected using an “Up-C” structure that entails, among other things, offering shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of PubCo (“ Class A Common Stock ”) to the public, pursuant to, and as more fully described in, a registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Registration No. 333-218139 (the “ Registration Statement ”); and

 

WHEREAS , in connection with the IPO, the Parties desire to effect the restructurings and other transactions set forth in this Agreement, which will occur on the terms and in the sequence set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows, and further agree that the actions set forth in Article II will be deemed to take place in the sequence in which they appear in Article II except as otherwise expressly set forth herein.

 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

 

Section 1.1.                                 Definitions .  In addition to terms defined in the body of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

 

Bridge Loans ” means each of the loan agreements dated February 22, 2017 by and between RES, as borrower, and one of Offshore Fund II, Bayou or Onshore II, as lender.

 

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Governmental Authority ” means the United States of America and any foreign country, any state, commonwealth, territory or possession thereof and any political subdivision or quasi-governmental authority of any of the same, including any court, tribunal, department, commission, board, bureau, agency, county, municipality, province, parish or other instrumentality of any of the foregoing.

 

Law ” means any applicable federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign statute, law, treaty, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, order or rule of common law.

 

Person ” means any natural person, limited liability company, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, trust, bank trust company, land trust, business trust, or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, and any government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Reorganization Transactions ” means the RES Reorganization Transactions and the TES Reorganization Transactions.

 

RES ” means Ranger Energy Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

RES Carried Interest Equity Value ” means the product of (a) as of the date of the first closing of sales of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the IPO, the aggregate dollar value equal to the amount the RES Carried Interest Holders would receive if the RES Pre-Offering Valuation Amount were to be distributed to the Members pursuant to Section 7.1 of the RES Holdings LLC Agreement on such date and (b) 0.228.

 

RES Carried Interest Holders ” means, collectively, the holders of Class C Units and Class D Units of RES Holdings.

 

RES Holdings LLC Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of RES Holdings, a form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.8 to the Registration Statement.

 

RES Holdings II LLC Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of RES Holdings II, a form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.10 to the Registration Statement.

 

RES Holdings Units ” means each outstanding class of units representing limited liability company interests in RES Holdings.

 

RES Holdings II Units ” means each outstanding class of units representing limited liability company interests in RES Holdings II.

 

RES Limited Liability Company Agreement means the Limited Liability Company Agreement of RES, dated June 19, 2014.

 

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RES Membership Interest ” means the limited liability company interests in RES.

 

RES Offshore Fund Equity Value ” means, with respect to either Offshore Fund I or Offshore Fund II (as the case may be) as of the date of the first closing of sales of shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the IPO, the aggregate dollar value such Person would receive if an amount in cash equal to the RES Pre-Offering Valuation Amount were to be distributed to the Members of RES Holdings pursuant to Section 7.1 of the RES Holdings LLC Agreement on such date.

 

RES Parties ” means, collectively, RES Holdings, RES Holdings II and RES.

 

RES Pre-Offering Valuation Amount ” means the product of (x) 0.8 and (y) a dollar amount equal to 7,259,876 multiplied by the per share initial public offering price of the Class A Common Stock to be sold in the IPO, before the gross spread paid to the Underwriters along with related fees and expenses in connection with the IPO.

 

RNGR LLC Agreement ” means the Limited Liability Company Agreement of RNGR, dated March 3, 2017.

 

RNGR Units ” means the Units issued under the A&R RNGR LLC Agreement and any equity security of RNGR issued in respect of or in exchange for RNGR Units, whether by way of dividend or other distribution, split, recapitalization, merger, rollup transaction, consolidation, conversion or reorganization.

 

TES ” means Torrent Energy Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

TES Carried Interest Equity Value ” means the product of (x) as of the date of the first closing of sales of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the IPO, the aggregate dollar value equal to the amount the TES Carried Interest Holders would receive if the TES Pre-Offering Valuation Amount were to be distributed to the Members of TES Holdings pursuant to Sections 5.2 and 5.3 of the TES Holdings LLC Agreement on such date and (y) 0.216.

 

TES Carried Interest Holders ” means the holders of Class B Units of TES Holdings.

 

TES Holdings LLC Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of TES Holdings, a form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.9 to the Registration Statement.

 

TES Holdings II LLC Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of TES Holdings II, a form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.11 to the Registration Statement.

 

TES Holdings Units ” means each outstanding class of units representing limited liability company interests in TES Holdings.

 

TES Holdings II Units ” means each outstanding class of units representing limited liability company interests in TES Holdings II.

 

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TES Limited Liability Company Agreement means the Limited Liability Company Agreement of TES, dated August 7, 2014.

 

TES Membership Interest ” means the limited liability company interests in TES.

 

TES Offshore Fund Equity Value ” means as of the date of the first closing of sales of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the IPO, the aggregate dollar value Offshore Fund I would receive if an amount in cash equal to the TES Pre-Offering Valuation Amount were to be distributed to the Members pursuant to Sections 5.2 and 5.3 of the TES Holdings LLC Agreement on such date.

 

TES Parties ” means, collectively, TES Holdings, TES Holdings II and TES.

 

TES Pre-Offering Valuation Amount ” means the product of (x) 0.2 and (y) a dollar amount equal to 7,259,876 multiplied by the per share initial public offering price of the Class A Common Stock to be sold in the IPO, before the gross spread paid to the Underwriters along with related fees and expenses in connection with the IPO.

 

Transactions ” means, collectively, the Reorganization Transactions, the Combination Transactions, the IPO and the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

Section 1.2.                                 Effective Time ; Closing Time .  This Agreement is effective at 12:01 a.m. Houston, Texas time as of the date hereof. References to the “ Closing Time ” in this Agreement refers to 12:01 a.m. Houston, Texas time on the date of the initial closing of the IPO.

 

Section 1.3.                                 Headings; References; Interpretation .  All Article and Section headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and will not be deemed to control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.  The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole, including, without limitation, all Exhibits attached hereto, and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.  All references herein to Articles, Sections, and Exhibits will, unless the context requires a different construction, be deemed to be references to the Articles and Sections of this Agreement and the Exhibits attached hereto, and all such Exhibits attached hereto are hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all purposes.  All personal pronouns used in this Agreement, whether used in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, will include all other genders, and the singular will include the plural and vice versa.  The use herein of the word “including” following any general statement, term or matter will not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation,” “but not limited to,” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather will be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter.

 

ARTICLE II
RESTRUCTURING ACTIONS AND RELATED MATTERS

 

Section 2.1.                                 RES Internal Restructure .  Prior to the Closing Time, the RES Holdings LLC Agreement and RES Holdings II LLC Agreement shall become effective. Pursuant to

 

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Section 3.22 of the RES Holdings LLC Agreement, each RES Holdings Member is required to execute and deliver all documents reasonably requested by RES Holdings to effect the Transactions and RES Holdings is authorized to effect certain Transactions on its behalf.

 

Section 2.2.                                 TES Internal Restructure .  Prior to the Closing Time, the TES Holdings LLC Agreement and TES Holdings II LLC Agreement shall become effective. Pursuant to Sections 6.6 and 11.2(d) of the TES Holdings LLC Agreement, each TES Holdings Member is required to execute and deliver all documents reasonably requested by TES Holdings to effect the Transactions and RES Holdings is authorized to effect certain Transactions on its behalf.

 

Section 2.3.                                 RES Reorganization Transactions .

 

(a)                                  Each of (a) the RES Parties, (b) the Offshore Funds, (c) CSL Energy Opportunities Offshore Fund I, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“ Cayman Fund I ”), (d) CSL Energy Opportunities Offshore Fund II, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“ Cayman Fund II ”), (e) CSL Magna, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Magna Blocker ”), and (f) CSL Ranger, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Ranger Blocker ”) (the Persons identified in clauses (a)  through ( f ), collectively, the “ RES Signatories ”), shall, and at the Closing Time hereby does, take all of the actions and consummate all of the transactions set forth in this Section 2.3 (the “ RES Reorganization Transactions ”) that are applicable to such Person.  Each Party agrees that the RES Reorganization Transactions shall be deemed to occur in the order in which they appear in this Section 2.3 , occur automatically and without any further action from the RES Signatories and occur simultaneously with the transactions described in the corresponding provisions in Section 2.4 .

 

(b)                                  RES Recapitalization.  RES Holdings hereby amends and restates the RES Limited Liability Company Agreement in the form approved by the Board of Managers of RES Holdings (the “ A&R RES LLC Agreement ”), and the RES Membership Interests are hereby recapitalized (the “ RES Recapitalization ”) to consist solely of a single class of units (the “ RES Units ”).  The aggregate number of RES Units outstanding immediately after the RES Recapitalization is equal to the product of (x) 0.8 and (y) 7,259,876.

 

(c)                                   RES Redemptions .

 

(i)                                      RES Holdings hereby redeems from each of Offshore Fund I, Offshore Fund II and each RES Carried Interest Holder all of the RES Holdings Units held by Offshore Fund I and Offshore Fund II and 22.8% of the RES Holding Units that constitute Class C Units and 22.8% of the RES Holdings Units that constitute Class D Units, in each case, held by the RES Carried Interest Holders.  In exchange for such redemptions, (I) each of Offshore Fund I and Offshore Fund II hereby receives from RES Holdings a number of RES Units with a respective value equal to the RES Offshore Fund Equity Value applicable to such Person (with each RES Unit being valued based on the per share initial public offering price of the Class A Common Stock to be sold in the IPO, before the gross spread paid to the Underwriters along with related fees and expenses in connection with the offering (the “ IPO Price ”)) and (II) each of the RES Carried Interest Holders is hereby entitled to receive from RES Holdings Class C Units and Class D Units in RES Holdings II pursuant to Section 2.3(e) .  As a result of such redemption, all right,

 

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title and interest in and to such redeemed RES Holdings Units are hereby automatically terminated and such RES Holdings Units are hereby terminated and cancelled without any action of Offshore Fund I, Offshore Fund II or any RES Carried Interest Holder.  In connection with such redemptions, all right, title and interest in and to 22.8% of the authorized but unissued Class C Units and Class D Units of RES Holdings are hereby terminated and cancelled, and Holdings II hereby authorizes, but does not issue, the same number of Class C Units and Class D Units of RES Holdings II as RES Holdings terminated and cancelled pursuant to this sentence.

 

(ii)                                   RES Holdings hereby contributes to RES Holdings II a number of RES Units with a value equal to the RES Carried Interest Equity Value (with each RES Unit being valued at the IPO Price) in exchange for the issuance by RES Holdings II to RES Holdings of an aggregate amount of Class C Units and Class D Units of RES Holdings II equal to the number of Class C Units and Class D Units of RES Holdings redeemed by RES Holdings from the RES Carried Interest Holders pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i)  of this Agreement.

 

(iii)                                Offshore Fund I hereby redeems from Ranger Blocker and Ranger Blocker hereby assigns and transfers to Offshore Fund I, all right, title and interest in and to the limited liability company interests in Offshore Fund I held by Ranger Blocker, and in consideration therefor Offshore Fund I hereby conveys, transfers and delivers to Ranger Blocker all right, title and interest in and to the RES Units received by Offshore Fund I pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i)  of this Agreement.

 

(iv)                               Offshore Fund II hereby redeems from Magna Blocker and Magna Blocker hereby assigns and transfers to Offshore Fund II, all right, title and interest in and to the limited liability company interests in Offshore Fund II held by Magna Blocker, and in consideration therefor Offshore Fund II hereby conveys, transfers and delivers to Magna Blocker all right, title and interest in and to the RES Units received by Offshore Fund II pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i)  of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Contribution of Magna Blocker and Ranger Blocker to Offshore Funds .

 

(i)                                      Ranger Blocker hereby issues additional limited liability company interests in Ranger Blocker to Cayman Fund I as consideration for the termination of Cayman Fund I’s loan arrangements with Ranger Blocker.  Effective immediately thereafter, Cayman Fund I hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and delivers to Offshore Fund I all right, title and interest in and to the limited liability company interests in Ranger Blocker held by Cayman Fund I, and in consideration therefor Offshore Fund I hereby issues to Cayman Fund I all of the limited liability company interests in Offshore Fund I redeemed by Offshore Fund I from Ranger Blocker in Section 2.4(c)(iii)  of this Agreement.

 

(ii)                                   Magna Blocker hereby issues additional limited liability company interests in Magna Blocker to Cayman Fund II as consideration for the termination of Cayman Fund II’s loan arrangements with Magna Blocker.  Effective immediately thereafter, Cayman Fund II hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and delivers to Offshore Fund II

 

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all right, title and interest in and to the limited liability company interests in Magna Blocker held by Cayman Fund II, and in consideration therefor Offshore Fund II hereby issues to Cayman Fund II all of the limited liability company interests in Offshore Fund II redeemed by Offshore Fund II from Magna Blocker in Section 2.4(c)(iv)  of this Agreement.

 

(e)                                   Re-Partnering of RES Carried Interest Holders and Offshore Funds .

 

(i)                                      RES Holdings hereby conveys, transfers and delivers to each RES Carried Interest Holder a number of Class C Units and Class D Units in RES Holdings II equal to the number of Class C Units and Class D Units in RES Holdings redeemed from such holder in Section 2.3(c)(i)  of this Agreement.  Each RES Carried Interest Holder’s Class C Units and Class D Units of RES Holdings II will track the distribution, vesting and forfeiture provisions that apply to such RES Carried Interest Holder’s corresponding Class C Units and Class D Units of RES Holdings.

 

(ii)                                   Offshore Fund I hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and delivers to RES Holdings II all right, title and interest in and to the limited liability company interests in Ranger Blocker, and in consideration therefor RES Holdings II (I) hereby issues to Offshore Fund I an aggregate number of RES Holdings II Units equal to the number of RES Holdings Units redeemed by RES Holdings from Offshore Fund I in Section 2.3(c)(i)  of this Agreement, and (II) shall promptly distribute to Offshore Fund I any payment received from PubCo pursuant to Section 2.6(a)(ii)(V)  of this Agreement.  Offshore Fund I’s Preferred Return Account and Capital Return Account in RES Holdings II shall be deemed to be equivalent to its Preferred Return Account and Capital Return Account in RES Holdings immediately prior to the redemptions pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i) .

 

(iii)                                Offshore Fund II hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and delivers to RES Holdings II all right, title and interest in and to the limited liability company interests in Magna Blocker, and in consideration therefor RES Holdings II (I) hereby issues to Offshore Fund II an aggregate number of RES Holdings II Units equal to the number of RES Holdings Units redeemed by RES Holdings from Offshore Fund II in Section 2.3(c)(i)  of this Agreement, and (II) shall promptly distribute to Offshore Fund II any payment received from PubCo pursuant to Section 2.6(a)(ii)(IV)  of this Agreement.  Offshore Fund II’s Preferred Return Account and Capital Return Account in RES Holdings II shall be deemed to be equivalent to its Preferred Return Account and Capital Return Account in RES Holdings immediately prior to the redemptions pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i) .

 

(iv)                               RES Holdings II hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and delivers all right, title and interest in and to the RES Units contributed to RES Holdings II pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(ii)  of this Agreement to Ranger Blocker and Magna Blocker on a pro rata basis based on the number of RES Units each such Person owns immediately prior to such contribution, conveyance, transfer and delivery.

 

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(v)                                  Offshore Fund I, Offshore Fund II and each RES Carried Interest Holder are each hereby admitted as a member of RES Holdings II and hold such Person’s RES Holdings II Units in accordance with the terms of the RES Holdings II LLC Agreement.

 

Section 2.4.                                 TES Reorganization Transactions .

 

(a)                                  Each of (a) the TES Parties, (b) Offshore Fund I, (c) Cayman Fund I and (d) CSL Torrent, LLC, Delaware limited liability company (“ Torrent Blocker ”) (the Persons identified in clauses (a)  through ( d ), collectively, the “ TES Signatories ”), shall, and at the Closing Time hereby does, take all of the actions and consummate all of the transactions set forth in this Section 2.4 (the “ TES Reorganization Transactions ”) that are applicable to such Person.  Each Party agrees that the TES Reorganization Transactions shall be deemed to occur in the order in which they appear in this Section 2.4 , occur automatically and without any further action from the TES Signatories and occur simultaneously with the transactions described in the corresponding provisions in Section 2.3 .

 

(b)                                  TES Recapitalization.  TES Holdings hereby amends and restates the TES Limited Liability Company Agreement in the form approved by the Board of Managers of TES Holdings (the “ A&R TES LLC Agreement ”), and the TES Membership Interests are hereby recapitalized (the “ TES Recapitalization ”) to consist solely of a single class of units (the “ TES Units ”).  The aggregate number of TES Units that outstanding immediately after the TES Recapitalization is equal to the product of (x) 0.2 and (y) 7,259,876.

 

(c)                                   TES Redemptions .

 

(i)                                      TES Holdings hereby redeems from Offshore Fund I and each TES Carried Interest Holder all of the TES Holdings Units held by Offshore Fund I and 21.6% of the TES Holding Units that constitute Class B Units held by the TES Carried Interest Holders.  In exchange for such redemptions, (I) Offshore Fund I hereby receives from TES Holdings a number of TES Units with a value equal to the TES Offshore Fund Equity Value (with each TES Unit being valued based on the IPO Price) and (II) each of the TES Carried Interest Holders is hereby entitled to receive from TES Holdings Class B Units in TES Holdings II pursuant to Section 2.4(e) .  As a result of such redemption, all right, title and interest in and to such redeemed TES Holdings Units are hereby automatically terminated and such TES Holdings Units are hereby terminated and cancelled without any action of Offshore Fund I or any TES Carried Interest Holder.

 

(ii)                                   TES Holdings hereby contributes to TES Holdings II a number of TES Units with a value equal to the TES Carried Interest Equity Value (with each TES Unit being valued at the IPO Price) in exchange for the issuance by TES Holdings II to TES Holdings of an aggregate amount of Class B Units of TES Holdings II equal to the number of Class B Units of TES Holdings redeemed by TES Holdings from the TES Carried Interest Holders pursuant to Section 2.4(c)(i)  of this Agreement.

 

(iii)                                Offshore Fund I hereby redeems from Torrent Blocker and Torrent Blocker hereby assigns and transfers to Offshore Fund I, all right, title and interest in and to the limited liability company interests in Offshore Fund I held by Torrent Blocker, and

 

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in consideration therefor Offshore Fund I hereby conveys, transfers and delivers to Torrent Blocker all right, title and interest in and to the TES Units received by Offshore Fund I pursuant to Section 2.4(c)(i)  of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Contribution of Torrent Blocker to Offshore Fund I .  Torrent Blocker hereby issues additional limited liability company interests in Torrent Blocker to Cayman Fund I as consideration for the termination of Cayman Fund I’s loan arrangements with Torrent Blocker.  Effective immediately thereafter, Cayman Fund I hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and delivers to Offshore Fund I all right, title and interest in and to the limited liability company interests in Torrent Blocker held by Cayman Fund I, and in consideration therefor Offshore Fund I hereby issues to Cayman Fund I all of the limited liability company interests in Offshore Fund I redeemed by Offshore Fund I from Torrent Blocker in Section 2.4(c)(iii)  of this Agreement.

 

(e)                                   Re-Partnering of TES Carried Interest Holders and Offshore Fund I .

 

(i)                                      TES Holdings hereby conveys, transfers and delivers to each TES Carried Interest Holder a number of Class B Units in TES Holdings II equal to the number of Class B Units in TES Holdings redeemed from such holder in Section 2.4(c)(i)  of this Agreement.  Each TES Carried Interest Holder’s Class B Units of TES Holdings II will track the distribution, vesting and forfeiture provisions that apply to such TES Carried Interest Holder’s corresponding Class B Units of TES Holdings.

 

(ii)                                   Offshore Fund I hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and delivers to TES Holdings II all right, title and interest in and to the limited liability company interests in Torrent Blocker, and in consideration therefor TES Holdings II (I) hereby issues to Offshore Fund I an aggregate number of TES Holdings II Units equal to the number of TES Holdings Units redeemed by TES Holdings from Offshore Fund I in Section 2.4(c)(i)  of this Agreement, and (II) shall promptly distribute to Offshore Fund I any payment received from PubCo pursuant to Section 2.6(a)(ii)(II)  of this Agreement.  Offshore Fund I’s Preferred Return Account and Capital Return Account in TES Holdings II shall be deemed to be equivalent to its Preferred Return Account and Capital Return Account in TES Holdings immediately prior to the redemptions pursuant to Section 2.4(c)(i) .

 

(iii)                                TES Holdings II hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and delivers all right, title and interest in and to the TES Units contributed to TES Holdings II pursuant to Section 2.4(c)(ii)  of this Agreement to Torrent Blocker.

 

(iv)                               Offshore Fund I and each TES Carried Interest Holder are each hereby admitted as a member of TES Holdings II and hold such Person’s TES Holdings II Units in accordance with the terms of the TES Holdings II LLC Agreement.

 

Section 2.5.                                 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of PubCo .  The Certificate of Incorporation of PubCo shall be, and immediately prior to the Combination Transactions set forth in Section 2.6 below hereby is, amended and restated in the form of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PubCo attached hereto as Exhibit A (as amended, supplemented and restated from time to time, the “ A&R Certificate of

 

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Incorporation of PubCo ”), which shall be filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on the date of the initial closing of the IPO, and the Bylaws of PubCo shall be, and immediately prior to the Combination Transactions set forth in Section 2.6 below hereby are, amended and restated in the form of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of PubCo attached hereto as Exhibit B (as amended, supplemented and restated from time to time, the “ A&R Bylaws of PubCo ”).

 

Section 2.6.                                 Combination Transactions .  Each of the RES Signatories, the TES Signatories, PubCo and RNGR shall, and immediately following the consummation of the Reorganization Transactions and the amendment and restatement of PubCo’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws hereby does, take all of the actions and consummate the transactions set forth in this Section 2.6 (the “ Combination Transactions ”) that are applicable to such Person, and each Party agrees that the Combination Transactions shall be deemed to occur for all purposes in the order in which they appear in this Section 2.6 .

 

(a)                                  Mergers of Blockers Into PubCo .

 

(i)                                      Pursuant to the Certificate of Merger in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C , which will be filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on the date of the initial closing of the IPO, Magna Blocker, Ranger Blocker and Torrent Blocker (collectively, the “ Blockers ”) will merge with and into PubCo, with PubCo surviving each of such mergers (collectively, the “ Merger ”).  This Section 2.6(a) , together with any related definitions and other provisions of this Agreement, constitutes an agreement and plan of merger for purposes of such Certificate of Merger and applicable Law.

 

(ii)                                   Pursuant to the Merger, all limited liability company interests in Magna Blocker, Ranger Blocker and Torrent Blocker will be cancelled, and as consideration therefor PubCo hereby agrees to (I) assign and transfer to TES Holdings II a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of TES Units held by Torrent Blocker immediately prior to the Merger, (II) pay $940,408.43 to TES Holdings II on or prior to the eighteen-month anniversary of the initial closing of the IPO (the “ NOL Payment Date ”), which amount is equal to the estimated value of the accumulated net operating loss carryforwards (“ NOLs ”) attributable to Torrent Blocker, (III) assign and transfer to RES Holdings II a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the aggregate number of RES Units held by Magna Blocker and Ranger Blocker immediately prior to the Merger, (IV) pay $454,911.86 to RES Holdings II on or prior to the NOL Payment Date, which amount is equal to the estimated value of the NOLs attributable to Magna Blocker, and (V) pay $1,604,679.72 to RES Holdings II on or prior to the NOL Payment Date, which amount is equal to the estimated value of the NOLs attributable to Ranger Blocker.  Each of PubCo’s payments due on the NOL Payment Date pursuant to this Section 2.6(a)(ii)  shall be made in, at the option of PubCo, cash, Class A Common Stock (with any such shares of Class A Common Stock being valued at the average of the daily volume weighted average sales price of shares of Class A Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange rounded to the nearest cent for the thirty consecutive trading days ending on but not including the trading day preceding the NOL Payment Date), or a combination thereof.  For the sake of convenience, the payments referred to in the previous sentence shall be made by PubCo directly to Offshore Fund I and Offshore Fund II, as applicable; provided, however, that the payments shall be deemed to have been

 

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originally made by PubCo to RES Holdings II and TES Holdings II, as applicable, and immediately thereafter transferred (x) by RES Holdings II to Offshore Fund I and Offshore Fund II pursuant to Section 2.3(e)(ii)(II)  and Section 2.3(e)(iii)(II) , respectively, and (y) by TES Holdings II to Offshore Fund I pursuant to Section 2.4(e)(ii)(II) .

 

(iii)                                Upon the effectiveness of the Merger, the 1,000 shares of common stock of PubCo held by RES are automatically and immediately cancelled.

 

(b)                                  Amendment and Restatement of RNGR Limited Liability Company Agreement .  Each of RES Holdings, TES Holdings and CSL Energy Opportunities Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Onshore II ”) (each a “ TRA Party ” and collectively, the “ TRA Parties ”), and PubCo hereby amend and restate the RNGR LLC Agreement in the form of the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of RNGR attached hereto as Exhibit D (as amended, supplemented and restated from time to time, the “ A&R RNGR LLC Agreement ”).  Each Party that is listed as a signatory on the signature pages to the A&R RNGR LLC Agreement hereby adopts and joins in such agreement and authorizes any authorized officer of RNGR to execute such agreement on its behalf.

 

(c)                                   PubCo’s Contribution of RES Units and TES Units to RNGR for RNGR Units .  PubCo hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and delivers to RNGR all right, title and interest in and to the RES Units and TES Units held by PubCo as a result of the Merger and in consideration therefor RNGR hereby issues to PubCo an equivalent number of RNGR Units.

 

(d)                                  RES Holdings and TES Holdings Contribution of RES Units and TES Units to RNGR for RNGR Units .

 

(i)                                      RES Holdings hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and delivers to RNGR all right, title and interest in and to all of the RES Units held by RES Holdings, and in consideration therefor RNGR hereby issues to RES Holdings an equivalent number of RNGR Units.

 

(ii)                                   TES Holdings hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and delivers to RNGR all right, title and interest in and to all of the TES Units held by TES Holdings, and in consideration therefor RNGR hereby issues to TES Holdings an equivalent number of RNGR Units.

 

(e)                                   Redemption of Pre-existing Ownership in RNGR .  Any membership interests in RNGR outstanding prior to the transactions contemplated by Sections 2.6(c)  and (d)   are hereby redeemed by RNGR for an aggregate amount of $1,000.

 

ARTICLE III
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND RELATED MATTERS

 

Section 3.1.                                 Underwriting Agreement .  Prior to the Closing Time, each of PubCo, RNGR, RES Holdings II and TES Holdings II shall have entered into an underwriting agreement relating to the IPO (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) with Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Piper Jaffray & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several

 

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underwriters named therein (the “ Underwriters ”); subject to the right of each party to elect to not enter into an Underwriting Agreement at it sole discretion.

 

Section 3.2.                                 Tax Receivable Agreement .  Effective immediately following the transactions described in Article II, PubCo and each TRA Party shall enter into a Tax Receivable Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E , pursuant to which the TRA Parties will receive certain rights pursuant thereto, as provided therein.

 

Section 3.3.                                 Registration Rights Agreement .  Effective immediately following the transactions described in Article II , PubCo, RES Holdings, TES Holdings, RES Holdings II, TES Holdings II, Onshore II, Offshore Fund II and Bayou Well Holdings Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Bayou ”) shall enter into a Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F , pursuant to which the parties thereto will receive certain rights pursuant thereto, as provided therein.

 

Section 3.4.                                 Stockholders’ Agreement .  Effective immediately following the transactions described in Article II , PubCo, RES Holdings, TES Holdings, RES Holdings II, TES Holdings II, Offshore Fund II, Onshore II and Bayou shall enter into a Stockholders’ Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G , pursuant to which the parties thereto shall set forth certain understandings among themselves, as provided therein.

 

Section 3.5.                                 Repayment of Bridge Loans .

 

(a)                                  Offshore Fund II shall, and immediately prior to the initial closing of the IPO hereby does, contribute, convey, transfer and deliver to PubCo all of its right, title and interest in and to Offshore Fund II’s loan arrangements with RES under the Bridge Loans (the “ Contributed Bridge Loan ”), and in consideration therefor PubCo hereby issues 567,895 shares of Class A Common Stock to Offshore Fund II.  PubCo shall, and immediately following the contribution described in the immediately preceding sentence hereby does, contribute, convey, transfer and deliver to RNGR the Contributed Bridge Loan, and in consideration therefor RNGR hereby issues 567,895 RNGR Units to PubCo. RNGR shall, and immediately following the contribution described in the immediately preceding sentence hereby does, terminate the Contributed Bridge Loan.

 

(b)                                  RNGR shall, and immediately prior to the initial closing of the IPO hereby does, issue 794,663 RNGR Units to Onshore II and 450,000 RNGR Units to Bayou, and in consideration therefor each of Onshore II and Bayou hereby terminates such Parties’ loan arrangements with RES under the Bridge Loans.

 

Section 3.6.                                 Use of IPO Proceeds .

 

(a)                                  PubCo shall, and immediately following the initial closing of the IPO hereby does, contribute (i)  all of the net proceeds received by it from the IPO and (ii) a number of shares of its Class B Common Stock equal to the number of RNGR Units issued pursuant to Section 2.6(d)  and Section 3.5(b)  of this Agreement to RNGR in exchange for the issuance of a number of RNGR Units to PubCo equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issued by PubCo to the Underwriters in connection with the initial closing of the IPO.

 

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(b)                                  RNGR shall, and immediately following the contribution described in Section 3.6(a)  of this Agreement hereby does, distribute to each of its members (other than PubCo), pro rata , in accordance with the number of RNGR Units owned by each such member, the shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock it received pursuant to Section 3.6(a)  of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                   PubCo shall, and immediately following any closing of the issuance and sale of shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of Class A Common Stock in the IPO (the “ Option ”) hereby does, contribute all of the net proceeds received by it pursuant to such Option to RNGR in exchange for a number of RNGR Units equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issued and sold by PubCo pursuant to such Option exercise.

 

ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Each Party hereby represents and warrants, solely with respect to itself, to the other Parties as follows:

 

Section 4.1.                                 Organization .  Such Party, other than individuals, is a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (where such concept exists) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority and all necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted, except where the failure to have such power, authority and governmental approvals would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on such Party or on the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 4.2.                                 Authority; Enforceability .  Such Party has the requisite corporate, limited partnership, limited liability company or other power and authority, as applicable, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder.  The execution, delivery and performance by such Party of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions have been duly authorized by its board of directors or other governing body, as applicable, and no other action is necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement or the performance of its obligations hereunder.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Party, and, assuming due and valid authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other Parties hereto, this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

 

Section 4.3.                                 Consents and Approvals; No Violations .  None of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by such Party, or compliance by it with any of the provisions hereof, do, nor will, (a) conflict with or result in any breach of any provision of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, or similar organizational documents of such Party, as applicable, (b) require any filing with, or permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Authority, or (c) violate any Law applicable to such Party or any of its properties or assets, excluding from the foregoing clauses (b) and (c) such filings, permits, authorizations, consents, violations, breaches,

 

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defaults, rights, obligations or encumbrances which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on such Party or on the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 4.4.                                 Ownership of Interests .  Each Party contributing, issuing, delivering, or exchanging interests hereby, owns all such interests free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interest, equities, charges or claims.  There are no preferential rights to purchase, rights of first refusal or similar rights that are applicable to the contribution, issuance, delivery or exchange of such interests in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby which have not been waived by the Person holding such rights.

 

Section 4.5.                                 Bankruptcy .  There are no bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other insolvency type proceedings pending, being contemplated by or, to such Party’s knowledge, threatened against such Party.

 

Section 4.6.                                 Litigation .  No suit, action or litigation by any Person by or before any tribunal or Governmental Authority is pending or, to such Party’s knowledge, threatened against such Party or its affiliates that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect upon the ability of such Party to perform its obligations hereunder or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 4.7.                                 Independent Investigation .  Each Party has reviewed with, or has had opportunity to consult with, their own independent legal and tax advisors regarding the transactions contemplated hereby, including the U.S. federal, state, local, foreign and other tax consequences of the transactions contemplated hereby and hereby acknowledges that neither PubCo or RNGR nor their advisors (including Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.) has provided to such Party any such legal or tax advice regarding the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 4.8.                                 No Tax Representations .  Each Party acknowledges and agrees that RNGR and PubCo are making no representation or warranty as to the U.S. federal, state, local, foreign or other tax consequences to any Party hereto as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  The RES Signatories and TES Signatories understand that each of them (and not RNGR or PubCo) will be responsible for such Person’s own tax liability that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 5.1.                                 Consents; Deemed Amendment to Agreements .  To the extent required under applicable Law or the governing documents of any of the Parties or any documents to which they are party, each Party hereby acknowledges that this Agreement constitutes the written consent of such Party to each of the agreements and transactions described herein, including in its capacity as a member or manager of any other Party.  In addition, the transactions contemplated hereby are hereby approved pursuant to (a) the power of attorney granted the managers and the signing authority granted the officers of RES Holdings pursuant to Section 3.22 of the RES Holdings LLC Agreement and the member consent of RES Holdings authorizing this Agreement, as applicable, and (b) the power of attorney granted the managers

 

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and the signing authority granted the officers of TES Holdings pursuant to Sections 6.6 and 11.2(d) of the TES Holdings LLC Agreement and the member consent of TES Holdings authorizing this Agreement, as applicable.  In addition, each Party hereby agrees that, to the extent this Agreement is inconsistent with or covers applicable items not otherwise provided under the RES Holdings LLC Agreement, one or more restricted unit agreements entered into between a RES Carried Interest Holder and either RES Holdings or RES Holdings II, RES Holdings II LLC Agreement, the TES Holdings LLC Agreement, one or more award agreements entered into between a TES Carried Interest Holder and either TES Holdings or TES Holdings II, the TES Holdings II LLC Agreement or the A&R RNGR LLC Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed to amend such agreements.

 

Section 5.2.                                 Deed; Bill of Sale; Assignment .  To the extent required and permitted by applicable Law, this Agreement will also constitute a “deed,” “bill of sale” “stock power” or “assignment” of the assets, shares and membership and other interests referenced herein, as well as an amendment of the relevant agreements, without the need for any further assignment or transfer document.

 

Section 5.3.                                 FIRPTA Certificate .  Prior to the initial closing of the IPO, each Party shall deliver to PubCo, a duly executed certificate meeting the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2 certifying either (a) that such Party is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code, or (b) that such transferred property is not a U.S. real property interest within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

Section 5.4.                                 Further Assurances .  Each of the Parties hereby agrees to execute, acknowledge and deliver all such additional assignments, stock powers, conveyances, instruments, notices and other documents, and to do all such other acts and things, all in accordance with applicable Law, as may be necessary or appropriate (a) to more fully assure that the applicable Parties own all of the properties, rights, titles, interests, estates, remedies, powers and privileges granted by this Agreement, or which are intended to be so granted, (b) to more fully and effectively vest in the applicable Parties and their respective successors and assigns beneficial and record title to the interests and shares contributed and assigned by this Agreement or intended to be so and (c) to more fully and effectively carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.5.                                 Power of Attorney .  Each Party hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Charles S. Leykum and Robert S. Shaw Jr. as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact for it and in its name, place, and stead and for its use and benefit, to sign, execute, certify, acknowledge, swear to, file and record any instrument that is now or may hereafter be deemed necessary by each such attorneys-in-fact in its reasonable discretion to carry out fully the provisions and the agreements, obligations and covenants of such Party under this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.  Each Party hereby gives each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act or thing whatsoever requisite or advisable to be done in connection with such Party’s obligations and agreements pursuant to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby as fully as such Party might or could do personally, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that any such attorney-in-fact will lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of the power of attorney granted hereby.  The power of attorney granted pursuant to this Section 5.5 is

 

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a special power of attorney, coupled with an interest, and is irrevocable, and will survive the bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or cessation of existence of the applicable Party.

 

Section 5.6.                                 Termination .  This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect if the IPO has not been completed by 11:59 p.m. Houston time on December 31, 2017.

 

Section 5.7.                                 Notices .  All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be personally delivered, sent by nationally recognized overnight courier, mailed by registered or certified mail or be sent by facsimile or electronic mail to such Party at the address set forth on its signature page to this Agreement (or such other address as shall be specified by like notice).

 

Section 5.8.                                 Successors and Assigns; No Third Party Rights .  This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.  This Agreement is not intended to, and does not, create rights in any other Person, and no Person is or is intended to be a third-party beneficiary of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.9.                                 Severability .  If any of the provisions of this Agreement are held by any court of competent jurisdiction to contravene, or to be invalid under, the Laws of any political body having jurisdiction over the subject matter hereof, such contravention or invalidity will not invalidate the entire Agreement.  Instead, this Agreement will be construed as if it did not contain the particular provision or provisions held to be invalid, and an equitable adjustment will be made and necessary provision added so as to give effect to the intention of the Parties as expressed in this Agreement at the time of execution of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.10.                          Waivers and Amendments .  Any waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement, or any amendment or supplement to this Agreement, will be effective only if in writing and signed by the Parties.  A waiver of any breach or failure to enforce any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement will not in any way affect, limit or waive a Party’s rights hereunder at any time to enforce strict compliance thereafter with every term or condition of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.11.                          Entire Agreement; Survival .  This Agreement, together with the agreements and other documents referenced herein, constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties pertaining to the transactions contemplated hereby and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the Parties pertaining thereto.  The provisions of this Agreement (including the representations and warranties hereunder) shall survive the initial closing of the IPO, and shall continue indefinitely.

 

Section 5.12.                          Governing Law .  This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware.

 

Section 5.13.                          Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic means) with the same effect as if all Parties had signed the same document.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by each of the Parties as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

RANGER ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

Address:

 

 

c/o CSL Capital Management, LLC

 

 

1000 Louisiana Street

 

 

Suite 3850

 

 

Houston, TX 77002

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

Facsimile: (281) 946-8967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TORRENT ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

Address:

 

 

1304 Langham Creek Drive

 

 

Suite 212

 

 

Houston, Texas 77084

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

Facsimile:

 

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RANGER ENERGY SERVICES, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Ranger Energy Holdings, LLC,

 

 

its member

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

c/o CSL Capital Management, LLC

 

 

 

1000 Louisiana Street

 

 

 

Suite 3850

 

 

 

Houston, TX 77002

 

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

 

Facsimile: (281) 946-8967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TORRENT ENERGY SERVICES, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Torrent Energy Holdings, LLC,

 

 

its member

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

1304 Langham Creek Drive

 

 

 

Suite 212

 

 

 

Houston, Texas 77084

 

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

 

Facsimile:

 

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RANGER ENERGY HOLDINGS II, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

Title:

Manager

 

Address:

 

 

c/o CSL Capital Management, LLC

 

 

1000 Louisiana

 

 

Suite 3850

 

 

Houston, TX 77002

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

Facsimile: (281) 946-8967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TORRENT ENERGY HOLDINGS II, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

CSL Energy Holdings I, LLC,

 

 

its managing member

 

 

 

 

By:

CSL Energy Opportunity GP I, LLC,

 

 

its managing member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Title:

Managing Member

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

c/o CSL Capital Management, LLC

 

 

 

1000 Louisiana

 

 

 

Suite 3850

 

 

 

Houston, TX 77002

 

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

 

Facsimile: (281) 946-8967

 

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RANGER ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Shaw Jr.

 

Name:

Robert S. Shaw Jr.

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

Address:

 

 

800 Gessner Street

 

 

Suite 1000

 

 

Houston, Texas 77024

 

 

Attn: Robert S. Shaw Jr.

 

 

Email: Robert.Shaw@rangerenergy.com

 

 

Facsimile:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RNGR ENERGY SERVICES, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Ranger Energy Services, Inc.,

 

 

its sole member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Shaw Jr.

 

 

Name:

Robert S. Shaw Jr.

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Address:

 

 

800 Gessner Street

 

 

Suite 1000

 

 

Houston, Texas 77024

 

 

Attn: Robert S. Shaw Jr.

 

 

Email: Robert.Shaw@rangerenergy.com

 

 

Facsimile:

 

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CSL ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES OFFSHORE FUND I, L.P.

 

 

 

 

By:

CSL Energy Opportunity GP I, LLC,

 

 

its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Title:

Managing Member

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

1000 Louisiana Street

 

 

 

Suite 3850

 

 

 

Houston, Texas 77002

 

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

 

Facsimile: (281) 946-8967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CSL ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES OFFSHORE FUND II, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

CSL Energy Opportunity GP II, LLC,

 

 

its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Title:

Managing Member

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

1000 Louisiana Street

 

 

 

Suite 3850

 

 

 

Houston, Texas 77002

 

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

 

Facsimile: (281) 946-8967

 

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CSL ENERGY HOLDINGS I, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

CSL Energy Opportunity GP I, LLC,

 

 

its managing member

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Title:

Managing Member

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

1000 Louisiana Street

 

 

 

Suite 3850

 

 

 

Houston, Texas 77002

 

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

 

Facsimile: (281) 946-8967

 

 

 

 

 

CSL ENERGY HOLDINGS II, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

CSL Energy Opportunity GP II, LLC,

 

 

its managing member

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Title:

Managing Member

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

1000 Louisiana Street

 

 

 

Suite 3850

 

 

 

Houston, Texas 77002

 

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

 

Facsimile: (281) 946-8967

 

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CSL ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FUND II, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

CSL Energy Opportunity GP II, LLC,

 

 

its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Title:

Managing Member

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

1000 Louisiana Street

 

 

 

Suite 3850

 

 

 

Houston, Texas 77002

 

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

 

Facsimile: (281) 946-8967

 

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CSL MAGNA, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

CSL Energy Opportunity GP II, LLC,

 

 

its required member & authorized signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Title:

Managing Member

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

1000 Louisiana Street

 

 

 

Suite 3850

 

 

 

Houston, Texas 77002

 

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

 

Facsimile: (281) 946-8967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CSL RANGER, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

CSL Energy Opportunity GP I, LLC,

 

 

its required member & authorized signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Title:

Managing Member

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

1000 Louisiana Street

 

 

 

Suite 3850

 

 

 

Houston, Texas 77002

 

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

 

Facsimile: (281) 946-8967

 

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CSL TORRENT, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

CSL Energy Opportunity GP I, LLC,

 

 

its required member & authorized signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Name:

Charles S. Leykum

 

 

Title:

Managing Member

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

1000 Louisiana Street

 

 

 

Suite 3850

 

 

 

Houston, Texas 77002

 

 

 

Attn: Charles S. Leykum

 

 

 

Email: charlie@cslenergy.com

 

 

 

Facsimile: (281) 946-8967

 

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BAYOU WELL HOLDINGS COMPANY, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brett T. Agee

 

Name:

Brett T. Agee

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Address:

 

 

800 Gessner Rd., Suite 1000

 

 

Houston, Texas 77024

 

 

Attn: Brett T. Agee

 

 

Email: brett.agee@bayouwellserives.com

 

 

Facsimile: 713-463-1501

 

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Exhibit A

 

A&R Certificate of Incorporation of PubCo

 

See attached.

 



 

Exhibit B

 

A&R Bylaws of PubCo

 

See attached.

 



 

Exhibit C

 

Form of Certificate of Merger

 

See attached.

 



 

Exhibit D

 

Form of A&R RNGR LLC Agreement

 

See attached.

 



 

Exhibit E

 

Form of Tax Receivable Agreement

 

See attached.

 



 

Exhibit F

 

Form of PubCo Registration Rights Agreement

 

See attached.

 



 

Exhibit G

 

Form of Stockholders Agreement

 

See attached.

 


Exhibit 10.1

 

Ranger Energy Services, Inc.

 

2017 Long Term Incentive Plan

 

1.                                       Purpose .  The purpose of the Ranger Energy Services, Inc. 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) is to provide a means through which (a) Ranger Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and its Affiliates may attract, retain and motivate qualified persons as employees, directors and consultants, thereby enhancing the profitable growth of the Company and its Affiliates and (b) persons upon whom the responsibilities of the successful administration and management of the Company and its Affiliates rest, and whose present and potential contributions to the Company and its Affiliates are of importance, can acquire and maintain stock ownership or awards the value of which is tied to the performance of the Company, thereby strengthening their concern for the Company and its Affiliates. Accordingly, the Plan provides for the grant of Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Awards, Dividend Equivalents, Other Stock-Based Awards, Cash Awards, Substitute Awards, Performance Awards, or any combination of the foregoing, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

2.                                       Definitions .  For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

 

(a)                                  Affiliate ” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust or other organization that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any entity or organization, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote more than 50% of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the controlled entity or organization or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the controlled entity or organization, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

 

(b)                                  ASC Topic 718 ” means the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation , as amended or any successor accounting standard.

 

(c)                                   Award ” means any Option, SAR, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Award, Dividend Equivalent, Other Stock-Based Award, Cash Award, Substitute Award or Performance Award, together with any other right or interest, granted under the Plan.

 

(d)                                  Award Agreement ” means any written instrument (including any employment, severance or change in control agreement) that sets forth the terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations applicable to an Award, in addition to those set forth under the Plan.

 

(e)                                   Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 



 

(f)                                    Cash Award ” means an Award denominated in cash granted under Section 6(i) .

 

(g)                                   Change in Control ” means, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the occurrence of any of the following events after the Effective Date:

 

(i)                                      any Person or any group of Persons acting together which would constitute a “group” for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding a corporation or other entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company) is or becomes the “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities; or

 

(ii)                                   there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation or other entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, the voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent or are not converted into more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof; or

 

(iii)                                the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than such sale or other disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, except with respect to clause (ii) above, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the shares of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns, either directly or through a subsidiary, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

 

(h)                                  Change in Control Price ” means the amount determined in the following clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v), whichever the Committee determines is applicable, as follows:  (i) the price per share offered to holders of Stock in any merger or consolidation, (ii) the per share Fair Market Value of the Stock immediately before the Change in Control or other event without regard to assets sold in the Change in Control or other event and assuming the Company has received the consideration paid for the assets in the case of a sale of the assets, (iii) the amount distributed per share of Stock in a dissolution transaction, (iv) the price per share offered to holders of Stock in any tender offer or exchange offer whereby a Change in Control or other

 

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event takes place, or (v) if such Change in Control or other event occurs other than pursuant to a transaction described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of this Section 2(h) , the value per share of the Stock that may otherwise be obtained with respect to such Awards or to which such Awards track, as determined by the Committee as of the date determined by the Committee to be the date of cancellation and surrender of such Awards.  In the event that the consideration offered to stockholders of the Company in any transaction described in this Section 2(h)  or in Section 8(e)  consists of anything other than cash, the Committee shall determine the fair cash equivalent of the portion of the consideration offered which is other than cash and such determination shall be binding on all affected Participants to the extent applicable to Awards held by such Participants.

 

(i)                                      Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, including the guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance and regulations thereto.

 

(j)                                     Committee ” means a committee of two or more directors designated by the Board to administer the Plan; provided, however, that, unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Committee shall consist solely of two or more Qualified Members.

 

(k)                                  Covered Employee ” means an Eligible Person who is (i) a “covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) or (ii) designated by the Committee, at the time of grant of a Performance Award or at any subsequent time, as reasonably expected to be a “covered employee” with respect to the taxable year of the Company in which any applicable Award will be paid.

 

(l)                                      Dividend Equivalent ” means a right, granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(g) , to receive cash, Stock, other Awards or other property equal in value to dividends paid with respect to a specified number of shares of Stock, or other periodic payments.

 

(m)                              Effective Date ” means August 10, 2017.

 

(n)                                  Eligible Person ” means any individual who, as of the date of grant of an Award, is an officer or employee of the Company or of any of its Affiliates, and any other person who provides services to the Company or any of its Affiliates, including directors of the Company; provided , however , that, any such individual must be an “employee” of the Company or any of its parents or subsidiaries within the meaning of General Instruction A.1(a) to Form S-8 if such individual is granted an Award that may be settled in Stock.  An employee on leave of absence may be an Eligible Person.

 

(o)                                  Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, including the guidance, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance, rules and regulations thereto.

 

(p)                                  Fair Market Value ” of a share of Stock means, as of any specified date, (i) if the Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the closing sales price of the Stock, as reported on the stock exchange composite tape on that date (or if no sales occur on such date, on the last preceding date on which such sales of the Stock are so reported); (ii) if the Stock is not traded on a national securities exchange but is traded over the counter on such date, the average between the reported high and low bid and asked prices of Stock on the most recent date on

 

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which Stock was publicly traded  on or preceding the specified date; or (iii) in the event Stock is not publicly traded at the time a determination of its value is required to be made under the Plan, the amount determined by the Committee in its discretion in such manner as it deems appropriate, taking into account all factors the Committee deems appropriate, including the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules.  Notwithstanding this definition of Fair Market Value, with respect to one or more Award types, or for any other purpose for which the Committee must determine the Fair Market Value under the Plan, the Committee may elect to choose a different measurement date or methodology for determining Fair Market Value so long as the determination is consistent with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules and all other applicable laws and regulations.

 

(q)                                  ISO ” means an Option intended to be and designated as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

 

(r)                                     Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules ” means the limitations or requirements of Section 409A of the Code, as amended from time to time, including the guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance and regulations thereto.

 

(s)                                    Nonstatutory Option ” means an Option that is not an ISO.

 

(t)                                     Option ” means a right, granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(b) , to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time periods, which may either be an ISO or a Nonstatutory Option.

 

(u)                                  Other Stock-Based Award ” means an Award granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(h) .

 

(v)                                  Participant ” means a person who has been granted an Award under the Plan that remains outstanding, including a person who is no longer an Eligible Person.

 

(w)                                Performance Award ” means an award granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(k) , the grant, vesting, exercisability and/or settlement of which (and/or the timing or amount thereof) is subject to the achievement of one or more performance goals specified by the Committee.

 

(x)                                  Person ” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity.

 

(y)                                  Qualified Member ” means a member of the Board who is (i) a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(b)(3), (ii) following expiration of the Transition Period (as defined below), an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m), and (iii) “independent” under the listing standards or rules of the securities exchange upon which the Stock is traded, but only to the extent such independence is required in order to take the action at issue pursuant to such standards or rules.

 

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(z)                                   Restricted Stock ” means Stock granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(d)  that is subject to certain restrictions and to a risk of forfeiture.

 

(aa)                           Restricted Stock Unit ” means a right, granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(e) , to receive Stock, cash or a combination thereof at the end of a specified period (which may or may not be coterminous with the vesting schedule of the Award).

 

(bb)                           Rule 16b-3 ” means Rule 16b-3, promulgated by the SEC under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

(cc)                             SAR ” means a stock appreciation right granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(c) .

 

(dd)                           SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(ee)                             Section 162(m) ” means Section 162(m) of the Code and Treasury Regulation § 1.162-27, as amended from time to time, and any other guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance and regulations thereto.

 

(ff)                               Section 162(m) Award ” means a Performance Award granted under Section 6(k)(i)  to a Covered Employee that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m).

 

(gg)                             Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, including the guidance, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance, rules and regulations thereto.

 

(hh)                           Stock ” means the Company’s Class A common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and such other securities as may be substituted (or re-substituted) for Stock pursuant to Section 8 .

 

(ii)                                   Stock Award ” means unrestricted shares of Stock granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(f) .

 

(jj)                                 Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, any other Person as to which such Person, owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls more than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests or the sole general partner interest or managing member or similar interest of such Person.

 

(kk)                           Substitute Award ” means an Award granted under Section 6(j) .

 

3.                                       Administration .

 

(a)                                  Authority of the Committee .  The Plan shall be administered by the Committee except to the extent the Board elects to administer the Plan, in which case references herein to the “Committee” shall be deemed to include references to the “Board.”  Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, Rule 16b-3 and other applicable laws, the Committee shall have the authority, in its sole and absolute discretion, to:

 

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(i) designate Eligible Persons as Participants;

 

(ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to an Eligible Person;

 

(iii) determine the number of shares of Stock or amount of cash to be covered by Awards;

 

(iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award, including whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be vested, settled, exercised, cancelled or forfeited (including conditions based on continued employment or service requirements or the achievement of one or more performance goals);

 

(v) modify, waive or adjust any term or condition of an Award that has been granted, which may include the acceleration of vesting, waiver of forfeiture restrictions, modification of the form of settlement of the Award (for example, from cash to Stock or vice versa), early termination of a performance period, or modification of any other condition or limitation regarding an Award;

 

(vi) determine the treatment of an Award upon a termination of employment or other service relationship;

 

(vii) impose a holding period with respect to an Award or the shares of Stock received in connection with an Award;

 

(viii) interpret and administer the Plan and any Award Agreement;

 

(ix) correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, in any Award, or in any Award Agreement; and

 

(x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.

 

The express grant of any specific power to the Committee, and the taking of any action by the Committee, shall not be construed as limiting any power or authority of the Committee.  Any action of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, its Affiliates, stockholders, Participants, beneficiaries, and permitted transferees under Section 7(a)  or other persons claiming rights from or through a Participant.

 

(b)                                  Exercise of Committee Authority .  At any time that a member of the Committee is not a Qualified Member, any action of the Committee relating to (i) an Award granted or to be granted to an Eligible Person who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company where such action is not taken by the full Board, or (ii) a Section 162(m) Award, may be taken either (A) by a subcommittee, designated by the Committee, composed solely of two or more Qualified Members, or (B) by the Committee but with each such member who is not a Qualified Member abstaining or recusing himself or herself from such action; provided , however , that upon such abstention or recusal, the Committee remains composed solely of two or more Qualified Members.  Such action, authorized by such a subcommittee or by the Committee upon the abstention or recusal of such non-Qualified Member(s), shall be the action of the Committee for purposes of the Plan.  For the avoidance of

 

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doubt, the full Board may take any action relating to an Award granted or to be granted to an Eligible Person who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company, so long as such Award is not a Section 162(m) Award.

 

(c)                                   Delegation of Authority .  The Committee may delegate any or all of its powers and duties under the Plan to a subcommittee of directors or to any officer of the Company, including the power to perform administrative functions and grant Awards; provided , however , that such delegation does not (i) violate state or corporate law, (ii) result in the loss of an exemption under Rule 16b-3(d)(1) for Awards granted to Participants subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company, or (iii) cause Section 162(m) Awards to fail to so qualify.  Upon any such delegation, all references in the Plan to the “Committee,” other than in Section 8 , shall be deemed to include any subcommittee or officer of the Company to whom such powers have been delegated by the Committee.  Any such delegation shall not limit the right of such subcommittee members or such an officer to receive Awards; provided , however , that such subcommittee members and any such officer may not grant Awards to himself or herself, a member of the Board, or any executive officer of the Company or an Affiliate, or take any action with respect to any Award previously granted to himself or herself, a member of the Board, or any executive officer of the Company or an Affiliate. The Committee may also appoint agents who are not executive officers of the Company or members of the Board to assist in administering the Plan, provided , however , that such individuals may not be delegated the authority to (A) grant or modify any Awards that will, or may, be settled in Stock or (B) take any action that would cause Section 162(m) Awards to fail to so qualify, if applicable.

 

(d)                                  Limitation of Liability .  The Committee and each member thereof shall be entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to him or her by any officer or employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates, the Company’s legal counsel, independent auditors, consultants or any other agents assisting in the administration of the Plan.  Members of the Committee and any officer or employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates acting at the direction or on behalf of the Committee shall not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be indemnified and held harmless by the Company with respect to any such action or determination.

 

(e)                                   Participants in Non-U.S. Jurisdictions . Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, to comply with applicable laws in countries other than the United States in which the Company or any of its Affiliates operates or has employees, directors or other service providers from time to time, or to ensure that the Company complies with any applicable requirements of foreign securities exchanges, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to: (i) determine which of the Company’s Affiliates shall be covered by the Plan; (ii) determine which Eligible Persons outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (iii) modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to Eligible Persons outside the United States to comply with applicable foreign laws or listing requirements of any foreign exchange; (iv) establish sub-plans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable (any such sub-plans and/or modifications shall be attached to the Plan as appendices), provided , however , that no such sub-plans and/or modifications shall increase the share limitations contained in Section 4(a) ; and (v) take any action, before or after an Award is granted, that it deems advisable to comply with any

 

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applicable governmental regulatory exemptions or approval or listing requirements of any such foreign securities exchange.  For purposes of the Plan, all references to foreign laws, rules, regulations or taxes shall be references to the laws, rules, regulations and taxes of any applicable jurisdiction other than the United States or a political subdivision thereof.

 

4.                                       Stock Subject to Plan .

 

(a)                                  Number of Shares Available for Delivery .  Subject to adjustment in a manner consistent with Section 8 , 1,250,000 shares of Stock are reserved and available for delivery with respect to Awards, and such total shall be available for the issuance of shares upon the exercise of ISOs.

 

(b)                                  Application of Limitation to Grants of Awards .  Subject to Section 4(c) , no Award may be granted if the number of shares of Stock that may be delivered in connection with such Award exceeds the number of shares of Stock remaining available under the Plan minus the number of shares of Stock issuable in settlement of or relating to then-outstanding Awards.  The Committee may adopt reasonable counting procedures to ensure appropriate counting, avoid double counting (as, for example, in the case of tandem or Substitute Awards) and make adjustments if the number of shares of Stock actually delivered differs from the number of shares previously counted in connection with an Award.

 

(c)                                   Availability of Shares Not Delivered under Awards .  If all or any portion of an Award expires or is cancelled, forfeited, exchanged, settled in cash or otherwise terminated, the shares of Stock subject to such Award (including (i) shares forfeited with respect to Restricted Stock, and (ii) the number of shares withheld or surrendered to the Company in payment of any exercise or purchase price of an Award or taxes relating to Awards) shall not be considered “delivered shares” under the Plan, shall be available for delivery with respect to Awards, and shall no longer be considered issuable or related to outstanding Awards for purposes of Section 4(b) , except that if any such shares could not again be available for Awards granted to a particular Participant under any applicable law or regulation, such shares shall be available exclusively for Awards to Participants who are not subject to such limitation. If an Award may be settled only in cash, such Award need not be counted against any share limit under this Section 4 , but will remain subject to the limitations in Section 5 to the extent required to preserve the status of any Award intended to be a Section 162(m) Award.

 

(d)                                  Stock Offered .  The shares of Stock to be delivered under the Plan shall be made available from (i) authorized but unissued shares of Stock, (ii) Stock held in the treasury of the Company, or (iii) previously issued shares of Stock reacquired by the Company, including shares purchased on the open market.

 

5.                                       Eligibility; Per Person Award Limitations .

 

(a)                                  Awards may be granted under the Plan only to Eligible Persons.

 

(b)                                  Beginning with the calendar year in which the Transition Period expires and for each calendar year thereafter, a Covered Employee may not be granted Awards intended to be Section 162(m) Awards (i) to the extent such Award is based on a number of shares of Stock (including Awards that may be settled in either cash or shares of Stock) relating to more

 

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than 1,000,000 shares of Stock, subject to adjustment in a manner consistent with any adjustment made pursuant to Section 8 , and (ii) to the extent such Award is designated to be paid only in cash and is not based on a number of shares of Stock, having a maximum value determined on the date of grant in excess of $5,000,000, in each case multiplied by the number of full or partial fiscal or calendar years, as applicable, in any performance period established with respect to an Award, if applicable, up to a maximum of five fiscal or calendar years.  If an Award is cancelled, then the cancelled Award shall continue to be counted toward the applicable limitation in this paragraph to the extent required by Section 162(m).

 

(c)                                   In each calendar year during any part of which the Plan is in effect, a non-employee member of the Board may not be granted Awards (i) relating to more than 100,000 shares of Stock, subject to adjustment in a manner consistent with any adjustment made pursuant to Section 8 , or (ii) if greater, Awards having a value (determined, if applicable, pursuant to ASC Topic 718) on the date of grant in excess of $500,000, in each case multiplied by the number of full or partial calendar years in any performance period established with respect to an Award, if applicable; provided, that, for the calendar year in which a non-employee member of the Board first commences service on the Board only, the foregoing limitations shall be doubled; provided, further that, the limits set forth in this Section 5(c)  shall be without regard to grants of Awards, if any, made to a non-employee member of the Board during any period in which such individual was an employee of the Company or of any of its Affiliates or was otherwise providing services to the Company or to any of its Affiliates other than in the capacity as a director of the Company.

 

6.                                       Specific Terms of Awards .

 

(a)                                  General .  Awards may be granted on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 6 .  Awards granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone, in addition to, or in tandem with any other Award.  In addition, the Committee may impose on any Award or the exercise thereof, at the date of grant or thereafter (subject to Section 10 ), such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine.

 

(b)                                  Options .  The Committee is authorized to grant Options, which may be designated as either ISOs or Nonstatutory Options, to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:

 

(i)                                      Exercise Price .  Each Award Agreement evidencing an Option shall state the exercise price per share of Stock (the “ Exercise Price ”) established by the Committee; provided , however , that except as provided in Section 6(j)  or in Section 8 , the Exercise Price of an Option shall not be less than the greater of (A) the par value per share of the Stock or (B) 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Stock as of the date of grant of the Option (or in the case of an ISO granted to an individual who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or its parent or any of its subsidiaries, 110% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Stock on the date of grant).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Exercise Price of a Nonstatutory Option may be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of Stock as of the date of grant of the Option if the Option (1) does not provide for a deferral of compensation by reason of satisfying the short-term deferral exception set forth in the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules or (2) provides for

 

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a deferral of compensation and is compliant with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules.

 

(ii)                                   Time and Method of Exercise; Other Terms .  The Committee shall determine the methods by which the Exercise Price may be paid or deemed to be paid, the form of such payment, including cash or cash equivalents, Stock (including previously owned shares or through a cashless exercise, i.e., “net settlement”, a broker-assisted exercise, or other reduction of the amount of shares otherwise issuable pursuant to the Option), other Awards or awards granted under other plans of the Company or any Affiliate, other property, or any other legal consideration the Committee deems appropriate (including notes or other contractual obligations of Participants to make payment on a deferred basis), the methods by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants, including the delivery of Restricted Stock subject to Section 6(d) , and any other terms and conditions of any Option.  In the case of an exercise whereby the Exercise Price is paid with Stock, such Stock shall be valued based on the Stock’s Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise.  No Option may be exercisable for a period of more than ten years following the date of grant of the Option (or in the case of an ISO granted to an individual who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or its parent or any of its subsidiaries, for a period of more than five years following the date of grant of the ISO).

 

(iii)                                ISOs .  The terms of any ISO granted under the Plan shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code.  ISOs may only be granted to Eligible Persons who are employees of the Company or employees of a parent or any subsidiary corporation of the Company.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 8 , no term of the Plan relating to ISOs (including any SAR in tandem therewith) shall be interpreted, amended or altered, nor shall any discretion or authority granted under the Plan be exercised, so as to disqualify either the Plan or any ISO under Section 422 of the Code, unless the Participant has first requested the change that will result in such disqualification.  ISOs shall not be granted more than ten years after the earlier of the adoption of the Plan or the approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of shares of Stock subject to an ISO and the aggregate Fair Market Value of shares of stock of any parent or subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Sections 424(e) and (f) of the Code) subject to any other incentive stock options of the Company or a parent or subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Sections 424(e) and (f) of the Code) that are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds $100,000, or such other amount as may be prescribed under Section 422 of the Code, such excess shall be treated as Nonstatutory Options in accordance with the Code.  As used in the previous sentence, Fair Market Value shall be determined as of the date the ISO is granted.  If a Participant shall make any disposition of shares of Stock issued pursuant to an ISO under the circumstances described in Section 421(b) of the Code (relating to disqualifying dispositions), the Participant shall notify the Company of such disposition within the time provided to do so in the applicable award agreement.

 

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(i)                                      Right to Payment .  An SAR is a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of exercise over (B) the grant price of the SAR as determined by the Committee.

 

(ii)                                   Grant Price . Each Award Agreement evidencing an SAR shall state the grant price per share of Stock established by the Committee; provided , however , that except as provided in Section 6(j)  or in Section 8 , the grant price per share of Stock subject to an SAR shall not be less than the greater of (A) the par value per share of the Stock or (B) 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Stock as of the date of grant of the SAR.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the grant price of an SAR may be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of Stock subject to an SAR as of the date of grant of the SAR if the SAR (1) does not provide for a deferral of compensation by reason of satisfying the short-term deferral exception set forth in the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules or (2) provides for a deferral of compensation and is compliant with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules.

 

(iii)                                Method of Exercise and Settlement; Other Terms . The Committee shall determine the form of consideration payable upon settlement, the method by or forms in which Stock (if any) will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants, and any other terms and conditions of any SAR.  SARs may be either free-standing or granted in tandem with other Awards.  No SAR may be exercisable for a period of more than ten years following the date of grant of the SAR.

 

(iv)                               Rights Related to Options .  An SAR granted in connection with an Option shall entitle a Participant, upon exercise, to surrender that Option or any portion thereof, to the extent unexercised, and to receive payment of an amount determined by multiplying (A) the difference obtained by subtracting the Exercise Price with respect to a share of Stock specified in the related Option from the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR, by (B) the number of shares as to which that SAR has been exercised.  The Option shall then cease to be exercisable to the extent surrendered.  SARs granted in connection with an Option shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Award Agreement governing the Option, which shall provide that the SAR is exercisable only at such time or times and only to the extent that the related Option is exercisable and shall not be transferable except to the extent that the related Option is transferrable.

 

(d)                                  Restricted Stock .  The Committee is authorized to grant Restricted Stock to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:

 

(i)                                      Restrictions .  Restricted Stock shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability, risk of forfeiture and other restrictions, if any, as the Committee may impose.  Except as provided in Section 7(a)(iii)  and Section 7(a)(iv) , during the restricted period applicable to the Restricted Stock, the Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, hedged, hypothecated, margined or otherwise encumbered by the Participant.

 

(ii)                                   Dividends and Splits .  As a condition to the grant of an Award of Restricted Stock, the Committee may allow a Participant to elect, or may require, that any cash dividends paid on a share of Restricted Stock be automatically reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Stock, applied to the purchase of additional Awards or deferred without interest to the

 

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date of vesting of the associated Award of Restricted Stock.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and specified in the applicable Award Agreement, Stock distributed in connection with a Stock split or Stock dividend, and other property (other than cash) distributed as a dividend, shall be subject to restrictions and a risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Stock with respect to which such Stock or other property has been distributed.

 

(e)                                   Restricted Stock Units .  The Committee is authorized to grant Restricted Stock Units to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:

 

(i)                                      Award and Restrictions .  Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such restrictions (which may include a risk of forfeiture) as the Committee may impose.

 

(ii)                                   Settlement .  Settlement of vested Restricted Stock Units shall occur upon vesting or upon expiration of the deferral period specified for such Restricted Stock Units by the Committee (or, if permitted by the Committee, as elected by the Participant).  Restricted Stock Units shall be settled by delivery of (A) a number of shares of Stock equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units for which settlement is due, or (B) cash in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the specified number of shares of Stock equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units for which settlement is due, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee at the date of grant or thereafter.

 

(f)                                    Stock Awards .  The Committee is authorized to grant Stock Awards to Eligible Persons as a bonus, as additional compensation, or in lieu of cash compensation any such Eligible Person is otherwise entitled to receive, in such amounts and subject to such other terms as the Committee in its discretion determines to be appropriate.

 

(g)                                   Dividend Equivalents .  The Committee is authorized to grant Dividend Equivalents to Eligible Persons, entitling any such Eligible Person to receive cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property equal in value to dividends or other distributions paid with respect to a specified number of shares of Stock.  Dividend Equivalents may be awarded on a free-standing basis or in connection with another Award (other than an Award of Restricted Stock or a Stock Award).  The Committee may provide that Dividend Equivalents shall be paid or distributed when accrued or at a later specified date and, if distributed at a later date, may be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Stock, Awards, or other investment vehicles or accrued in a bookkeeping account without interest, and subject to such restrictions on transferability and risks of forfeiture, as the Committee may specify.  With respect to Dividend Equivalents granted in connection with another Award, absent a contrary provision in the Award Agreement, such Dividend Equivalents shall be subject to the same restrictions and risk of forfeiture as the Award with respect to which the dividends accrue and shall not be paid unless and until such Award has vested and been earned.

 

(h)                                  Other Stock-Based Awards .  The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Eligible Persons such other Awards that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, Stock, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan, including convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into Stock, purchase rights for Stock, Awards with value and payment contingent upon

 

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performance of the Company or any other factors designated by the Committee, and Awards valued by reference to the book value of Stock or the value of securities of, or the performance of, specified Affiliates of the Company.  The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Other Stock-Based Awards.  Stock delivered pursuant to an Other-Stock Based Award in the nature of a purchase right granted under this Section 6(h)  shall be purchased for such consideration, paid for at such times, by such methods, and in such forms, including cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, as the Committee shall determine.

 

(i)                                      Cash Awards .  The Committee is authorized to grant Cash Awards, on a free-standing basis or as an element of, a supplement to, or in lieu of any other Award under the Plan to Eligible Persons in such amounts and subject to such other terms as the Committee in its discretion determines to be appropriate.

 

(j)                                     Substitute Awards; No Repricing .  Awards may be granted in substitution or exchange for any other Award granted under the Plan or under another plan of the Company or an Affiliate or any other right of an Eligible Person to receive payment from the Company or an Affiliate.  Awards may also be granted under the Plan in substitution for awards held by individuals who become Eligible Persons as a result of a merger, consolidation or acquisition of another entity or the assets of another entity by or with the Company or an Affiliate.  Such Substitute Awards referred to in the immediately preceding sentence that are Options or SARs may have an exercise price that is less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of the substitution if such substitution complies with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules and other applicable laws and exchange rules.  Except as provided in this Section 6(j)  or in Section 8 , without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, the terms of outstanding Awards may not be amended to (i) reduce the Exercise Price or grant price of an outstanding Option or SAR, (ii) grant a new Option, SAR or other Award in substitution for, or upon the cancellation of, any previously granted Option or SAR that has the effect of reducing the Exercise Price or grant price thereof, (iii) exchange any Option or SAR for Stock, cash or other consideration when the Exercise Price or grant price per share of Stock under such Option or SAR exceeds the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock or (iv) take any other action that would be considered a “repricing” of an Option or SAR under the applicable listing standards of the national securities exchange on which the Stock is listed (if any).

 

(k)                                  Performance Awards . The Committee is authorized to designate any of the Awards granted under the foregoing provisions of this Section 6 as Performance Awards.  The Committee may use such business criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate in establishing any performance goals applicable to a Performance Award, and may exercise its discretion to reduce or increase the amounts payable under any Performance Award, except as limited under Section 6(k)(i) .  Performance goals may differ among Performance Awards granted to any one Participant or to different Participants.  The performance period applicable to any Performance Award shall be set by the Committee in its discretion but shall not exceed ten years.

 

(i)                                      Section 162(m) Awards .  If the Committee determines in its discretion that a Performance Award granted to a Covered Employee shall be designated as a Section 162(m) Award, the grant, exercise, vesting and/or settlement of such Performance Award shall be contingent upon achievement of a pre-established performance goal or goals and

 

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other terms set forth in this Section 6(k)(i) ; provided , however , that nothing in this Section 6(k)  or elsewhere in the Plan shall be interpreted as preventing the Committee from granting Performance Awards or other Awards to Covered Employees that are not intended to constitute Section 162(m) Awards or from determining that it is no longer necessary or appropriate for a Section 162(m) Award to qualify as such.

 

(A)                                Performance Goals Generally .  The performance goals for Section 162(m) Awards shall consist of one or more business criteria and a targeted level or levels of performance with respect to each of such criteria as specified by the Committee.  Performance goals shall be objective and shall otherwise meet the requirements of Section 162(m), including the requirement that the level or levels of performance targeted by the Committee must be “substantially uncertain” at the time the Committee actually establishes the performance goal or goals.

 

(B)                                Business Criteria for Performance Goals .  One or more of the following business criteria for the Company, on a consolidated basis, and/or for specified subsidiaries, business or geographical units or operating areas of the Company (except with respect to the total stockholder return and earnings per share criteria), shall be used by the Committee in establishing performance goals for Section 162(m) Awards: (1) revenues, sales or other income; (2) cash flow, discretionary cash flow, cash flows from operations, cash flows from investing activities, and/or cash flows from financing activities; (3) return on net assets, return on assets, return on investment, return on capital, return on capital employed or return on equity; (4) income, operating income or net income; (5) earnings or earnings margin determined before or after any one or more of depletion, depreciation and amortization expense; exploration and abandonments; impairment of oil and gas properties; impairment of inventory and other property and equipment; accretion of discount on asset retirement obligations; interest expense; net gain or loss on the disposition of assets; income or loss from discontinued operations, net of tax; noncash derivative related activity; amortization of stock-based compensation; income taxes; or other items; (6) equity; net worth; tangible net worth; book capitalization; debt; debt, net of cash and cash equivalents; capital budget or other balance sheet goals; (7) debt or equity financings or improvement of financial ratings; (8) general and administrative expenses; (9) net asset value; (10) Fair Market Value of the Stock, share price, share price appreciation, total stockholder return or payments of dividends; (11) achievement of savings from business improvement projects and achievement of capital projects deliverables; (12) working capital or working capital changes; (13) operating profit or net operating profit; (14) internal research or development programs; (15) geographic business expansion; (16) corporate development (including licenses, innovation, research or establishment of third party collaborations); (17) performance against environmental, ethics or sustainability targets; (18) safety performance and/or incident rate; (19) human resources management targets, including medical cost reductions, employee satisfaction or retention, workforce diversity and time to hire; (20) satisfactory internal or external audits; (21) consummation, implementation or completion of a Change in Control or other strategic partnerships, transactions, projects, processes or initiatives or other goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures (in whole or in part), joint ventures or strategic alliances; (22) regulatory approvals or other regulatory milestones; (23) legal compliance or risk reduction; (24) market share; (25) economic value added; or (26) cost reduction targets. Any of the above goals may be determined pre-tax or post-tax, on an absolute or relative basis, as compared to the performance of a published or special index deemed

 

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applicable by the Committee including the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index or a group of comparable companies, as a ratio with other business criteria, as a ratio over a period of time or on a per unit of measure (such as per day, or per barrel, a volume or thermal unit of gas or a barrel-of-oil equivalent), on a per-share basis (basic or diluted), and on a basis of continuing operations only. The terms above may, but shall not be required to be, used as applied under generally accepted accounting principles, as applicable.

 

(C)                                Effect of Certain Events . The Committee may, at the time the performance goals in respect of a Section 162(m) Award are established, provide for the manner in which actual performance and performance goals with regard to the business criteria selected will reflect the impact of specified events or occurrences during the relevant performance period, which may mean excluding the impact of one or more events or occurrences, as specified by the Committee, for such performance period so long such events are objectively determinable. The adjustments described in this paragraph shall only be made, in each case, to the extent that such adjustments in respect of a Section 162(m) Award would not cause the Section 162(m) Award to fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m).

 

(D)                                Timing for Establishing Performance Goals .  No later than 90 days after the beginning of any performance period applicable to a Section 162(m) Award, or at such other date as may be required or permitted for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m), the Committee shall establish (i) the Eligible Persons who will be granted Section 162(m) Awards, and (ii) the objective formula used to calculate the amount of cash or Stock payable, if any, under such Section 162(m) Awards, based upon the level of achievement of a performance goal or goals with respect to one or more of the business criteria selected by the Committee from the list set forth in Section 6(k)(i)(B)  and, if desired, the effect of any events set forth in Section 6(k)(i)(C) .

 

(E)                                 Performance Award Pool .  The Committee may establish an unfunded pool, with the amount of such pool calculated using an objective formula based upon the level of achievement of one or more performance goals with respect to business criteria selected from the list set forth in Section 6(k)(i)(B)  during the given performance period, as specified by the Committee in accordance with Section 6(k)(i)(D) .  The Committee may specify the amount of the pool as a percentage of any of such business criteria, a percentage in excess of a threshold amount with respect to such business criteria, or as another amount which need not bear a direct relationship to such business criteria but shall be objectively determinable and calculated based upon the level of achievement of pre-established goals with regard to the business criteria.  If a pool is established, the Committee shall also establish the maximum amount payable to each Covered Employee from the pool for each performance period.

 

(F)                                  Settlement or Payout of Awards; Other Terms .  Except as otherwise permitted under Section 162(m), after the end of each performance period and before any Section 162(m) Award is settled or paid, the Committee shall certify the level of performance achieved with regard to each business criteria established with respect to each Section 162(m) Award and shall determine the amount of cash or Stock, if any, payable to each Participant with respect to each Section 162(m) Award.  The Committee may, in its discretion,

 

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reduce the amount of a payment or settlement otherwise to be made in connection with a Section 162(m) Award, but may not exercise discretion to increase any such amount.

 

(G)                                Written Determinations .  With respect to each Section 162(m) Award, all determinations by the Committee as to (1) the establishment of performance goals and performance period with respect to the selected business criteria, (2) the establishment of the objective formula used to calculate the amount of cash or Stock payable, if any, based on the level of achievement of such performance goals, and (3) the certification of the level of performance achieved during the performance period with regard to each business criteria selected, shall each be made in writing.

 

(H)                               Options and SARs .  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(k)(i) , Options and SARs with an Exercise Price or grant price not less than the Fair Market Value on the date of grant awarded to Covered Employees are intended to be Section 162(m) Awards even if not otherwise contingent upon achievement of one or more pre-established performance goal or goals with respect to business criteria set forth in Section 6(k)(i)(B) .

 

(ii)                                   Status of Section 162(m) Awards .  The terms governing Section 162(m) Awards shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with Section 162(m), in particular the prerequisites for qualification as “performance-based compensation,” and, if any provision of the Plan as in effect on the date of adoption of any Award Agreement relating to a Section 162(m) Award does not comply or is inconsistent with the requirements of Section 162(m), such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6(k)(i)  or elsewhere in the Plan, the Company intends to rely on the transition relief set forth in Treasury Regulation § 1.162-27(f), which may be relied upon until the earliest to occur of (i) the material modification of the Plan within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.162-27(h)(1)(iii); (ii) the delivery of the total number of shares of Stock set forth in Section 4(a) ; or (iii) the first meeting of stockholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected that occurs after December 31, 2020 (the “ Transition Period ”), and during the Transition Period, Awards granted to Covered Employees under the Plan shall only be required to comply with the transition relief described in Treasury Regulation § 1.162-27(f).

 

7.                                       Certain Provisions Applicable to Awards .

 

(a)                                  Limit on Transfer of Awards .

 

(i)                                      Except as provided in Sections 7(a)(iii)  and (iv) , each Option and SAR shall be exercisable only by the Participant during the Participant’s lifetime, or by the person to whom the Participant’s rights shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7(a) , an ISO shall not be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

(ii)                                   Except as provided in Sections 7(a)(i) , (iii)  and (iv) , no Award, other than a Stock Award, and no right under any such Award, may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant and any such

 

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purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate.

 

(iii)                                To the extent specifically provided by the Committee, an Award may be transferred by a Participant without consideration to immediate family members or related family trusts, limited partnerships or similar entities or on such terms and conditions as the Committee may from time to time establish.

 

(iv)                               An Award may be transferred pursuant to a domestic relations order entered or approved by a court of competent jurisdiction upon delivery to the Company of a written request for such transfer and a certified copy of such order.

 

(b)                                  Form and Timing of Payment under Awards; Deferrals .  Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, payments to be made by the Company or any of its Affiliates upon the exercise or settlement of an Award may be made in such forms as the Committee shall determine in its discretion, including cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis (which may be required by the Committee or permitted at the election of the Participant on terms and conditions established by the Committee); provided , however , that any such deferred or installment payments will be set forth in the Award Agreement.  Payments may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installment or deferred payments or the grant or crediting of Dividend Equivalents or other amounts in respect of installment or deferred payments denominated in Stock.

 

(c)                                   Evidencing Stock . The Stock or other securities of the Company delivered pursuant to an Award may be evidenced in any manner deemed appropriate by the Committee in its sole discretion, including in the form of a certificate issued in the name of the Participant or by book entry, electronic or otherwise, and shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which such Stock or other securities are then listed, and any applicable federal, state or other laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be inscribed on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.  Further, if certificates representing Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, the Company may retain physical possession of the certificates and may require that the Participant deliver a stock power to the Company, endorsed in blank, related to the Restricted Stock.

 

(d)                                  Consideration for Grants . Awards may be granted for such consideration, including services, as the Committee shall determine, but shall not be granted for less than the minimum lawful consideration.

 

(e)                                   Additional Agreements .  Each Eligible Person to whom an Award is granted under the Plan may be required to agree in writing, as a condition to the grant of such Award or otherwise, to subject an Award that is exercised or settled following such Eligible Person’s termination of employment or service to a general release of claims and/or a noncompetition or other restricted covenant agreement in favor of the Company and its

 

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Affiliates, with the terms and conditions of such agreement(s) to be determined in good faith by the Committee.

 

8.                                       Subdivision or Consolidation; Recapitalization; Change in Control; Reorganization .

 

(a)                                  Existence of Plans and Awards .  The existence of the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company, the Board or the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of debt or equity securities ahead of or affecting Stock or the rights thereof, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or any part of its assets or business or any other corporate act or proceeding.

 

(b)                                  Additional Issuances .  Except as expressly provided herein, the issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, including upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, and in any case whether or not for fair value, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of shares of Stock subject to Awards theretofore granted or the purchase price per share of Stock, if applicable.

 

(c)                                   Subdivision or Consolidation of Shares .  The terms of an Award and the share limitations under the Plan shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee from time to time, in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(i)                                      If at any time, or from time to time, the Company shall subdivide as a whole (by reclassification, by a Stock split, by the issuance of a distribution on Stock payable in Stock, or otherwise) the number of shares of Stock then outstanding into a greater number of shares of Stock or in the event the Company distributes an extraordinary cash dividend, then, as appropriate (A) the maximum number of shares of Stock available for delivery with respect to Awards and applicable limitations with respect to Awards provided in Section 4 and Section 5 (other than cash limits) shall be increased proportionately, and the kind of shares or other securities available for the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted, (B) the number of shares of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) that may be acquired under any then outstanding Award shall be increased proportionately, and (C) the price (including the Exercise Price or grant price) for each share of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) subject to then outstanding Awards shall be reduced proportionately, without changing the aggregate purchase price or value as to which outstanding Awards remain exercisable or subject to restrictions; provided, however, that in the case of an extraordinary cash dividend that is not an Adjustment Event, the adjustment to the number of shares of Stock and the Exercise Price or grant price, as applicable, with respect to an outstanding Option or SAR may be made in such other manner as the Committee may determine that is permitted pursuant to applicable tax and other laws, rules and regulations.

 

(ii)                                   If at any time, or from time to time, the Company shall consolidate as a whole (by reclassification, by reverse Stock split, or otherwise) the number of shares of Stock then outstanding into a lesser number of shares of Stock, then, as appropriate (A) the

 

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maximum number of shares of Stock available for delivery with respect to Awards and applicable limitations with respect to Awards provided in Section 4 and Section 5 (other than cash limits) shall be decreased proportionately, and the kind of shares or other securities available for the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted, (B) the number of shares of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) that may be acquired under any then outstanding Award shall be decreased proportionately, and (C) the price (including the Exercise Price or grant price) for each share of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) subject to then outstanding Awards shall be increased proportionately, without changing the aggregate purchase price or value as to which outstanding Awards remain exercisable or subject to restrictions.

 

(d)                                  Recapitalization .  In the event of any change in the capital structure or business of the Company or other corporate transaction or event that would be considered an “equity restructuring” within the meaning of ASC Topic 718 and, in each case, that would result in an additional compensation expense to the Company pursuant to the provisions of ASC Topic 718, if adjustments to Awards with respect to such event were discretionary or otherwise not required (each such an event, an “ Adjustment Event ”), then the Committee shall equitably adjust (i) the aggregate number or kind of shares that thereafter may be delivered under the Plan, (ii) the number or kind of shares or other property (including cash) subject to an Award, (iii) the terms and conditions of Awards, including the purchase price or Exercise Price of Awards and performance goals, as applicable, and (iv) the applicable limitations with respect to Awards provided in Section 4 and Section 5 (other than cash limits) to equitably reflect such Adjustment Event (“ Equitable Adjustments ”).  In the event of any change in the capital structure or business of the Company or other corporate transaction or event that would not be considered an Adjustment Event, and is not otherwise addressed in this Section 8 , the Committee shall have complete discretion to make Equitable Adjustments (if any) in such manner as it deems appropriate with respect to such other event.

 

(e)                                   Change in Control and Other Events .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in any applicable Award Agreement, vesting of any Award shall not occur solely upon the occurrence of a Change in Control and, in the event of a Change in Control or other changes in the Company or the outstanding Stock by reason of a recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange or other relevant change occurring after the date of the grant of any Award, the Committee, acting in its sole discretion without the consent or approval of any holder, may exercise any power enumerated in Section 3 (including the power to accelerate vesting, waive any forfeiture conditions or otherwise modify or adjust any other condition or limitation regarding an Award) and may also effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual holder:

 

(i) accelerate the time of exercisability of an Award so that such Award may be exercised in full or in part for a limited period of time on or before a date specified by the Committee, after which specified date all unexercised Awards and all rights of holders thereunder shall terminate;

 

(ii) redeem in whole or in part outstanding Awards by requiring the mandatory surrender to the Company by selected holders of some or all of the outstanding Awards held by such holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then vested or exercisable) as of a

 

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date, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Awards and pay to each holder an amount of cash or other consideration per Award (other than a Dividend Equivalent or Cash Award, which the Committee may separately require to be surrendered in exchange for cash or other consideration determined by the Committee in its discretion) equal to the Change in Control Price, less the Exercise Price with respect to an Option and less the grant price with respect to a SAR, as applicable to such Awards; provided , however , that to the extent the Exercise Price of an Option or the grant price of an SAR exceeds the Change in Control Price, such Award may be cancelled for no consideration;

 

(iii) cancel Awards that remain subject to a restricted period as of the date of a Change in Control or other such event without payment of any consideration to the Participant for such Awards; or

 

(iv) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control or other such event (including the substitution, assumption, or continuation of Awards by the successor company or a parent or subsidiary thereof);

 

provided , however , that so long as the event is not an Adjustment Event, the Committee may determine in its sole discretion that no adjustment is necessary to Awards then outstanding.  If an Adjustment Event occurs, this Section 8(e)  shall only apply to the extent it is not in conflict with Section 8(d) .

 

9.                                       General Provisions .

 

(a)                                  Tax Withholding .  The Company and any of its Affiliates are authorized to withhold from any Award granted, or any payment relating to an Award, including from a distribution of Stock, taxes due or potentially payable in connection with any transaction involving an Award, and to take such other action as the Committee may deem advisable to enable the Company, its Affiliates and Participants to satisfy the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to any Award in such amounts as may be determined by the Committee.  The Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, the form of payment acceptable for such tax withholding obligations, including the delivery of cash or cash equivalents, Stock (including previously owned shares, net settlement, a broker-assisted sale, or other cashless withholding or reduction of the amount of shares otherwise issuable or delivered pursuant to the Award), other property, or any other legal consideration the Committee deems appropriate.  Any determination made by the Committee to allow a Participant who is subject to Rule 16b-3 to pay taxes with shares of Stock through net settlement or previously owned shares shall be approved by either a committee made up of solely two or more Qualified Members or the full Board.  If such tax withholding amounts are satisfied through net settlement or previously owned shares, the maximum number of shares of Stock that may be so withheld or surrendered shall be the number of shares of Stock that have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of withholding or surrender equal to the aggregate amount of such tax liabilities determined based on the greatest withholding rates for federal, state, foreign and/or local tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that may be utilized without creating adverse accounting treatment for the Company with respect to such Award, as determined by the Committee.

 

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(b)                                  Limitation on Rights Conferred under Plan .  Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as (i) giving any Eligible Person or Participant the right to continue as an Eligible Person or Participant or in the employ or service of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (ii) interfering in any way with the right of the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate any Eligible Person’s or Participant’s employment or service relationship at any time, (iii) giving an Eligible Person or Participant any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan or to be treated uniformly with other Participants and/or employees and/or other service providers, or (iv) conferring on a Participant any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company unless and until the Participant is duly issued or transferred shares of Stock in accordance with the terms of an Award.

 

(c)                                   Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction .  All questions arising with respect to the provisions of the Plan and Awards shall be determined by application of the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any conflict of law provisions thereof, except to the extent Delaware law is preempted by federal law.  The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Stock hereunder is subject to applicable federal and state laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Stock.  With respect to any claim or dispute related to or arising under the Plan, the Company and each Participant who accepts an Award hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction, forum and venue of the state and federal courts located in Houston, Texas.

 

(d)                                  Severability and Reformation .  If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable law or, if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect. If any of the terms or provisions of the Plan or any Award Agreement conflict with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 (as those terms or provisions are applied to Eligible Persons who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act), Section 162(m) (with respect to any Section 162(m) Award) or Section 422 of the Code (with respect to ISOs), then those conflicting terms or provisions shall be deemed inoperative to the extent they so conflict with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m) (unless the Board or the Committee, as appropriate, has expressly determined that the Plan or such Award should not comply with Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m)) or Section 422 of the Code, in each case, only to the extent Rule 16b-3 and such sections of the Code are applicable.  With respect to ISOs, if the Plan does not contain any provision required to be included herein under Section 422 of the Code, that provision shall be deemed to be incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if that provision had been set out at length herein; provided , further, that, to the extent any Option that is intended to qualify as an ISO cannot so qualify, that Option (to that extent) shall be deemed a Nonstatutory Option for all purposes of the Plan.

 

(e)                                   Unfunded Status of Awards; No Trust or Fund Created .  The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for certain incentive awards. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate and a Participant or any other person.  To the

 

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extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company or any Affiliate pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any general unsecured creditor of the Company or such Affiliate.

 

(f)                                    Nonexclusivity of the Plan .  Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor its submission to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board or a committee thereof to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including incentive arrangements and awards which do not constitute “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m).  Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed to prevent the Company or any of its Affiliates from taking any corporate action which is deemed by the Company or such Affiliate to be appropriate or in its best interest, whether or not such action would have an adverse effect on the Plan or any Award made under the Plan. No employee, beneficiary or other person shall have any claim against the Company or any of its Affiliates as a result of any such action.

 

(g)                                   Fractional Shares .  No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion whether cash, other securities, or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional shares of Stock or whether such fractional shares of Stock or any rights thereto shall be cancelled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated with or without consideration.

 

(h)                                  Interpretation .  Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference.  Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof. Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, and, where appropriate, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of an Award Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. The use herein of the word “including” following any general statement, term or matter shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation”, “but not limited to”, or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter.  References herein to any agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof and not prohibited by the Plan.

 

(i)                                      Facility of Payment .  Any amounts payable hereunder to any individual under legal disability or who, in the judgment of the Committee, is unable to manage properly his financial affairs, may be paid to the legal representative of such individual, or may be applied for the benefit of such individual in any manner that the Committee may select, and the Company shall be relieved of any further liability for payment of such amounts.

 

(j)                                     Conditions to Delivery of Stock .  Nothing herein or in any Award Agreement shall require the Company to issue any shares with respect to any Award if that issuance would, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, constitute a violation of the

 

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Securities Act, any other applicable statute or regulation, or the rules of any applicable securities exchange or securities association, as then in effect.  In addition, each Participant who receives an Award under the Plan shall not sell or otherwise dispose of Stock that is acquired upon grant, exercise or vesting of an Award in any manner that would constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws, the Plan or the rules, regulations or other requirements of the SEC or any stock exchange upon which the Stock is then listed.  At the time of any exercise of an Option or SAR, or at the time of any grant of any other Award, the Company may, as a condition precedent to the exercise of such Option or SAR or settlement of any other Award, require from the Participant (or in the event of his or her death, his or her legal representatives, heirs, legatees, or distributees) such written representations, if any, concerning the holder’s intentions with regard to the retention or disposition of the shares of Stock being acquired pursuant to the Award and such written covenants and agreements, if any, as to the manner of disposal of such shares as, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, may be necessary to ensure that any disposition by that holder (or in the event of the holder’s death, his or her legal representatives, heirs, legatees, or distributees) will not involve a violation of the Securities Act, any other applicable state or federal statute or regulation, or any rule of any applicable securities exchange or securities association, as then in effect.  Stock or other securities shall not be delivered pursuant to any Award until payment in full of any amount required to be paid pursuant to the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement (including any Exercise Price, grant price, or tax withholding) is received by the Company.

 

(k)                                  Section 409A of the Code .  It is the general intention, but not the obligation, of the Committee to design Awards to comply with or to be exempt from the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules, and Awards will be operated and construed accordingly. Neither this Section 9(k)  nor any other provision of the Plan is or contains a representation to any Participant regarding the tax consequences of the grant, vesting, exercise, settlement, or sale of any Award (or the Stock underlying such Award) granted hereunder, and should not be interpreted as such.  In no event shall the Company be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest or other expenses that may be incurred by the Participant on account of non-compliance with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules.  Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, in the event that a “specified employee” (as defined under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules) becomes entitled to a payment under an Award that would be subject to additional taxes and interest under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules if the Participant’s receipt of such payment or benefits is not delayed until the earlier of (i) the date of the Participant’s death, or (ii) the date that is six months after the Participant’s “separation from service,” as defined under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules (such date, the “ Section 409A Payment Date ”), then such payment or benefit shall not be provided to the Participant until the Section 409A Payment Date.  Any amounts subject to the preceding sentence that would otherwise be payable prior to the Section 409A Payment Date will be aggregated and paid in a lump sum without interest on the Section 409A Payment Date.  The applicable provisions of the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules are hereby incorporated by reference and shall control over any Plan or Award Agreement provision in conflict therewith.

 

(l)                                      Clawback .  The Plan and all Awards granted hereunder are subject to any written clawback policies that the Company, with the approval of the Board or an authorized committee thereof, may adopt either prior to or following the Effective Date, including any

 

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policy adopted to conform to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and rules promulgated thereunder by the SEC and that the Company determines should apply to Awards.  Any such policy may subject a Participant’s Awards and amounts paid or realized with respect to Awards to reduction, cancelation, forfeiture or recoupment if certain specified events or wrongful conduct occur, including an accounting restatement due to the Company’s material noncompliance with financial reporting regulations or other events or wrongful conduct specified in any such clawback policy.

 

(m)                              Status under ERISA .  The Plan shall not constitute an “employee benefit plan” for purposes of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

(n)                                  Plan Effective Date and Term .  The Plan was adopted by the Board to be effective on the Effective Date. No Awards may be granted under the Plan on and after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date, which is August 10, 2027. However, any Award granted prior to such termination (or any earlier termination pursuant to Section 10 ), and the authority of the Board or Committee to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue, or terminate any such Award or to waive any conditions or rights under such Award in accordance with the terms of the Plan, shall extend beyond such termination until the final disposition of such Award.

 

10.                                Amendments to the Plan and Awards.  The Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate any Award or Award Agreement, the Plan or the Committee’s authority to grant Awards without the consent of stockholders or Participants, except that any amendment or alteration to the Plan, including any increase in any share limitation, shall be subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders not later than the annual meeting next following such Committee action if such stockholder approval is required by any federal or state law or regulation or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock may then be listed or quoted, and the Committee may otherwise, in its discretion, determine to submit other changes to the Plan to stockholders for approval; provided , that, without the consent of an affected Participant, no such Committee action may materially and adversely affect the rights of such Participant under any previously granted and outstanding Award.  For purposes of clarity, any adjustments made to Awards pursuant to Section 8 will be deemed not to materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant under any previously granted and outstanding Award and therefore may be made without the consent of affected Participants.

 

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