As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 13, 2018

Registration No. 333-         

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

36-4904146

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

1300 Corporate Center Way, Wellington, Florida

 

33414

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC. LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC. NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(Full titles of the plans)

 

Thomas P. McCaffrey

1300 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, Florida 33414

(561) 383-5100

(Name, address and telephone of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

 

Valerie Ford Jacob, Esq.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 277-4000

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

o

Accelerated filer

o

Non-accelerated filer

x

Smaller reporting company

o

 

 

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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. o

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Securities
to be Registered

 

Amount
to be
Registered(1)

 

Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
per Share(3)

 

Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(3)

 

Amount of
Registration Fee(4)

 

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to be issued pursuant to the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan

 

3,225,000

 

$27.19

 

$87,687,750

 

$10,917.12

 

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to be issued pursuant to the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

200,000(2)

 

$27.19

 

$5,438,000

 

$677.03

 

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to be issued pursuant to the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan

 

300,000

 

$27.19

 

$8,157,000

 

$1,015.55

 

Total

 

3,725,000

 

N/A

 

$101,282,750

 

$12,609.70

 

 

 

(1)

This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”) which become issuable under the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan, the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan (collectively, the “Plans”) being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(2)

Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

(3)

Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee. Estimated based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock, reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on September 11, 2018.

(4)

Determined in accordance with Section 6(b) of the Securities Act at a rate equal to $124.50 per $1,000,000 of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price calculated as described in note 3 above.

 

 

 



 

PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

Item 1.          Plan Information*

 

Item 2.          Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*

 


*                                          Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the “Note” to Part I of Form S-8.  The documents containing the information specified in this Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to the participants (“participants”) in (i) the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan, (ii) the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and (iii) the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan, respectively, covered by this Registration Statement, as specified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be and are not filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.          Incorporation of Documents by Reference

 

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated as of their respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference:

 

·                   the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 31, 2018 filed with the Commission on August 30, 2018;

 

·                   Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-38609) filed with the Commission on August 24, 2018; and

 

·                   the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in the Registrant’s Information Statement, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-38609), filed with the Commission on August 24, 2018, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

All other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (except for any portions of the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof and any corresponding exhibits thereto not filed with the Commission, and other documents or information deemed furnished but not filed under the rules of the Commission), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 4.          Description of Securities

 

Not required.

 

Item 5.          Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

 

None.

 

Item 6.          Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions (i.e., actions by or in the right of the corporation), except that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation.

 

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The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, no director will be personally liable to the Registrant or to its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Notwithstanding this provision, pursuant to Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, a director can be held liable (1) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) under Section 174 of the DGCL (which concerns unlawful payments of dividends, stock purchases or redemptions) or (4) for any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.

 

While the amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides directors with protection from awards for monetary damages for breaches of their duty of care, it does not eliminate this duty. Accordingly, the amended and restated certificate of incorporation has no effect on the availability of equitable remedies such as an injunction or rescission based on a director’s breach of his or her duty of care. The provisions of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation described above apply to an officer of the Registrant only if he or she is a director of the Registrant and is acting in his or her capacity as director and do not apply to officers of the Registrant who are not directors.

 

The amended and restated certificate of incorporation requires the Registrant to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or was otherwise involved in (including, without limitation, as a witness), a legal proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as it exists or may be amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of such person) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such service (provided that, in the case of a proceeding initiated by such person, the Registrant will only indemnify such person if the proceeding was specifically authorized by the board of directors of the Registrant (the “Board”)). This right of indemnity will include, with certain limitations and exceptions, a right to be paid by the Registrant the expenses incurred in defending such proceedings. The Registrant is authorized under its amended and restated certificate of incorporation to carry directors’ and officers’ insurance protecting the Registrant, any director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability, whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify the person under the DGCL. The amended and restated certificate of incorporation also permits the Board to indemnify or advance expenses to any of the Registrant’s employees or agents to the fullest extent permitted with respect to the Registrant’s directors and officers in the amended and restated certificate of incorporation.

 

By its terms, the indemnification provided for in the amended and restated certificate of incorporation is not exclusive of any other rights that the indemnified party may be or become entitled to under any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or directors, provisions of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation or bylaws or otherwise. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation’s indemnification provisions will be, by the terms of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation, prospective only and will not adversely affect the rights of any indemnitee in effect at the time of any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal.

 

The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the DGCL, the amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws and the arrangements referred to above and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.

 

Item 7.          Exemption from Registration Claimed

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.       Exhibits

 

The exhibits listed on the exhibit index at the end of this Registration Statement are included in this Registration Statement.

 

Item 9.       Undertakings

 

(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1)          To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration

 

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Statement:

 

(i)              to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

(ii)         to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and

 

(iii)        to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement.

 

provided , however , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

 

(2)          That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and

 

(3)          To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(c) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. *

 

 

 

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. *

 

 

 

4.1

 

KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan. *

 

 

 

4.2

 

Form of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Award Agreement. *

 

 

 

4.3

 

Form of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. *

 

 

 

4.4

 

KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. *

 

 

 

4.5

 

KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan. *

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, counsel to the Registrant, regarding the legality of the securities being offered hereby (including consent). *

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. *

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). *

 

 

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature pages to this Registration Statement). *

 


* Filed herewith

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SIGNATURES

 

The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Wellington, State of Florida on the 13 th  day of September, 2018.

 

 

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas McCaffrey

 

 

Name:

Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the administrator of the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Wellington, State of Florida on the 13 th  day of September, 2018.

 

 

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas McCaffrey

 

 

Name:

Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Amin J. Khoury and Thomas McCaffrey as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and does hereby grant unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute therefor, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 13 th  day of September, 2018:

 

Name

 

Title

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Amin J. Khoury

 

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

 

Amin J. Khoury

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas McCaffrey

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Thomas McCaffrey

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.

 

KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ General Corporation Law ”), hereby certifies as follows:

 

1.               The name of the Corporation is KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. The Corporation was originally incorporated pursuant to the General Corporation Law on June 28, 2018, when the original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State (the “ Original Certificate ”).

 

2.               This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), which restates and amends the Original Certificate, has been declared advisable by the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of the Corporation, duly adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation and duly executed and acknowledged by the officers of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 103, 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Name

 

The name of the corporation is KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Registered Office and Registered Agent

 

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 3411 Silverside Road Tatnall Building #104 in the City of Wilmington County of New Castle, 19810. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation at such address is Corporate Creations Network Inc.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Corporate Purpose

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Capital Stock

 

(1) The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 121,000,000, of which 110,000,000 shall be shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (“ Common Stock ”), and 11,000,000 shall be shares of Preferred Stock, at a par value of $0.01 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”).

 

(2) The Board is hereby expressly authorized to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for the issuance of one or more series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting such series and the

 

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designation of such series, the voting powers, if any, of the shares of such series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series. The powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each series of Preferred Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding. The Corporation shall, from time to time and in accordance with applicable law, increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock if at any time the number of shares of Common Stock remaining unissued and available for issuance shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of any series of Preferred Stock that, as provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (2) of Article IV, is otherwise convertible into Common Stock.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Board of Directors

 

(1) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law or this Certificate of Incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by stockholders.

 

(2) Subject to any limitation on the maximum or minimum number of directors of the Corporation as may be provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time solely by the Board.

 

(3) The Board shall be divided into three classes (each such class, a “ Class ”), as nearly equal in number as possible, designated: Class I, Class II and Class III. As soon as practicable following the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation, and thereafter from time to time following any increase or decrease in the number of directors, the number of directors in each Class shall be apportioned by the Board to be as nearly equal as possible. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

(4) Each director shall hold office until the end of the term provided for such director in paragraph (5) or (8) of this Article V, and thereafter until such director’s successor is elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

(5) Except as provided in paragraph (8) of this Article V, each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the third annual meeting following the annual meeting at which such director was elected; provided , however , that each director initially appointed as a Class I director shall serve for an initial term expiring at the Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation; each director initially appointed as a Class II director shall serve for an initial term expiring at the Corporation’s second annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation; and each director initially appointed as a Class III director shall serve for an initial term expiring at the Corporation’s third annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation.

 

(6) Any director or the entire Board may be removed from office only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in

 

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any annual election of directors or Class of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

(7) Vacancies occurring on the Board for any reason, including, without limitation, vacancies occurring as a result of the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of a director, or the creation of new directorships that increase the number of directors, shall solely be filled by a majority vote of the directors then in office, even if the number of such directors is less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or by the written consent of such directors as permitted by the General Corporation Law and as provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation, and shall not be filled by the stockholders.

 

(8) Any director chosen to fill a vacancy pursuant to paragraph (7) of this Article V shall, at the time such director is chosen or as soon as practicable thereafter, be designated by the Board as either a Class I, Class II or Class III director, with such Class corresponding to the Class in which such vacancy existed. Such director shall serve for a term equal to the remainder of the term of the other directors of such Class in office at the time such vacancy was filled (or, if no other directors are a member of such Class at such time, for a term equal to the remainder of the term that a director of such Class would have served had such director been in office at the time of the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation and served continuously as a director until the time that such vacancy was filled).

 

(9) At any meeting of stockholders at which directors are elected, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote on the election of directors and present in person or by proxy at the meeting. Elections of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot, except and to the extent provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

(10) To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law as it now exists and as it may hereafter be amended, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. For the avoidance of all doubt, notwithstanding any other provision in this Certificate of Incorporation, no amendment to, modification of or repeal of this paragraph (10) shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.

 

(11) Nothing in this Article V shall be deemed to affect or restrict (i) any rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors as provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, or (ii) the ability of the Board to provide, pursuant to Article IV, for the preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the shares of any series of Preferred Stock, including with regard to those directors, if any, to be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Interested Directors and Officers

 

(1) No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of the Corporation’s directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because such director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the

 

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Board or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or her vote are counted for such purpose, if (i) the material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board or the committee, and the Board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum, (ii) the material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board, a committee thereof, or the stockholders.

 

(2) Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Stockholder Action

 

(1) The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors of the Corporation, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before such meeting, shall be held at such place, date and time as shall be fixed by the Board in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

(2) Except as otherwise required by law, or as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV with regard to the rights of holders of shares of one or more series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may only be called by (i) the Board, or (ii) the Chairman of the Board of the Corporation or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.

 

(3) Any previously scheduled meeting of the stockholders may be postponed to another date, time or place by resolution of the Board.

 

(4) Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV with regard to the rights of holders of shares of one or more series of Preferred Stock, no action that is required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be effected by written consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting; provided , however , that the taking of any action that is required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be effected by written consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting if such action and the taking of such action by written consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting have each been expressly approved in advance by the Board.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Indemnification and Insurance

 

(1) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter, a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at

 

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the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is an alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in another capacity for or at the request of the Corporation, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties, including under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such person to indemnity hereunder and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided , however , that, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this Article VIII with respect to proceedings seeking to enforce rights to indemnification hereunder, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was specifically authorized by the Board. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article VIII shall be a contract right that vests upon a person becoming a director or officer of the Corporation or upon a person serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided , however , that, if the General Corporation Law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer of the Corporation in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subsequent to an indictment of, or the filing of a civil complaint by a U.S. federal or state governmental enforcement agency against, a director or officer of the Corporation (in any capacity, including as an employee or agent of another enterprise and service to an employee benefit plan) entitled to or receiving advancement of expenses, the Corporation may, subject to applicable law (including to the extent indemnification is required under Section 145(c) of the General Corporation Law), terminate, reduce or place conditions upon any future advancement of expenses (including with respect to costs, charges, attorneys’ fees, experts’ fees and other fees) incurred by such director or officer relating to his or her defense thereof if (i) such director or officer does not prevail at trial, enters into a plea arrangement, agrees to the entry of a final administrative or judicial order imposing sanctions on such director or officer or otherwise admits, in a legal proceeding, to the alleged violation resulting in the relevant indictment or complaint, or (ii) if the Corporation initiates an internal investigation and a determination is made (x) by the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum, or (y) if there are no disinterested directors or the disinterested directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the

 

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decision-maker at the time such determination is made demonstrate that such director or officer acted in a manner that is not indemnifiable by the Corporation. Any future indemnification or similar agreement entered into by the Corporation with any director or officer of the Corporation and that addresses the advancement of expenses shall contain restrictions substantially similar to the immediately preceding sentence.

 

(2) If a claim under paragraph (1) of this Article VIII is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety (90) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may, at any time thereafter, bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed or, in the case of a claim regarding advancement of expenses, the Corporation has terminated, reduced or placed conditions upon advancement of expenses in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Article VIII, but in each case, the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including the Board, a committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including the Board, a committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

(3) The right to indemnification and the advancement and payment of expenses conferred in this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any law (common or statutory), provision of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, other bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

(4) If this Article VIII or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each director or officer of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, experts’ fees and other fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article VIII that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

 

(5) For the avoidance of all doubt, notwithstanding any other provision in this Certificate of Incorporation, no amendment to, modification of or repeal of any provision of this Article VIII shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability, or any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses, of any director or officer of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director or officer occurring prior to such amendment, except as otherwise consented to in writing by such director or officer.

 

(6) The Board may, or may authorize one or more officers to, provide for the indemnification and/or advancement of expenses by the Corporation to any current or former employee or agent of the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s subsidiaries who would not

 

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otherwise have a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to this Article VIII and was or is made a party to or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved or threatened to be involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any proceeding, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was such an employee or agent or, while serving as an employee or agent, he or she is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or a partnership, joint venture, trust, nonprofit entity or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, of such scope and effect and subject to such terms as determined by the Board or such officer or officers, in each case, as and to the extent permitted by applicable law.

 

(7) The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of itself and any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Bylaws

 

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the General Corporation Law, the Board shall expressly have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. Any adoption, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws of the Corporation by the Board shall require the approval of a majority of the entire Board. The stockholders shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation, provided , however , that, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of the then-outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, voting together as a single class, shall be required for our stockholders to amend, repeal or adopt any provision of the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE X

 

Amendment

 

(1) The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation and, except as expressly provided otherwise in this Certificate of Incorporation, all rights conferred on stockholders, directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation in this Certificate of Incorporation are subject to this reserved power.

 

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, and in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class of stock of the Corporation required by applicable law or this Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of the then-outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, voting together as a single class, shall be required for our stockholders to amend, repeal or adopt any provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with Article V, paragraphs (2) and (4) of Article VII, or this Article X of this

 

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Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer this 13 th  day of September, 2018.

 

 

KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

/s/ Amin J. Khoury

 

Amin J. Khoury

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.2


 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.

 


 



 

Table of Contents

 

Section

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.01. Offices

 

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ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.01. Annual Meetings

 

1

Section 2.02. Special Meetings

 

1

Section 2.03. Notice of Meetings

 

1

Section 2.04. Waiver of Notice

 

1

Section 2.05. Postponements and Adjournments

 

1

Section 2.06. Quorum

 

2

Section 2.07. Voting

 

2

Section 2.08. Proxies

 

2

Section 2.09. Nominations and Proposals

 

2

Section 2.10. Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement

 

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ARTICLE III

BOARD

Section 3.01. General

 

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Section 3.02. Number

 

6

Section 3.03. Resignation

 

6

Section 3.04. Meetings

 

6

Section 3.05. Committees of the Board

 

7

Section 3.06. Directors’ Consent in Lieu of Meeting

 

8

Section 3.07. Action by Means of Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment

 

8

Section 3.08. Compensation

 

8

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 4.01. Officers

 

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Section 4.02. Authority and Duties

 

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Section 4.03. Term of Office, Resignation and Removal

 

8

Section 4.04. Vacancies

 

9

Section 4.05. The Chairman

 

9

Section 4.06. The Chief Executive Officer

 

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Section 4.07. The President

 

9

Section 4.08. Vice Presidents

 

9

Section 4.09. The Secretary

 

9

Section 4.10. Assistant Secretaries

 

9

Section 4.11. The Treasurer

 

9

Section 4.12. Assistant Treasurers

 

10

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

CHECKS, DRAFTS, NOTES AND PROXIES

Section 5.01. Checks, Drafts and Notes

 

10

Section 5.02. Execution of Proxies

 

10

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

SHARES AND TRANSFERS OF SHARES

Section 6.01. Certificates Evidencing Shares

 

10

Section 6.02. Stock Ledger

 

10

Section 6.03. Transfers of Shares

 

10

Section 6.04. Addresses of Stockholders

 

10

 

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Section 6.05. Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates

 

11

Section 6.06. Regulations

 

11

Section 6.07. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record

 

11

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

SEAL

Section 7.01. Seal

 

11

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

Section 8.01. Fiscal Year

 

11

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

FORUM AND VENUE

Section 9.01. Forum and Venue

 

11

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 10.01. Amendments

 

12

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

Section 11.01. Certain Definitions

 

12

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.

 

ARTICLE I
OFFICES

 

Section 1.01.  Offices . In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”) may also have an office or offices at any other place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may from time to time require.

 

ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 2.01.  Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors of the Corporation, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before such meeting, shall be held at such place, date and time as shall be fixed by the Board pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”) and designated in the notice or waiver of notice of such annual meeting.

 

Section 2.02.  Special Meetings . Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the Board or the Chairman of the Board of the Corporation (the “ Chairman ”) or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation (the “ Chief Executive Officer ”), to be held at such place, date and time as shall be designated in the notice or waiver of notice thereof.

 

Section 2.03.   Notice of Meetings . Except as otherwise provided by law, written notice of each annual or special meeting of stockholders stating the place, date and time of such meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is to be held, shall be given personally, by internationally recognized overnight courier service, or by first-class mail (airmail in the case of international communications) to each recordholder of shares entitled to vote thereat, no less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears in the records of the Corporation. If sent by internationally recognized courier service, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited with such courier service, carriage and delivery prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears in the records of the Corporation. If, prior to the time of mailing, the Secretary shall have received from any stockholder a written request that notices intended for such stockholder are to be mailed to some address other than the address that appears in the records of the Corporation, notices intended for such stockholder shall be mailed to the address designated in such request.

 

Section 2.04.  Waiver of Notice . Notice of any annual or special meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder who files a written waiver of notice with the Secretary, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after such meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of any meeting of stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice thereof. Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting, in person or by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the notice of such meeting was inadequate or improperly given.

 

Section 2.05.  Postponements and Adjournments . Whenever an annual or special meeting of stockholders is postponed to another date, time or place by the Board, notice need not be given of the postponed meeting if a public announcement of such postponement is made prior to the original date of the meeting. Whenever an annual or special meeting of stockholders is adjourned to another date, time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the date, time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. If the postponement or adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the postponement or adjournment a new record date is fixed for the postponed or adjourned meeting, a notice of the postponed or

 

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adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat. At any postponed or adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.06.  Quorum . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the recordholders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders, whether annual or special. If, however, such quorum shall not be present in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting or the stockholders present and entitled to vote thereat may, by the vote of the recordholders of a majority of the shares held by such present stockholders, adjourn the meeting from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof until a quorum shall be present in person or by proxy.

 

Section 2.07.  Voting . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question, and the vote of the recordholders of a majority of the shares constituting such quorum shall decide any question brought before such meeting.

 

Section 2.08.  Proxies . Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary before such meeting of stockholders, at such time as the Board may require. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon more than three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

 

Section 2.09.  Nominations and Proposals . (a) At any annual meeting of the stockholders, only such nominations of persons for election to the Board and such other business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting.

 

(b) Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting.

 

(c) To be properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders, nominations or such other business must be: (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder who is a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time notice of such meeting is given, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.09. In addition, any proposal of business (other than the nomination of persons for election to the Board) must be a proper matter for stockholder action.

 

(d) For business (including, but not limited to, director nominations) to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder or stockholders of record intending to propose the business (the “ Proposing Stockholder ”) must have given timely and proper notice thereof, in full compliance with this Section 2.09, in writing to the Secretary.

 

(e) To be timely, a Proposing Stockholder’s notice of nominations or other business to be brought before an annual meeting must be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation:

 

(i) With regard to notice of nominations or other business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders to be held on a day that is not more than thirty (30) days in advance of the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting nor later than seventy (70) days after the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting, not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day, nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred and twentieth (120th) day in advance of the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting;

 

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before any other annual meeting of stockholders, by the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the public announcement of the date of such meeting.

 

In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a meeting of stockholders commence a new notice time period (or extend any notice time period).

 

(f) To be proper, a Proposing Stockholder’s notice must include:

 

(i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (A) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (B) such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected, and (C) the information, written representation and agreement required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.10;

 

(ii) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and

 

(iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made:

 

(A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of (1) such beneficial owner (if any) and (2) each Associated Person (as defined below) of each such stockholder and such beneficial owner;

 

(B) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, or by any Associated Person thereof;

 

(C) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal between or among such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing;

 

(D) a description of any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise, and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation (each of the foregoing, a “ Derivative Instrument ”), directly or indirectly owned or held beneficially by such stockholder, such beneficial owner, and/or any Associated Person thereof;

 

(E) a description of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or

 

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relationship pursuant to which such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, and any Associated Person thereof, has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation;

 

(F) a description of any short interest in any security of the Corporation held by such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, and any Associated Person thereof (for purposes of this Section 2.09(f), a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security);

 

(G) a description of any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, and any Associated Person thereof, that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation;

 

(H) a description of any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership or limited liability company in which such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, and any Associated Person thereof, is a general partner or manager, or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in such general partner or manager;

 

(I) a description of any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, and any Associated Person thereof, is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice;

 

(J) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination;

 

(K) a representation as to whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, is or will be part of a group which intends (1) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (2) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination; and

 

(L) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

With regard to the information required by items (B)-(I) of this Section 2.09(f)(iii), such information shall include, without limitation, any such information with regard to any members of such shareholder’s immediate family sharing the same household. The information required by this Section 2.09(f) shall be supplemented by such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, not later than ten (10) days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such information as of the record date.

 

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beneficial owner means (1) any affiliate or person acting in concert with such stockholder or beneficial owner in relation to the nomination or proposal, and (2) each director, officer, employee, general partner or manager of such stockholder or beneficial owner or any such affiliate or person with which such stockholder or beneficial owner is acting in concert in relation to the nomination or proposal.

 

(g) The foregoing notice requirements of Section 2.09(f) shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his, her or its intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.

 

(h) In addition to the information required by the provisions of this Section 2.09, and the information, written representation and agreement required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.10, the Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation.

 

(i) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary: (i) no nominations shall be made and no business shall be conducted at any meeting of stockholders except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.09, and (ii) unless otherwise required by law, if the Proposing Stockholder does not provide the information required under this Section 2.09 to the Corporation (or any such information provided should be found to be materially inaccurate), or the Proposing Stockholder (or a qualified representative of the Proposing Stockholder) does not appear at the meeting to present the proposed business or nominations, such business or nominations shall not be considered, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such business or nominations may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.09, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

 

(j) Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the power and duty (i) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.09 and (ii) if any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 2.09, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted.

 

(k) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.09, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.09; provided , however , that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.09, and compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.09 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than matters brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, as may be amended from time to time). Nothing in this Section 2.09 shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors as provided for or fixed pursuant to any applicable provision of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 2.10.  Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement . To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under the applicable sections of Section 2.09 above) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written and signed questionnaire (in the form customarily used by the Corporation for its directors) with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall

 

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be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person:

 

(a) is not and will not become a party to (i) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “ Voting Commitment ”), except as has been disclosed to the Board, or (ii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such persons’ ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law;

 

(b) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director of the Corporation, except as has been disclosed to the Board;

 

(c) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director of any public company (other than the Corporation), except as has been disclosed to the Board;

 

(d) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation;

 

(e) is not and will not serve as a director on the boards of more than two (2) other public companies, unless the Board has determined in advance that such simultaneous service will not impair his ability to effectively serve on the Board; and

 

(f) will promptly tender his resignation to the Board in the event that, at any time he or she is serving as a director of the Corporation, (i) any of the above representations are found by the Board to have been false at the time such representation was made, or (ii) any of the above representations are found by the Board to have become false thereafter.

 

ARTICLE III

BOARD

 

Section 3.01.  General . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by stockholders. Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation.

 

Section 3.02.  Number . The total number of directors shall be not less than three (3) nor more than nine (9), as such shall be fixed within these limits from time to time by the Board.

 

Section 3.03.  Resignation . Any director may resign at any time by delivering his written resignation to the Board, the Chairman or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified in such notice or, if the time be not specified, upon receipt thereof by the Board, the Chairman or the Secretary, as the case may be.

 

Section 3.04.  Meetings . (a)  Annual Meetings . As soon as practicable after each annual election of directors by the stockholders, the Board shall meet for the purpose of organization and the transaction of other business, unless it shall have transacted all such business by written consent pursuant to Section 3.06 hereof.

 

(b)  Other Meetings . Other meetings of the Board shall be held at such times as the Chairman, the Secretary or a majority of the Board shall from time to time determine.

 

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(c)  Notice of Meetings . The Secretary shall give written notice to each director of each meeting of the Board, which notice shall state the place, date, time and purpose of such meeting. Notice of each such meeting shall be given to each director, if by mail, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least three (3) days before the day on which such meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to him at such place by telecopy, facsimile, electronic mail or other form of recorded communication, or be delivered personally or by an internationally recognized courier service or by telephone not later than the day before the day on which such meeting is to be held. A written waiver of notice, signed by the director entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the meeting referred to in such waiver, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of any meeting of the Board need be specified in any written waiver of notice thereof. Attendance of a director at a meeting of the Board shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except as provided by law.

 

(d)  Place of Meetings . The Board may hold its meetings at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board or the Chairman may from time to time determine, or as shall be designated in the respective notices or waivers of notice of such meetings.

 

(e)  Quorum and Manner of Acting . One-third of the total number of directors then in office shall be present in person at any meeting of the Board in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting, and the vote of a majority of those directors present at any such meeting at which a quorum is present shall be necessary for the passage of any resolution or act of the Board, except as otherwise expressly required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. In the absence of a quorum for any such meeting, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present.

 

(f)  Organization . At each meeting of the Board, one of the following shall act as chairman of the meeting and preside, in the following order of precedence:

 

(1) the Chairman;

 

(2) the Chief Executive Officer;

 

(3) any director chosen by a majority of the directors present.

 

The Secretary or, in the case of the Secretary’s absence, any person (who shall be an Assistant Secretary (as defined below), if an Assistant Secretary is present) whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint shall act as secretary of such meeting and keep the minutes thereof.

 

Section 3.05.  Committees of the Board . The Board may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more directors. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another director to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member; provided , however , that any director so appointed must be found by such committee to meet the qualifications, if any, for service on such committee, including any requirement of independence. Any committee of the Board, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board designating such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; provided , however , that no such committee shall have such power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation (except that such a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board as provided in Section 151(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ General Corporation Law ”), fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the Corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of the shares of any series), adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation under Sections 251, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 263 or 264 of the General Corporation Law, recommending to the

 

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stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or the revocation of a dissolution, or amending these Bylaws; provided further , however , that, unless expressly so provided in the resolution of the Board designating such committee, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law. Each committee of the Board shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when so requested by the Board.

 

Section 3.06.  Directors’ Consent in Lieu of Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all the members of the Board or such committee and such consent or electronic transmission is filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or such committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

 

Section 3.07.  Action by Means of Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment . Any one or more members of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section 3.08.  Compensation . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board may determine the compensation of directors. In addition, as determined by the Board, directors may be reimbursed by the Corporation for their expenses, if any, in the performance of their duties as directors. No such compensation or reimbursement shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

 

Section 4.01.  Officers . The officers of the Corporation shall be the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary and the Treasurer. Officers of the Corporation may include one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Assistant Treasurers (each as defined below) and such other officers as the Board may establish. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

 

Section 4.02.  Authority and Duties . All officers shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as may be provided in these Bylaws or, to the extent not so provided, by resolution of the Board.

 

Section 4.03.  Term of Office, Resignation and Removal . (a) Each officer shall be appointed by the Board and shall hold office for such term as may be determined by the Board. Each officer shall hold office until such officer’s successor has been appointed and qualified or such officer’s earlier death or resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. The Board may require any officer to give security for the faithful performance of such officer’s duties.

 

(b) Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board, the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified in such notice or, if the time be not specified, upon receipt thereof by the Board, the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary, as the case may be.

 

(c) All officers and agents appointed by the Board shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by the Board.

 

Section 4.04.  Vacancies . Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation, for any reason, shall be filled by action of the Board. Unless earlier removed pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof, any officer appointed

 

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by the Board to fill any such vacancy shall serve only until such time as the unexpired term of such officer’s predecessor expires unless reappointed by the Board.

 

Section 4.05.  The Chairman . The Chairman shall have the power to call special meetings of stockholders, to call special meetings of the Board and, if present, to preside at all meetings of stockholders and all meetings of the Board. The Chairman shall perform all duties incident to the office of Chairman of the Board and all such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Chairman by the Board or these Bylaws.

 

Section 4.06.  The Chief Executive Officer . The Chief Executive Officer shall have general and active management and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform all duties incident to the office of the Chief Executive Officer and all such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Chief Executive Officer by the Board or these Bylaws.

 

Section 4.07.  The President . The President, subject to the authority of the Chief Executive Officer, shall have primary responsibility for, and authority with respect to, the management of the day-to-day business affairs of the Corporation, to the extent prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and all such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the President by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or these Bylaws.

 

Section 4.08.  Vice Presidents . Vice Presidents of the Corporation (“ Vice Presidents ”), if any, in order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board, shall generally assist the President and perform such other duties as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President shall prescribe, and in the absence or disability of the President, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President.

 

Section 4.09.  The Secretary . The Secretary of the Corporation (“ Secretary ”) shall, to the extent practicable, attend all meetings of the Board and all meetings of stockholders and shall record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform the same duties for any committee of the Board when so requested by such committee. The Secretary shall give or cause to be given notice of all meetings of stockholders and of the Board, shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board, the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer, and shall act under the supervision of the Chairman. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and affix the same to any instrument that requires that the seal be affixed to it and which shall have been duly authorized for signature in the name of the Corporation and, when so affixed, the seal shall be attested by the Secretary’s signature or by the signature of the Treasurer of the Corporation (the “ Treasurer ”) or an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the certificate books and stockholder records and such other books and records of the Corporation as the Board, the Chairman, or the Chief Executive Officer may direct and shall perform all other duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to the Secretary by the Board, the Chairman, or the Chief Executive Officer.

 

Section 4.10.  Assistant Secretaries . Assistant Secretaries of the Corporation (“ Assistant Secretaries ”), if any, in order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board, shall generally assist the Secretary and perform such other duties as the Board or the Secretary shall prescribe, and, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.

 

Section 4.11.  The Treasurer . The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of all the funds of the Corporation and shall deposit such funds in such banks or other depositories as the Board, or any officer or officers, or any officer and agent jointly, duly authorized by the Board, shall, from time to time, direct or approve. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation under the direction of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer. The Treasurer shall keep a full and accurate account of all moneys received and paid on account of the Corporation and shall render a statement of the Treasurer’s accounts whenever the Board, the Chairman, or the Chief Executive Officer shall so request. The Treasurer shall perform all other necessary actions and duties in connection with the administration of the financial affairs of the Corporation and shall generally perform all the duties usually appertaining to the office of treasurer of a corporation. When required by the Board, the Treasurer shall give bonds for the faithful discharge of the Treasurer’s duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board shall approve.

 

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Section 4.12.  Assistant Treasurers . Assistant Treasurers of the Corporation (“ Assistant Treasurers ”), if any, in order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board, shall generally assist the Treasurer and perform such other duties as the Board or the Treasurer shall prescribe, and, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer.

 

ARTICLE V

CHECKS, DRAFTS, NOTES AND PROXIES

 

Section 5.01.  Checks, Drafts and Notes . All checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money, notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall be determined, from time to time, by resolution of the Board.

 

Section 5.02.   Execution of Proxies . The Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President may authorize, from time to time, the execution and issuance of proxies to vote shares of stock or other securities of other corporations held of record by the Corporation and the execution of consents to action taken or to be taken by any such corporation. All such proxies and consents, unless otherwise authorized by the Board, shall be signed in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President.

 

ARTICLE VI

SHARES AND TRANSFERS OF SHARES

 

Section 6.01.  Certificates Evidencing Shares . Shares may be evidenced by certificates in such form or forms as shall be approved by the Board. Certificates shall be issued in consecutive order and shall be numbered in the order of their issue, and shall be signed by the Chairman, the President or any Vice President and by the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer. If such a certificate is manually signed by one such officer, any other signature on the certificate may be a facsimile. In the event any such officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to hold such office or to be employed by the Corporation before such certificate is issued, such certificate may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer had held such office on the date of issue.

 

Section 6.02.  Stock Ledger . A stock ledger in one or more counterparts shall be kept by the Secretary, in which shall be recorded the name and address of each person, corporation or other entity owning the shares evidenced by each certificate evidencing shares issued by the Corporation, the number of shares evidenced by each such certificate, the date of issuance thereof and, in the case of cancellation, the date of cancellation. Except as otherwise expressly required by law, the person in whose name shares stand on the stock ledger of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner and recordholder of such shares for all purposes.

 

Section 6.03.  Transfers of Shares . Registration of transfers of shares shall be made only in the stock ledger of the Corporation upon request of the registered holder of such shares, or of his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary, and upon the surrender of the certificate or certificates evidencing such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a stock power duly executed, together with such proof of the authenticity of signatures as the Corporation may reasonably require.

 

Section 6.04.  Addresses of Stockholders . Each stockholder shall designate to the Secretary an address at which notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be served or mailed to such stockholder, and, if any stockholder shall fail to so designate such an address, corporate notices may be served upon such stockholder by mail directed to the mailing address, if any, as the same appears in the stock ledger of the Corporation or at the last known mailing address of such stockholder.

 

Section 6.05.  Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates . Each recordholder of shares shall promptly notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction or mutilation of any certificate or certificates evidencing any share or shares of which such recordholder is the recordholder. The Board may, in its discretion, cause the Corporation to issue a new certificate in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it and alleged to have been

 

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mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate or, in the case of loss, theft or destruction of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss, theft or destruction, and the Board may, in its discretion, require the recordholder of the shares evidenced by the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or such recordholder’s legal representative to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

 

Section 6.06.  Regulations . The Board may make such other rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with these Bylaws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates evidencing shares.

 

Section 6.07.  Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record . In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to, or to dissent from, corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other such action. A determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any postponement or adjournment of such meeting; provided , however , that the Board may fix a new record date for the postponed or adjourned meeting.

 

ARTICLE VII

SEAL

 

Section 7.01.  Seal . The Board may approve and adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the full name of the Corporation, the year of its incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal Delaware”.

 

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

 

Section 8.01.  Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the thirty-first day of December of each year unless changed by resolution of the Board.

 

ARTICLE IX

FORUM AND VENUE

 

Section 9.01.  Forum and Venue . Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim for breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, or (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine; in each case subject to said court having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of this Section 9.01 is filed in a court other than a court located within the State of Delaware (a “ Foreign Action ”) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce this Section 9.01 (an “ Enforcement Action ”), and (y) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such Enforcement Action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 9.01.

 

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ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 10.01.  Amendments . No Bylaw (including these Bylaws) may be altered, amended or repealed except by the requisite vote of the Board or the stockholders pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE XI

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

Section 11.01.  Certain Definitions . As used in these Bylaws, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this Section 11.01:

 

(a) “ Public announcement ” shall mean an announcement: (i) made by a press release posted on the Corporation’s website or reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or other national news service, or (ii) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

(b) “ Business day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

(c) “ Close of business ” on any given date shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time on such date, or, if such date is not a business day, 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the next succeeding business day.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC. LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1.                                       Purposes of the Plan

 

The purposes of the Plan are to (a) promote the long-term success of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to increase stockholder value by providing Eligible Individuals with incentives to contribute to the long-term growth and profitability of the Company by offering them an opportunity to obtain a proprietary interest in the Company through the grant of equity-based awards and (b) assist the Company in attracting, retaining and motivating highly qualified individuals who are in a position to make significant contributions to the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

2.                                       Definitions and Rules of Construction

 

(a)                                  Definitions .  For purposes of the Plan, the following capitalized words shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Award ” means an Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Appreciation Right, Performance Stock, Performance Unit or Other Award granted by the Committee pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

 

Award Document ” means an agreement, certificate or other type or form of document or documentation approved by the Committee that sets forth the terms and conditions of an Award.  An Award Document may be in written, electronic or other media, may be limited to a notation on the books and records of the Company and, unless the Committee requires otherwise, need not be signed by a representative of the Company or a Participant.

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted from time to time.

 

Change in Control ” has the meaning assigned to it for purposes of the employment agreement or consulting agreement, as the case may be, applicable to the Participant.  If there is no employment or consulting agreement or if the employment agreement or consulting agreement contains no such term, “ Change in Control ” means:

 

(i)             The consummation of a reorganization, merger, consolidation or other form of corporate transaction or series of transactions, in each case, with respect to which persons who were the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the reorganization, merger or consolidation or other transaction do not, immediately thereafter, own more than 50% of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the reorganized, merged or consolidated company’s then outstanding voting securities, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to the reorganization, merger, consolidation or other transaction;

 

(ii)            The consummation of a liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

 

(iii)           The sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;

 



 

(iv)           Individuals who, as of the Effective Date of this Plan, constitute the Board (the “ Incumbent Board ”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (other than an election or nomination of an individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the directors of the Company) shall be, for purposes of this Plan, considered as though such person were a member of the Incumbent Board; or

 

(v)            The acquisition (other than from the Company) by any person, entity or “group,” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, of beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act of more than 50% of either the then outstanding Shares of the Common Stock or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (hereinafter referred to as the ownership of a “ Controlling Interest ”) excluding, for this purpose, any acquisitions by (A) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or joint ventures, partnerships or business organizations in which the Company or its Subsidiaries have an equity interest, (B) any person, entity or “group” that as of the Effective Date owns beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) or a Controlling Interest or (C) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or joint ventures, partnerships or business organizations in which the Company or its Subsidiaries have an equity interest.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to an Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the payment or settlement of which will accelerate upon a Change in Control, no event set forth in an agreement applicable to a Participant or clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) will constitute a Change in Control for purposes of the Plan and any Award Document unless the event also constitutes a “change in ownership,” “change in effective control,” or “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets” as defined under Section 409A of the Code.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the applicable guidance, rulings and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Committee ” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, any successor committee thereto or any other committee appointed from time to time by the Board to administer the Plan.  The Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and shall meet the requirements of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; provided , however , that if any Committee member is found not to have the qualification requirements of Section 16(b), any actions taken or Awards granted shall not be invalidated by this failure to so qualify; and provided , further , that the Board may perform any duties delegated to the Committee and in these instances, any reference to the Board shall be deemed a reference to the Committee.

 

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Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per Share, or such other class of Share or other securities as may be adjusted under Section 13(b) of the Plan.

 

Company ” means KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor to all or substantially all of its business that adopts the Plan.

 

Disability ” has the meaning assigned to it for purposes of the employment agreement or consulting agreement, as the case may be, applicable to the Participant.  If there is no employment or consulting agreement or such agreement contains no such term, “Disability” has the meaning set forth in the long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to an Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the payment or settlement of which will accelerate upon a disability, “Disability” will have the meaning ascribed thereto under Section 409A of the Code.

 

Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15 of the Plan.

 

Eligible Individuals ” means the individuals described in Section 4(a) of the Plan who are eligible for Awards under the Plan.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to a share of Common Stock, the fair market value of the Share as of the relevant date of determination, as determined in accordance with the valuation methodology approved by the Committee.  In the absence of any alternative valuation methodology approved by the Committee, the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock shall equal the closing selling price of a Share of Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the valuation is made as reported on the composite tape for securities listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“ Nasdaq ”), or such other national securities exchange as may be designated by the Committee, or, in the event that the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a national securities exchange but is quoted on an automated system, on such automated system, in any such case on the valuation date (or, if there were no sales on such automated system on the valuation date, the average of the highest and lowest quoted selling prices as reported on said composite tape or automated system for the most recent day during which a sale occurred).

 

Incentive Stock Option ” means an Option that is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.

 

Non-Employee Director ” means a director or a member of the Board of the Company or any affiliate who is not an active employee of the Company or any affiliate.

 

Nonqualified Stock Option ” means an Option that is not intended to comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.

 

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Option ” means an Incentive Stock Option or Nonqualified Stock Option granted pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan.

 

Other Award ” means any form of Award other than an Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Stock, Performance Unit or Stock Appreciation Right granted pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan.

 

Participant ” means an Eligible Individual who has been granted an Award under the Plan.

 

Performance Period ” means the period established by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Document over which Performance Targets are measured.

 

Performance Stock ” means a Target Number of Shares granted pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Plan.

 

Performance Target ” means the performance measures established by the Committee from among the performance criteria provided in Section 6(h) and set forth in the applicable Award Document.

 

Performance Unit ” means a right to receive a Target Number of Shares or cash in the future granted pursuant to Section 10(b) of the Plan.

 

Plan ” means the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan, as may be amended or restated from time to time.

 

Plan Limit ” means the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued for all purposes under the Plan as set forth in Section 5(a) of the Plan.

 

Restricted Stock ” means Shares granted or sold to a Participant pursuant to Section 8(b) of the Plan.

 

Restricted Stock Unit ” means a right to receive a Share (or cash, if applicable) in the future granted pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Plan.

 

Shares ” means shares of Common Stock.

 

Stock Appreciation Right ” means a right to receive all or some portion of the appreciation on Shares granted pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan.

 

Subsidiary ” means (i) a domestic or foreign corporation or other entity with respect to which the Company, directly or indirectly, has the power, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, to elect at least a majority of the members of the corporation’s board of directors or analogous governing body, or (ii) any other domestic or foreign corporation or other entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, has an equity or similar interest and which the Committee designates as a Subsidiary for purposes of the Plan.  For purposes of determining eligibility for the grant of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan, the term “Subsidiary” shall be defined in the manner required by Section 424(f) of the Code.

 

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Substitute Award ” means any Award granted upon assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, outstanding employee equity awards previously granted by a company or other entity acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines or separates pursuant to the terms of an equity compensation plan that was approved by the stockholders of such company or other entity.

 

Target Number ” means the target number of Shares or cash value established by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Document.

 

(b)                                  Rules of Construction .  The masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include the feminine pronoun, and the singular form of a word shall be deemed to include the plural form, unless the context requires otherwise.  Unless the text indicates otherwise, references to sections are to sections of the Plan.

 

3.                                       Administration

 

(a)                                  Committee .  The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have full power and authority, subject to the express provisions hereof, to:

 

(i)             select the Participants from the Eligible Individuals;

 

(ii)            grant Awards in accordance with the Plan;

 

(iii)           determine the number of Shares subject to each Award or the cash amount payable in connection with an Award;

 

(iv)           determine the terms and conditions of each Award, including, without limitation, those related to term, permissible methods of exercise, vesting, forfeiture, payment, settlement, exercisability, Performance Periods, Performance Targets, and the effect, if any, of a Participant’s termination of employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a Change in Control of the Company;

 

(v)            subject to Section 16, amend the terms and conditions of an Award after grant;

 

(vi)           specify and approve the provisions of the Award Documents delivered to Participants in connection with their Awards;

 

(vii)          construe and interpret any Award Document delivered under the Plan;

 

(viii)         make factual determinations in connection with the administration or interpretation of the Plan;

 

(ix)           adopt, prescribe, amend, waive and rescind administrative regulations, rules and procedures relating to the Plan;

 

(x)            employ legal counsel, independent auditors and consultants as it deems desirable for the administration of the Plan and rely upon any advice, opinion or computation received therefrom;

 

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(xi)           vary the terms of Awards to take account of tax and securities laws and other regulatory requirements or to procure favorable tax treatment for Participants;

 

(xii)          correct any defects, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in any Award Document or the Plan; and

 

(xiii)         make all other determinations and take any other action desirable or necessary to interpret, construe or implement properly the provisions of the Plan or any Award Document.

 

(b)                                  Plan Construction and Interpretation .  The Committee shall have full power and authority, subject to the express provisions hereof, to construe and interpret the Plan.

 

(c)                                   Determinations of Committee Final and Binding .  All determinations by the Committee or its delegate in carrying out and administering the Plan and in construing and interpreting the Plan shall be made in the Committee’s sole discretion and shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes and upon all interested persons.

 

(d)                                  Non-Uniform Determinations .  The Committee’s determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made by it selectively among Eligible Individuals who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards (whether or not such Eligible Individuals are similarly situated).  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall be entitled, among other things, to make non-uniform and selective determinations, and to enter into nonuniform and selective Award Documents, as to the Eligible Individuals to receive Awards under the Plan and the terms and provisions of Awards under the Plan.

 

(e)                                   Delegation of Authority .  To the extent not prohibited by applicable laws, rules and regulations, the Committee may, from time to time, delegate some or all of its authority under the Plan to a subcommittee or subcommittees thereof or other persons or groups of persons it deems necessary, appropriate or advisable under conditions or limitations as it may set at the time of the delegation or thereafter; provided , however , that the Committee may not delegate its authority (i) to make Awards to employees (A) who are subject on the date of the Award to the reporting rules under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or (B) who are officers of the Company who are delegated authority by the Committee hereunder, or (ii) pursuant to Section 16 of the Plan.  For purposes of the Plan, reference to the Committee shall be deemed to refer to any subcommittee, subcommittees, or other persons or groups of persons to whom the Committee delegates authority pursuant to this Section 3(e).

 

(f)                                    Liability of Committee .  Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations (i) no member of the Board or Committee (or its delegates) shall be liable for any good faith action or determination made in connection with the operation, administration or interpretation of the Plan, and (ii) the members of the Board or the Committee (and its delegates) shall be entitled to indemnification and reimbursement in the manner provided in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws as they

 

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may be amended from time to time.  In the performance of its responsibilities with respect to the Plan, the Committee shall be entitled to rely upon information and/or advice furnished by the Company’s officers or employees, the Company’s accountants, the Company’s counsel and any other party the Committee deems necessary, and no member of the Committee shall be liable for any action taken or not taken in reliance upon any such information and/or advice.

 

(g)                                   Action by the Board .  Anything in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, any authority or responsibility that, under the terms of the Plan, may be exercised by the Committee may alternatively be exercised by the Board.

 

4.                                       Eligibility

 

(a)                                  Eligible Individuals .  Awards may be granted to officers, employees, directors, consultants, advisors and independent contractors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or joint ventures, partnerships or business organizations in which the Company or its Subsidiaries have an equity interest.  Only employees of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary may be granted Incentive Stock Options.  The Committee shall have the authority to select the persons to whom Awards may be granted and to determine the type, number and terms of Awards to be granted to each such Participant.  Under the Plan, references to “employment” or “employed” include the engagement of Participants who are consultants, advisors and independent contractors of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

(b)                                  Grants to Participants .  The Committee shall have no obligation to grant any Eligible Individual an Award or to designate an Eligible Individual as a Participant solely by reason of the Eligible Individual having received a prior Award or having been previously designated as a Participant.  The Committee may grant more than one Award to a Participant and may designate an Eligible Individual as a Participant for overlapping periods of time.

 

5.                                       Shares Subject to the Plan

 

(a)                                  Plan Limit .  Subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 13 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued in respect of new Awards granted under the Plan shall be 3,225,000 , which includes Shares underlying Substitute Awards.  Shares to be issued under the Plan may be authorized and unissued Shares, issued Shares that have been reacquired by the Company (in the open-market or in private transactions) and that are being held in treasury, or a combination thereof.  All of the Shares subject to the Plan Limit may be issued pursuant to Incentive Stock Options, except that in calculating the number of Shares that remain available for Awards of Incentive Stock Options, the rules set forth in Section 5(b) shall not apply to the extent not permitted under Section 422 of the Code.

 

(b)                                  Rules Applicable to Determining Shares Available for Issuance .  The number of Shares remaining available for issuance shall be reduced by the number of Shares subject to outstanding Awards and, for Awards that are not denominated by Shares, by the number of Shares actually delivered upon settlement or payment of the

 

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Award.  For purposes of determining the number of Shares that remain available for issuance under the Plan, (i) the number of Shares that are tendered by a Participant or withheld by the Company to pay the exercise price of an Award or to satisfy the Participant’s tax withholding obligations in connection with the exercise or settlement of an Award and (ii) all of the Shares covered by a stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right to the extent exercised (not limited to the Shares actually issued to Participants, but also including Shares withheld by the Company for taxes in connection with such exercise), will not be added back to the Plan Limit.  In addition, for purposes of determining the number of Shares that remain available for issuance under the Plan, the number of Shares corresponding to Awards under the Plan that are forfeited or cancelled or otherwise expire for any reason without having been exercised or settled or that are settled through issuance of consideration other than Shares (including, without limitation, cash) shall be added back to the Plan Limit and again be available for the grant of Awards; provided , however , that this provision shall not be applicable with respect to (i) the cancellation of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Option upon the exercise of the Option or (ii) the cancellation of an Option granted in tandem with a Stock Appreciation Right upon the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right.

 

6.                                       Awards in General

 

(a)                                  Types of Awards .  Awards under the Plan may consist of Options, Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Stock, Performance Units and Other Awards.  Any Award described in Sections 7 through 11 of the Plan may be granted singly or in combination or tandem with any other Awards, as the Committee may determine.  Awards under the Plan may be made in combination with, in replacement of, or as alternatives to awards or rights under any other compensation or benefit plan of the Company, including the plan of any acquired entity.

 

(b)                                  Terms Set Forth in Award Document .  The terms and conditions of each Award shall be set forth in an Award Document in a form approved by the Committee for the Award, which shall contain terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, the Committee may accelerate (i) the vesting or payment of any Award, (ii) the lapse of restrictions on any Award, or (iii) the date on which any Award first becomes exercisable.  The terms of Awards may vary among Participants, and the Plan does not impose upon the Committee any requirement to make Awards subject to uniform terms.  Accordingly, the terms of individual Award Documents may vary.

 

(c)                                   Vesting .  The Committee shall specify at the time of grant the vesting provisions of an Award.

 

(d)                                  Termination of Employment .  The Committee shall specify at or after the time of grant of an Award the provisions governing the disposition of an Award in the event of a Participant’s termination of employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates.  Subject to Section 409A of the Code and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, in connection with a Participant’s termination of employment, the Committee shall have the discretion to (i) accelerate the vesting, exercisability or settlement of, (ii) accelerate or eliminate the restrictions and conditions applicable to, or

 

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(iii) extend the post-termination exercise period of an outstanding Award.  The provisions described in this Section 6(d) may be specified in the applicable Award Document or determined at a subsequent time.

 

(e)                                   Change in Control .  The Committee shall have full authority to determine the effect, if any, of a Change in Control of the Company on the vesting, exercisability, settlement, payment or lapse of restrictions applicable to an Award, which effect may be specified in the applicable Award Document or, subject to Section 409A of the Code and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, determined at a subsequent time.  Except as otherwise specified in an Award Document (or in a Participant’s employment agreement) and subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations (including Section 409A of the Code), the Board or the Committee shall, at any time prior to, coincident with or after the effective time of a Change in Control, take such actions as it may consider appropriate, including, without limitation: (i) providing for the acceleration of any vesting conditions relating to the exercise or settlement of an Award (including the deemed attainment of Performance Targets) or that an Award shall terminate or expire unless exercised or settled in full on or before a date fixed by the Board or the Committee; (ii) making other adjustments to the Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect the Change in Control; (iii) causing the Awards then outstanding to be assumed, or new rights to be substituted for the Awards, by the surviving corporation in the Change in Control; or (iv) permitting or requiring Participants to surrender outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for a cash payment equal to the difference between the highest price paid for a Share in the Change in Control transaction and the Exercise Price of the Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(f)                                    Dividends and Dividend Equivalents .  The Committee may provide Participants with the right to receive dividends or payments equivalent to dividends or interest with respect to an outstanding Award.  The payments can either be paid currently or deemed to have been reinvested in Shares, and can be made in Shares, cash or a combination thereof, as the Committee shall determine; provided , however , that the terms of any reinvestment of dividends must comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, Section 409A of the Code.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no dividends or dividend equivalents shall be paid with respect to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(g)                                   Rights of a Stockholder .  A Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to Shares covered by an Award (including voting rights) until the date the Participant or his nominee becomes the holder of record of such Shares.  No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to such date, except as provided in Section 13(b) of the Plan.

 

(h)                                  Performance Targets .

 

(i)                                      The Committee may grant an Award to a Participant payable upon the attainment of specific Performance Targets.  The Performance Targets that may be used by the Committee for such Awards will be based on measurable and attainable financial and operational goals for the Company, one or more of its

 

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operating divisions, Subsidiaries or business units or any combination of the above from the following: net income, net revenue, operating cash flow, operating margin, operating revenue, revenue growth rates, pretax income, pretax operating income, operating or gross margin, growth rates, operating income growth, return on assets (including return on tangible assets and cash return on tangible assets), total stockholder return, on-time delivery targets, Share price, return on equity, operating earnings, diluted earnings per Share or earnings per Share growth, health, safety and environmental criteria or a combination thereof as selected by the Committee.  The Performance Targets may be described in terms of objectives that are related to the individual Participant or objectives that are Company-wide or related to a Subsidiary, division, department, region, function or business unit and may be measured on an absolute or cumulative basis or on the basis of percentage of improvement over time, and may be measured in terms of Company performance (or performance of the applicable Subsidiary, operating division, department, region, function or business unit) or measured relative to selected peer companies or a market or other index.  In addition, the Committee may establish Performance Targets based on other criteria as it deems appropriate.

 

(ii)                                   At or in connection with the expiration of the applicable Performance Period, the Committee shall determine the extent to which the Performance Targets are achieved and the percentage of each such Award that has been earned.  The Committee may, subject to Section 409A of the Code, in its sole discretion, adjust the Performance Targets to be subject to continued vesting, earlier lapse or other modification.  Subject to the applicable provisions of the Award Document and the Plan, upon a Participant’s termination of employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates for any reason during the Performance Period for a given Award subject to Performance Targets, the Award in question will vest or be forfeited in accordance with the terms and conditions established by the Committee.

 

(i)                                      Deferrals .  In accordance with the procedures authorized by, and subject to the approval of, the Committee, Participants may be given the opportunity to defer the payment or settlement of an Award to one or more dates selected by the Participant.  The terms of any deferrals must comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations including, without limitation, Section 409A of the Code.  No deferral opportunity shall exist with respect to an Award unless explicitly permitted by the Committee on or after the time of grant.

 

(j)                                     Repricing of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights .  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the terms of outstanding Awards may not be amended, without stockholder approval, to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, or to cancel outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for cash, other Awards, or Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.  The foregoing shall not prevent adjustments pursuant to Section 13(b) of the Plan.

 

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7.                                       Terms and Conditions of Options

 

(a)                                  General .  The Committee may grant Options to Eligible Individuals and shall determine whether the Options shall be Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options.  Each Option shall be evidenced by an Award Document that shall expressly identify the Option as an Incentive Stock Option or Nonqualified Stock Option, and be in such form and contain such provisions as the Committee shall from time to time deem appropriate.  The terms of any Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision, as amended from time to time.

 

(b)                                  Exercise Price .  The exercise price of an Option shall be fixed by the Committee at the time of grant or shall be determined by a method specified by the Committee at the time of grant.  In no event shall the exercise price of an Option be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant; provided , however , that the exercise price of a Substitute Award granted as an Option shall be determined in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and may be less than the one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value.  Payment of the exercise price of an Option shall be made in any form approved by the Committee at the time of grant.

 

(c)                                   Term .  An Option shall be effective for such term as shall be determined by the Committee and as set forth in the Award Document relating to the Option, and the Committee may extend the term of an Option after the time of grant; provided , however , that the term of an Option may in no event extend beyond the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of grant of such Option.

 

(d)                                  Exercise; Payment of Exercise Price .  Options shall be exercised by delivery of a notice of exercise in a form approved by the Company.  Subject to the provisions of the applicable Award Document, the exercise price of an Option may be paid (i) in cash (or cash equivalents), (ii) by actual delivery or attestation to ownership of freely transferable Shares already owned by the person exercising the Option and equal in value to the exercise price, (iii) by a combination of cash and Shares equal in value to the exercise price, (iv) through net share settlement or similar procedure involving the withholding of Shares subject to the Option with a value equal to the exercise price, or (v) by such other means as the Committee may authorize.  In accordance with the rules and procedures authorized by the Committee from time to time for this purpose, the Option may also be exercised through a “cashless exercise” procedure authorized by the Committee that permits Participants to exercise Options by delivering a properly executed exercise notice to the Company together with a copy of irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds necessary to pay the exercise price and the amount of any required tax or other withholding obligations or through other procedures determined by the Company from time to time.

 

8.                                       Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock Units and Restricted Stock

 

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Participant to receive, subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Document, one or more Shares.  Restricted Stock Units may, among other things, be subject to restrictions on transferability, vesting requirements or other specified circumstances under which they may be cancelled.  Upon settlement, the Restricted Stock Units shall be paid in Shares, cash, or a combination of cash and Shares, with a value equal to the Fair Market Value of the Shares at the time of payment.

 

(b)                                  Restricted Stock .  The Committee may grant or sell Restricted Stock to Eligible Individuals.  An Award of Restricted Stock shall consist of one or more Shares granted or sold to an Eligible Individual, and shall be subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in the Plan and established by the Committee in connection with the Award and specified in the applicable Award Document.  Restricted Stock may, among other things, be subject to restrictions on transferability, vesting requirements or other specified circumstances under which it may be cancelled.

 

9.                                       Stock Appreciation Rights

 

(a)                                  General .  The Committee is authorized to grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Eligible Individuals.  A Stock Appreciation Right shall entitle a Participant to receive, upon satisfaction of the conditions to payment specified in the applicable Award Document, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of the number of Shares for which the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised over the grant price for such Stock Appreciation Right specified in the applicable Award Document.  The grant price per Share of Shares covered by a Stock Appreciation Right shall be fixed by the Committee at the time of grant or, alternatively, shall be determined by a method specified by the Committee at the time of grant, but in no event shall the grant price of a Stock Appreciation Right be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant; provided , however , that the grant price of a Substitute Award granted as a Stock Appreciation Right shall be in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and may be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value.  Payments to a Participant upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right may be made in cash or Shares, or in a combination of cash and Shares.

 

(b)                                  Term .  A Stock Appreciation Right shall be effective for such term as shall be determined by the Committee and as set forth in the Award Document relating to such Stock Appreciation Right, and the Committee may extend the term of a Stock Appreciation Right after the time of grant; provided , however , that the term of a Stock Appreciation Right may in no event extend beyond the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of grant of such Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(c)                                   Methods of Exercise .  In accordance with the rules and procedures established by the Committee for this purpose, and subject to the provisions of the applicable Award Document and all applicable laws, the Committee shall determine the permissible methods of exercise for a Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(d)                                  Stock Appreciation Rights in Tandem with Options .  A Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Option may be granted either at the same time as the Option or subsequent thereto.  If granted in tandem with an Option, a Stock

 

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Appreciation Right shall cover the same number of Shares as covered by the Option (or such lesser number of Shares as the Committee may determine) and shall be exercisable only at the same time or times and to the extent the related Option shall be exercisable, and shall have the same term as the related Option.  The grant price of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Option shall equal the per Share exercise price of the Option to which it relates.  Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Option, the related Option shall be cancelled automatically to the extent of the number of Shares covered by such exercise.  Conversely, if the related Option is exercised as to some or all of the Shares covered by the tandem grant, the tandem Stock Appreciation Right shall be cancelled automatically to the extent of the number of Shares covered by the Option exercise.

 

10.                                Performance Stock and Performance Units

 

(a)                                  Performance Stock .  The Committee may grant Performance Stock to Eligible Individuals.  An Award of Performance Stock shall consist of a Target Number of Shares granted to an Eligible Individual based on the achievement of Performance Targets over the applicable Performance Period, and shall be subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in the Plan and established by the Committee in connection with the Award and specified in the applicable Award Document.

 

(b)                                  Performance Units .  The Committee may grant Performance Units to Eligible Individuals.  A Performance Unit shall entitle a Participant to receive, subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in the Plan and established by the Committee in connection with the Award and specified in the applicable Award Document, a Target Number of Shares or cash based upon the achievement of Performance Targets over the applicable Performance Period.  Performance Units shall be settled through the delivery of Shares or cash, or a combination of cash and Shares, with a value equal to the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares as of the last day of the applicable Performance Period.

 

11.                                Other Awards

 

The Committee shall have the authority to specify the terms and provisions of other forms of equity-based or equity-related Awards not described above that the Committee determines to be consistent with the purpose of the Plan and the interests of the Company.  Other Awards may provide for cash payments based in whole or in part on the value or future value of Shares, for the acquisition or future acquisition of Shares, or any combination thereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the value of an Other Award is based on a spread value, the grant or exercise price will not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of the grant.

 

12.                                Certain Restrictions

 

(a)                                  Transfers No Award shall be transferable other than by last will and testament, by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order, as the case may be; provided , however , that the Committee may, subject to terms and conditions as it shall specify, permit the transfer of an Award for no consideration (i)

 

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to a Participant’s family member, (ii) to one or more trusts established in whole or in part for the benefit of one or more of such family members, (iii) to one or more entities which are beneficially owned in whole or in part by one or more such family members or (iv) to any other individual or entity permitted under law and the rules of Nasdaq or any other exchange that lists the Shares (collectively, “ Permitted Transferees ”).  Any Award transferred to a Permitted Transferee shall be further transferable only by last will and testament or the laws of descent and distribution or, for no consideration, to another Permitted Transferee of the Participant.

 

(b)                                  Award Exercisable Only by Participant .  During the lifetime of a Participant, an Award shall be exercisable only by the Participant or by a Permitted Transferee to whom the Award has been transferred in accordance with Section 12(a) above.  The grant of an Award shall impose no obligation on a Participant to exercise or settle the Award.

 

13.                                Recapitalization or Reorganization

 

(a)                                  Authority of the Company and Stockholders .  The existence of the Plan, the Award Documents and the Awards granted under the Plan shall not affect or restrict in any way the right or power of the Company or the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of stock or of options, warrants or rights to purchase stock or of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks whose rights are superior to or affect the Shares or the rights under the Shares or which are convertible into or exchangeable for Shares, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

 

(b)                                  Change in Capitalization .  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or any Award Document, the number and kind of Shares authorized for issuance under Section 5 of the Plan shall be equitably adjusted in the manner deemed necessary by the Committee in the event of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation, reclassification, merger, consolidation, separation, extraordinary cash dividend, split-up, spin-off, combination, exchange of Shares, warrants or rights offering to purchase Shares at a price substantially below Fair Market Value or other similar corporate event or distribution of stock or property of the Company affecting the Shares in order to preserve, but not increase, the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan.  In addition, upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing events, the number and kind of Shares subject to any outstanding Award and the exercise price per Share (or the grant price per Share, as the case may be), if any, under any outstanding Award shall be equitably adjusted (including by payment of cash to a Participant) in order to preserve the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available to Participants.  Such adjustments shall be made by the Committee whose determination as to what adjustments shall be made, and the extent thereof, shall be final.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, such adjusted Awards shall be subject to the same restrictions and vesting or settlement schedule to which the underlying Award is subject.  Notwithstanding the

 

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forgoing, the Committee shall not be required to make any adjustments that would cause an Award to fail to satisfy the conditions of an applicable exemption from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or otherwise violate the applicable requirements thereof.

 

14.                                Term of the Plan

 

Unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 16 of the Plan, the Plan shall terminate on the tenth (10 th) anniversary of the Effective Date, except with respect to Awards then outstanding.  No Awards may be granted under the Plan after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

15.                                Effective Date

 

The Plan shall become effective on September 13, 2018 (the “ Effective Date ”), which is the date of its adoption by the Board, subject to the approval of the Plan by the stockholders of the Company in accordance with the requirements of the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

16.                                Amendment and Termination

 

Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, the Board may at any time terminate or, from time to time amend, modify or suspend the Plan; provided , however , that no termination, amendment, modification or suspension (i) shall be effective without the approval of the stockholders of the Company if such approval is required under applicable laws, rules and regulations, including the rules of Nasdaq and (ii) shall materially and adversely alter or impair the rights of a Participant in any Award previously made under the Plan without the consent of the holder of the Award.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall have broad authority to amend the Plan or any Award under the Plan without the consent of a Participant to the extent it deems necessary or desirable (a) to comply with, or take into account changes in, interpretations of or guidance promulgated under, applicable tax laws, securities laws, employment laws, accounting rules and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, (b) to take into account unusual or nonrecurring events or market conditions (including, without limitation, the events described in Section 13(b)), (c) to take into account significant acquisitions or dispositions of assets or other property by the Company or (d) to ensure that an Award is not subject to interest and penalties under Section 409A of the Code.

 

17.                                Miscellaneous

 

(a)                                  Tax Withholding .  The Company or a Subsidiary, as appropriate, may require any individual entitled to receive a payment in respect of an Award to remit to the Company, prior to payment, an amount sufficient to satisfy any applicable tax withholding requirements.  In the case of an Award payable in Shares, the Company or a Subsidiary, as appropriate, may permit or require a Participant to satisfy, in whole or in part, the obligation to remit taxes by directing the Company to withhold Shares that would otherwise be received by the Participant or to repurchase Shares that were issued to the Participant to satisfy the minimum statutory withholding rates for any applicable tax withholding purposes, in accordance with all applicable laws and pursuant to such

 

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rules as the Committee may establish from time to time.  The Company or a Subsidiary, as appropriate, shall also have the right to deduct from all cash payments made to a Participant (whether or not the payment is made in connection with an Award) any applicable taxes required to be withheld with respect to payments under the Plan.

 

(b)                                  No Right to Awards or Employment .  No person shall have any claim or right to receive Awards under the Plan.  Neither the Plan, the grant of Awards under the Plan nor any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Plan shall be deemed to create or confer on any Eligible Individual any right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary or other affiliate thereof, or to interfere with or to limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary or other affiliate thereof to terminate the employment of the Eligible Individual at any time.  No Award shall constitute salary, recurrent compensation or contractual compensation for the year of grant, any later year or any other period of time.  Neither the Plan nor any Award constitutes a contractual entitlement to any bonus payment in general irrespective of whether Awards or bonus payments were made in previous years.  Payments received by a Participant under any Award made pursuant to the Plan shall not be included in, nor have any effect on, the determination of employment-related rights or benefits under any other employee benefit plan or similar arrangement provided by the Company and the Subsidiaries, unless otherwise specifically provided for under the terms of such plan or arrangement or by the Committee.

 

(c)                                   Securities Law Restrictions .  An Award may not be exercised or settled and no Shares may be issued in connection with an Award unless the issuance of the Shares (i) has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (ii) has qualified under applicable state “blue sky” laws (or the Company has determined that an exemption from registration and from qualification under such state “blue sky” laws is available) and (iii) complies with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all foreign securities laws.  The Committee may require each Eligible Individual purchasing or acquiring Shares pursuant to an Award under the Plan to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such Eligible Individual is acquiring the Shares for investment purposes and not with a view to the distribution thereof.  All certificates for Shares delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stock-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any exchange upon which the Shares are then listed, and any applicable securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

 

(d)                                  Awards to Individuals Subject to Laws of a Jurisdiction Outside of the United States .  To the extent that Awards under the Plan are awarded to Eligible Individuals who are domiciled or resident outside of the United States or to persons who are domiciled or resident in the United States but who are subject to the tax laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States, the Committee may adjust the terms of the Awards granted hereunder to such person (i) to comply with the laws, rules and regulations of such jurisdiction and (ii) to permit the grant of the Award not to be a taxable event to the Participant.  The authority granted under the previous sentence shall include the discretion for the Committee to adopt, on behalf of the Company, one or more

 

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sub-plans applicable to separate classes of Eligible Individuals who are subject to the laws of jurisdictions outside of the United States.

 

(e)                                   Satisfaction of Obligations Subject to applicable law, the Company may apply any cash, Shares, securities or other consideration received upon exercise or settlement of an Award to any obligations a Participant owes to the Company and the Subsidiaries in connection with the Plan or otherwise, including, without limitation, any tax obligations or obligations under a currency facility established in connection with the Plan.

 

(f)                                    No Limitation on Corporate Actions .  Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed to prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from taking any corporate action, whether or not it would have an adverse effect on any Awards made under the Plan.  No Participant, beneficiary or other person shall have any claim against the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of any corporate action.

 

(g)                                   Unfunded Plan The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded plan for incentive compensation.  Prior to the issuance of Shares, cash or other form of payment in connection with an Award, nothing contained herein shall give any Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.  The Committee may, but is not obligated to, authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver Shares with respect to Awards hereunder.

 

(h)                                  Award Document .  In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the Plan and any Award Document, the Plan shall govern and the Award Document shall be interpreted to minimize or eliminate the conflict or inconsistency.

 

(i)                                      Successors and Assigns .  All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards shall be binding on any successor or assign to the Company, whether the existence of the successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.

 

(j)                                     Application of Funds .  The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of Shares pursuant to Awards will be used for general corporate purposes.

 

(k)                                  Headings .  The headings of Sections herein are included solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning of any of the provisions of the Plan.

 

(l)                                      Severability .  If any provision of this Plan is held unenforceable, the remainder of the Plan shall continue in full force and effect without regard to such unenforceable provision and shall be applied as though the unenforceable provision were not contained in the Plan.

 

(m)                              Expenses .  The costs and expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company.

 

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(n)                                  Section 409A of the Code .  Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Plan or an Award Document, if any provision of the Plan or an Award Document contravenes any regulations or guidance promulgated under Section 409A of the Code or would cause an Award to be subject to additional taxes, accelerated taxation, interest and/or penalties under Section 409A of the Code, such provision of the Plan or Award Document may be modified by the Committee without consent of the Participant in any manner the Committee deems reasonable or necessary.  In making such modifications the Committee shall attempt, but shall not be obligated, to maintain, to the maximum extent practicable, the original intent of the applicable provision without contravening the provisions of Section 409A of the Code.

 

For purposes of Section 409A, each payment or settlement provided under this Plan shall be treated as a separate payment.  Moreover, any discretionary authority that the Committee may have pursuant to the Plan shall not be applicable to an Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code to the extent such discretionary authority would contravene Section 409A of the Code or the guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Plan or Award Document, any payment(s) of “nonqualified deferred compensation” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) that are otherwise required to be made under the Plan to a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A of the Code) as a result of such employee’s separation from service (other than a payment that is not subject to Section 409A of the Code) shall be delayed for the first six (6) months following such separation from service (or, if earlier, the date of death of the specified employee) and shall instead be paid (in a manner set forth in the Award Document) upon expiration of such delay period.

 

(o)                                  Company Recoupment of Awards .  A Participant’s rights with respect to any Award hereunder shall in all events be subject to (i) any right that the Company may have under any Company recoupment policy or other agreement or arrangement with a Participant, or (ii) any right or obligation that the Company may have regarding the clawback of “incentive-based compensation” under Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(p)                                  Governing Law .  Except as to matters of federal law, the Plan and all actions taken thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (other than its conflict of law rules).

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

FORM OF KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC. LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

 

THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (the “ Award Agreement ”) is made effective as of [•] (the “ Date of Grant ”) by KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), for the benefit of <Name> (the “ Participant ”).  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant the Restricted Stock provided for herein to the Participant pursuant to the Plan and the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW THEREFORE, the Restricted Stock is hereby granted, subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

1.                                       Grant of the Award .  Subject to the provisions of this Award Agreement and the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant, an aggregate of <# Shares> restricted shares of Common Stock (the “ Restricted Stock ”), subject to adjustment as set forth in the Plan.

 

2.                                       Incorporation of Plan .  The Company has previously provided the Participant with a copy of the Plan.  This Award Agreement and the Restricted Stock shall be subject to the Plan, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, and in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the Plan and this Award Agreement, the Plan shall govern.  Defined terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Plan.

 

3.                                       Vesting Schedule .  [Vesting provisions to be determined on a case-by-case basis by the Compensation Committee.]

 

4.                                       Termination of Service .(1)  Subject to the following sentence and the terms and conditions of any applicable employment agreement, in the event of the Participant’s termination of service with the Company prior to the vesting of all shares of Restricted Stock hereunder for any reason other than death or Disability, all unvested shares of Restricted Stock shall be cancelled immediately without consideration as of the date of such termination.  For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that the Participant becomes a consultant or director of the Company following termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company, no termination of service shall be deemed to occur for purposes of the continued vesting of the Restricted Stock hereunder until such time as the Participant is no longer an employee, a consultant or a director of the Company.

 

5.                                       Death or Disability .   If, prior to the vesting of all shares of Restricted Stock hereunder, the Participant’s service with the Company terminates due to death or Disability, all of the unvested shares of Restricted Stock shall vest immediately as of the date of such termination and shall no longer be subject to cancellation pursuant to Section 4 or the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 7.

 

6.                                       Change in Control .  [Change in Control vesting provisions to be determined on a case-by-case basis by the Compensation Committee.]

 

7.                                       Nontransferability of Restricted Stock .  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Restricted Stock may not be transferred, pledged, alienated, assigned or otherwise attorned other than by last will and testament or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order, as the case may be; provided , however , that the Committee may, subject to such terms and conditions as it shall specify, permit the transfer of the Restricted Stock, including, without limitation, for no consideration to a charitable institution or a Permitted Transferee.  Any shares of Restricted Stock transferred to a charitable institution may not be further

 


(1)                                  The Compensation Committee will determine the treatment of unvested Restricted Stock in the event of certain qualifying terminations of a Participant’s employment on a case-by-case basis.

 



 

transferable without the Committee’s approval and any shares of Restricted Stock transferred to a Permitted Transferee shall be further transferable only by last will and testament or the laws of descent and distribution or, for no consideration, to another Permitted Transferee of the Participant.

 

8.                                       Rights as a Stockholder .  The Participant shall have, with respect to the Restricted Stock, all the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including, if applicable, the right to vote the Restricted Stock and to receive any dividends or other distributions, subject to the restrictions set forth in the Plan and this Award Agreement.

 

9.                                       Dividends and Distributions .  Any cash, Common Stock or other securities of the Company or other consideration received by the Participant as a result of a distribution to holders of Restricted Stock or as a dividend on the Restricted Stock shall be subject to the same restrictions as the Restricted Stock, and all references to Restricted Stock hereunder shall be deemed to include such cash, Common Stock or other securities or consideration.

 

10.                                Legend on Certificates .  The Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on certificates representing the Common Stock underlying the Restricted Stock to make appropriate reference to such restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or as may be required by the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any exchange that lists the Common Stock, and any applicable federal or state laws.

 

11.                                Conditions to Delivery of Common Stock Certificates .  The Company shall not be required to deliver any certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                  The obtaining of any approval or other clearance from any state or federal governmental agency which the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable; and

 

(b)                                  The lapse of such reasonable period of time as the Committee may from time to time establish for reasons of administrative convenience.

 

12.                                Physical Custody .  The Restricted Stock may be issued in certificate form or electronically in “book entry”.  The Secretary of the Company or such other representative as the Committee may appoint shall retain physical custody of each certificate representing Restricted Stock until all of the restrictions imposed under this Award Agreement with respect to the shares evidenced by such certificate expire or are removed.  In no event shall the Participant retain physical custody of any certificates representing unvested Restricted Stock assigned to the Participant.

 

13.                                No Entitlements .

 

(a)                                  No Right to Continued Service .  This award is not an employment or other service agreement, and nothing in this Award Agreement or the Plan shall (i) alter the Participant’s status as an “at-will” employee of the Company, (ii) be construed as guaranteeing the Participant’s service with the Company or as giving the Participant any right to continue in the service of the Company during any period or (iii) be construed as giving the Participant any right to be reemployed by the Company following any termination of service.

 

(b)                                  No Right to Future Awards .  This award of Restricted Stock and all other equity-based awards under the Plan are discretionary.  This award does not confer on the Participant any right or entitlement to receive another award of Restricted Stock or any other equity-based award at any time in the future or in respect of any future period.

 

(c)                                   No Effect on Future Compensation .  The Company has made this award of Restricted Stock to the Participant in its sole discretion.  This award does not confer on the Participant any right or entitlement to receive compensation in any specific amount for any future fiscal year, and does not diminish in any way the Company’s discretion to determine the amount, if any, of the Participant’s

 

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compensation.  In addition, this award of Restricted Stock is not part of the Participant’s base salary or wages and will not be taken into account in determining any other service-related rights the Participant may have, such as rights to pension or severance pay.

 

14.                                Taxes and Withholding .  No later than the date as of which an amount with respect to the Restricted Stock first becomes includable in the gross income of the Participant for applicable income tax purposes, appropriate arrangements satisfactory to the Committee must be made regarding payment of any federal, state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Committee, the minimum required withholding obligations may be settled in Common Stock, including Common Stock that is part of the award that gives rise to the withholding requirement.  The obligations of the Company to deliver the certificates for shares of Common Stock under this Award Agreement shall be conditional upon such payment or arrangements and the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Participant, including, without limitation, by withholding shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon vesting.

 

15.                                Section 83(b) Election .  If, within 30 days of the Date of Grant, the Participant makes an election under Section 83(b) of the Code, or any successor section thereto, to be taxed with respect to all or any portion of the Restricted Stock as of the date of transfer of the Restricted Stock rather than as of the date or dates upon which the Participant would otherwise be taxable under Section 83(a) of the Code, the Committee may require the Participant to deliver a copy of such election to the Company immediately after filing such election with the Internal Revenue Service.

 

16.                                Securities Laws .  In connection with the grant or vesting of the Restricted Stock the Committee may require such written representations, warranties and agreements as the Committee may reasonably request in order to comply with applicable securities laws or with this Award Agreement.

 

17.                                General Provisions .

 

(a)                                  Notices .  Any notice necessary under this Award Agreement shall be addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary at the principal executive office of the Company and to the Participant at the address appearing in the records of the Company for the Participant or to either party at such other address as either party hereto may hereafter designate in writing to the other.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may deliver notices to the Participant by means of email or other electronic means that are generally used for employee communications.  Any such notice shall be deemed effective upon receipt thereof by the addressee.

 

(b)                                  Headings .  The headings of sections and subsections are included solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning of the provisions of this Award Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Entire Agreement .  This Award Agreement, the employment agreement between the Participant and the Company dated <Employment Agreement Date> , and the Plan constitute the entire agreement with regard to the subject matter hereof.  They supersede all other agreements, representations or understandings (whether oral or written and whether express or implied) that relate to the subject matter hereof.

 

(d)                                  Amendments .  The Board or the Committee shall have the power to alter, amend, modify or terminate the Plan or this Award Agreement at any time; provided , however , that no such termination, amendment or modification may adversely affect, in any material respect, the Participant’s rights under this Award Agreement without the Participant’s consent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have broad authority to amend this Award Agreement without the consent of the Participant to the extent it deems necessary or desirable (i) to comply with or take into account changes in or interpretations of, applicable tax laws, securities laws, employment laws, accounting rules and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, (ii) to ensure that the Restricted Stock is not subject to taxes, interest and penalties under Section 409A of the Code, (iii) to take into account unusual or nonrecurring events or market conditions, or

 

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(iv) to take into account significant acquisitions or dispositions of assets or other property by the Company.  Any amendment, modification or termination shall, upon adoption, become and be binding on all persons affected thereby without requirement for consent or other action with respect thereto by any such person.  The Committee shall give written notice to the Participant in accordance with Section 17(a) of any such amendment, modification or termination as promptly as practicable after the adoption thereof.  The foregoing shall not restrict the ability of the Participant and the Company by mutual consent to alter or amend the terms of the Restricted Stock in any manner that is consistent with the Plan and approved by the Committee.

 

(e)                                   Successor .  Except as otherwise provided herein, this Award Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company, and to any Permitted Transferee pursuant to Section 7.

 

(f)                                    Choice of Law .  Except as to matters of federal law, this Award Agreement and all actions taken thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida (other than its conflict of law rules).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company has executed this Award Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Amin J. Khoury

 

 

Title:

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 


Exhibit 4.3

 

FORM OF KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC. LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

 

THIS AWARD AGREEMENT (the “ Award Agreement ”) is made effective as of [•] (the “ Date of Grant ”) by KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), for the benefit of < Name> (the “ Participant ”).  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant the Restricted Stock Units provided for herein to the Participant pursuant to the Plan and the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW THEREFORE, the Restricted Stock Units are hereby granted, subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

1.                                       Grant of the Award .  Subject to the provisions of this Award Agreement and the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant, an aggregate of up to <# Shares> restricted stock units (the “ RSUs ”) each entitling the Participant to receive one share of Company common stock (the “ Shares ”), subject to adjustment as set forth in the Plan.  Of such aggregate RSUs granted hereunder, <# Shares> RSUs shall be subject to time-based vesting restrictions (the “ Time-Based RSUs ”) and <# Shares> RSUs shall be subject to performance-based vesting restrictions (the “ Performance-Based RSUs ”).

 

2.                                       Incorporation of Plan .  The Company has previously provided the Participant with a copy of the Plan.  This Award Agreement and the RSUs shall be subject to the Plan, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, and in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the Plan and this Award Agreement, the Plan shall govern.

 

3.                                       Vesting Schedule .  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Participant shall vest in the RSUs as set forth below, unless previously vested or canceled in accordance with the provisions of the Plan or this Award Agreement.  Only a whole number of Shares shall be issuable in respect of vested RSUs.  The Company shall not be required to issue any fractional Shares and may settle any fractional Shares in cash.

 

(a)                                  Time-Based RSUs .  [Time-Based vesting provisions to be determined on a case-by-case basis by the Compensation Committee.]

 

(b)                                  Performance-Based RSUs .  [Performance-Based vesting provisions to be determined on a case-by-case basis by the Compensation Committee.]

 

4.                                       Termination of Service .(1)

 

(a)                                  General .  Except as otherwise provided in this Award Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions of any applicable employment agreement, all unvested RSUs shall be cancelled immediately without consideration as of the date of the Participant’s termination of employment with the Company for any reason.  For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that the Participant becomes a consultant or director of the Company following termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company, no termination of service shall be deemed to occur for purposes of the continued vesting of the RSUs until such time as the Participant is no longer an employee, a consultant or a director of the Company.

 

(b)                                  Death or Disability .

 

(i)                                      Time-Based RSUs .  If, prior to the vesting of all Time-Based RSUs, the Participant’s service with the Company terminates due to death or Disability, all of the unvested Time-Based RSUs shall vest immediately as of the date of such termination and shall no longer be subject to cancellation pursuant to Section 4(a) or the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 6.

 


(1)                                  The Compensation Committee will determine the treatment of unvested Restricted Stock Units in the event of certain qualifying terminations of a Participant’s employment on a case-by-case basis.

 



 

(ii)                                   Performance-Based RSUs .  If, prior to the expiration of the Measurement Period, the Participant’s service with the Company terminates due to death or Disability, all of the unvested Performance-Based RSUs shall vest immediately at the Maximum level of performance as set forth in the schedule contained in Sections 3(b) and shall no longer be subject to cancellation pursuant to Section 4(a) or the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 6.

 

5.                                       Change in Control .  [Change in Control vesting provisions to be determined on a case-by-case basis by the Compensation Committee.]

 

6.                                       Nontransferability of RSUs .  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 12(a) of the Plan, the RSUs may not be pledged, alienated, assigned or otherwise transferred other than by last will and testament or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order, as the case may be; provided , however , that the Committee may, subject to such terms and conditions as it shall specify, permit the transfer of the RSUs, including, without limitation, for no consideration to a charitable institution or a Permitted Transferee.  Any RSUs transferred to a charitable institution may not be further transferable without the Committee’s approval and, to the extent that any of the RSUs are transferred to a Permitted Transferee, such RSUs shall be further transferable only by last will and testament or the laws of descent and distribution or, for no consideration, to another Permitted Transferee of the Participant to the extent approved by the Committee in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 12(a) of the Plan.

 

7.                                       No Rights as a Stockholder .  The RSUs do not entitle the Participant to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including, the right to vote Shares until the Participant or his nominee becomes the holder of record of Shares.

 

8.                                       Dividends Equivalent Rights .  The Participant shall accumulate dividend equivalent rights on all RSUs in an amount equal to the cash dividends paid with respect to the Shares on each date prior to settlement of the Participant’s RSUs that a cash dividend is paid on Shares.  The dividend equivalent rights shall be held by the Company as a bookkeeping account and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions (including vesting terms) as the corresponding RSUs and shall accumulate and be paid if and when the corresponding RSUs are settled.

 

9.                                       Settlement of RSUs .  Unless the Participant has executed and not revoked a valid deferral election under the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. 2018 Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended (the “DC Plan” ) (or has elected an alternative investment allocation with respect to RSUs deferred under the DC Plan), settlement of vested RSUs shall be made within thirty (30) days following the applicable vesting date (or such earlier date on which the RSUs vest and settle pursuant to the terms of this Award Agreement), but, except as provided by Section 5 of this Award Agreement with respect to RSUs that constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A (if any), in no event later than March 15th of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the applicable vesting date occurs.  Settlement will be made by delivery of Shares.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver any Shares if counsel to the Company determines that such sale or delivery would violate any applicable law or any rule or regulation of any governmental authority or any rule or regulation, or agreement of the Company with, any securities exchange or association upon which the Shares are listed or quoted.  If the Participant has executed and not revoked a valid deferral election, settlement shall be made in accordance with the DC Plan.

 

10.                                No Entitlements .

 

(a)                                  No Right to Continued Service .  This award is not an employment or other service agreement, and nothing in this Award Agreement or the Plan shall (i) alter the Participant’s status as an “at-will” employee of the Company, (ii) be construed as guaranteeing the Participant’s service by the Company or as giving the Participant any right to continue in the service of the Company during any period (including, without limitation, the period between the Date of Grant and the applicable vesting date in accordance with Section 3 hereof) or (iii) be construed as giving the Participant any right to be reemployed by the Company following any termination of service.

 

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(b)                                  No Right to Future Awards .  This award of RSUs and all other equity-based awards under the Plan are discretionary.  This award does not confer on the Participant any right or entitlement to receive another award of RSUs or any other equity-based award at any time in the future or in respect of any future period.

 

(c)                                   No Effect on Future Compensation .  The Company has made this award of RSUs to the Participant in its sole discretion.  This award does not confer on the Participant any right or entitlement to receive compensation in any specific amount for any future fiscal year, and does not diminish in any way the Company’s discretion to determine the amount, if any, of the Participant’s compensation.  In addition, this award of RSUs is not part of the Participant’s base salary or wages and will not be taken into account in determining any other service-related rights the Participant may have, such as rights to pension or severance pay.

 

11.                                Taxes and Withholding .

 

(a)                                  No later than the date as of which an amount with respect to the RSUs first becomes includable in the gross income of the Participant for applicable income tax purposes, appropriate arrangements satisfactory to the Committee must be made regarding payment of any federal, state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Committee, the minimum required withholding obligations may be settled in Shares, including Shares that are issued in settlement of the award that gives rise to the withholding requirement.  The obligations of the Company to settle the RSUs under this Award Agreement shall be conditional upon such payment or arrangements and the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Participant, including, without limitation, by withholding Shares to be delivered upon settlement.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding Section 11(a) and in furtherance thereof, the Committee may condition the vesting and issuance of Shares hereunder on the Participant paying to the Company or making arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding payment of federal employment taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to the RSUs at an earlier time, in the event that the Participant becomes subject to federal employment taxes on this award before the date that the RSUs first become includable in the gross income of the Participant for income tax purposes.

 

12.                                Securities Laws .  In connection with the grant, vesting or settlement of the RSUs the Committee may require such written representations, warranties and agreements as the Committee may reasonably request in order to comply with applicable securities laws or with this Award Agreement.

 

13.                                General Provisions .

 

(a)                                  Notices .  Any notice necessary under this Award Agreement shall be addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary at the principal executive office of the Company and to the Participant at the address appearing in the records of the Company for the Participant or to either party at such other address as either party hereto may hereafter designate in writing to the other.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may deliver notices to the Participant by means of email or other electronic means that are generally used for employee communications.  Any such notice shall be deemed effective upon receipt thereof by the addressee.

 

(b)                                  Headings .  The headings of sections and subsections are included solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning of the provisions of this Award Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Entire Agreement .  This Award Agreement, the employment agreement between the Participant and the Company dated <Employment Agreement Date>, and the Plan constitute the entire agreement with regard to the subject matter hereof.  They supersede all other agreements, representations or understandings (whether oral or written and whether express or implied) that relate to the subject matter hereof.

 

(d)                                  Amendments .  The Board or the Committee shall have the power to alter, amend, modify or terminate the Plan or this Award Agreement at any time; provided , however , that no such termination, amendment or modification may adversely affect, in any material respect, the Participant’s rights under this Award Agreement without the Participant’s consent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have broad authority to amend this Award Agreement without the consent of the Participant to the extent it deems necessary or

 

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desirable (i) to comply with or take into account changes in or interpretations of, applicable tax laws, securities laws, employment laws, accounting rules and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, (ii) to ensure that the RSUs are not subject to taxes, interest and penalties under Section 409A of the Code, (iii) to take into account unusual or nonrecurring events or market conditions, or (iv) to take into account significant acquisitions or dispositions of assets or other property by the Company.  Any amendment, modification or termination shall, upon adoption, become and be binding on all persons affected thereby without the requirement for consent or other action with respect thereto by any such person.  The Committee shall give written notice to the Participant in accordance with Section 13(a) hereof of any such amendment, modification or termination as promptly as practicable after the adoption thereof.  The foregoing shall not restrict the ability of the Participant and the Company by mutual consent to alter or amend the terms of the RSUs in any manner that is consistent with the Plan and approved by the Committee.

 

(e)                                   Section 409A .  (i) The RSUs are intended to comply with or be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A, and the Plan with respect to this RSU and this Award Agreement shall be administered and interpreted consistent with such intent.  If any provision of the Plan or this Award Agreement would, in the reasonable good faith judgment of the Committee, result or likely result in the imposition on the Participant of a penalty tax under Section 409A, the Committee may modify the terms of the Plan or this Award Agreement, without the consent of the Participant, in the manner that the Committee may reasonably and in good faith determine to be necessary or advisable to avoid the imposition of such penalty tax.  This Section 13(e) does not create an obligation on the part of the Company to modify the Plan or this Award Agreement and does not guarantee that the RSUs will not be subject to taxes, interest and penalties under Section 409A.

 

(ii)                                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Award Agreement, to the extent that the RSUs constitute deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A payable on account of a “Separation from Service” (as defined in Section 409A) from the Company and the Participant is a “ Specified Employee ” (within the meaning of the Committee’s established methodology for determining “ Specified Employees ” for purposes of Section 409A), no payment or distribution of any amounts with respect to the RSUs that are subject to Section 409A may be made before the first business day following the six-(6) month anniversary of the Participant’s “Separation from Service” from the Company or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death.

 

(iii)                                Subject to the otherwise applicable provisions of this Award Agreement, the actual date of settlement of the RSUs shall be within the sole discretion of the Company.  Except in accordance with any valid deferral election under the DC Plan as contemplated under Section 9, in no event may the Participant be permitted to control the year in which settlement occurs.

 

(f)                                    Successor .  Except as otherwise provided herein, this Award Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company, and to any Permitted Transferee pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

 

(g)                                   Choice of Law .  Except as to matters of federal law, this Award Agreement and all actions taken thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida (other than its conflict of law rules).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company has executed this Award Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Amin J. Khoury

 

 

Title:

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 4.4

 

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Effective as of September 13, 2018)

 

SECTION 1.  PURPOSE OF PLAN

 

This document sets forth the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the Plan ), effective as of September 13, 2018. The Plan is intended to provide a method by which eligible employees of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. ( KLX ) and of such of KLX’s parents and subsidiaries as KLX’s Board of Directors (the Board of Directors ) may from time to time designate (such parents, subsidiaries, together with KLX, being hereinafter referred to as the Company ) may use voluntary, systematic payroll deductions to purchase shares of the common stock of KLX, par value $.01 per share (the Stock ) and thereby acquire an interest in the future of KLX. The Plan is intended to comply with the provisions of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder (the Code ) and shall be administered, interpreted and construed in accordance with such provisions. For purposes of the Plan, (i) a subsidiary is any corporation which constitutes a “subsidiary” of KLX within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code and (ii) a parent constitutes a “parent” of KLX within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code.

 

SECTION 2.  OPTIONS TO PURCHASE STOCK

 

Under the Plan, there is available an aggregate of not more than 200,000 shares of Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 14) for sale pursuant to the exercise of options ( Options ) granted under the Plan. The Stock to be delivered upon exercise of Options under the Plan may be either shares of authorized but unissued Stock or shares of reacquired Stock, as the Board of Directors may determine.

 

SECTION 3.  ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES

 

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, each individual: (i) who is an active Employee of the Company ( Employee ); (ii) who has a customary working schedule of at least 20 hours per week; (iii) who has been an Employee for at least 90 days: and (iv) whose customary employment is for five months or more in any calendar year will be eligible to participate in the Plan (each such individual, an Eligible Employee ). From time to time, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the Compensation Committee ) may amend the requirements of an Eligible Employee, subject to the provisions of Sections 423 and 424 of the Code.

 

Any Employee who immediately after the grant of an Option would, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 423 and 424 of the Code, own stock possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of KLX or any of its parents or subsidiaries, will not be an Eligible Employee.

 

No Employee will be granted an Option under the Plan which would permit his or her rights to purchase shares of Stock under all employee stock purchase plans of the Company (as defined by Section 423(b) of the Code) to accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 in fair market value of such Stock (determined at the time the Option is granted)

 



 

for each calendar year during which any such Option granted to such Employee is outstanding at any time, as provided in Sections 423 and 424(d) of the Code. For purposes of this limitation, the date of grant of an Option shall be the date on which the Option is exercised pursuant to Section 8. Fair market value on any given day will mean the Closing Price of the Stock on such day (or, if there was no Closing Price on such day, the latest day prior thereto on which there was a Closing Price). The Closing Price of the Stock on any business day will be the last sale price as reported on the principal market on which the Stock is traded or, if no last sale is reported, then the mean between the highest bid and lowest asked prices on that day. A good faith determination by the Compensation Committee as to fair market value shall be final and binding.

 

SECTION 4.  METHOD OF PARTICIPATION

 

(a)                                  Each of the periods during which this Plan remains in effect is hereinafter referred to as an Option Period . Option Periods shall be of six-month duration. Each Plan Year (January 1 st  through December 31 st ) shall contain two Option Periods, one shall commence January 1 and terminate June 30 and the other shall commence July 1 and terminate December 31.

 

(b)                                  Each person who is an Eligible Employee on the first day of an Option Period may elect to participate in the Plan by executing and delivering a payroll deduction authorization in accordance with Section 5. Such Employee will thereby become a participant ( Participant ) for such Option Period. Unless otherwise specified prior to the beginning of the year pursuant to Section 5, a Participant shall be deemed to have elected to participate in each subsequent Plan Year for which the Participant is an Eligible Employee to the same extent and in the same manner as at the end of the prior Plan Year.

 

SECTION 5.  PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS

 

(a)                                  The payroll deduction authorization will be in a form determined by the Compensation Committee from time to time. The payroll deduction authorization must be delivered to the Company at least five days prior to the first date of the Option Period (or such earlier or later date specified by the Compensation Committee from time to time). When executing and delivering the payroll deduction authorization, the Participant shall request withholding at a rate (in whole percentages) of not less than 2% or more than 15% of the Participant’s Compensation by means of equal payroll deductions over the Option Period. All amounts withheld in accordance with a Participant’s payroll deduction authorization will be credited to a withholding account for such Participant. All such amounts shall be assets of the Company and may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose. The payroll deduction authorization will remain in effect for each consecutive subsequent Option Period unless changed or revoked by the Participant pursuant to Section 5(b). For purposes of the Plan, Compensation will mean the sum of the types and amounts of compensation determined from time to time by the Compensation Committee to be eligible to be taken into account under the Plan; provided , however , that no such determination shall include or exclude any type or amount of compensation contrary to the requirements of Section 423 of the Code.

 

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(b)                                  At any time on or prior to the fifteenth day of the last month of an Option Period, a Participant may (i) cancel an Option and cease participation in the Plan with respect to all (but not less than all) of the Stock subject to such Option or (ii) reduce the withholding rate of his or her payroll deduction authorization for the Option Period by one or more whole percentage points (but not to below 2%) by delivering electronic notice to the Company in the form specified by the Compensation Committee, such cancellation or reduction to take effect prospectively as soon as practicable following receipt of such notice by the Company. A Participant may increase or reduce the withholding rate of his or her payroll deduction authorization for a future Option Period, or cease participation entirely for a future Option Period, by electronic notice delivered to the Company at least five days prior to the first day of the Option Period as to which the change is to be effective (or such earlier or later date specified by the Compensation Committee from time to time). To the extent then an Eligible Employee, any Participant who ceased to participate may elect to participate in a future Option Period by completing the process specified in Section 4 and Section 5. Upon cancellation, the balance in the Participant’s withholding account will be returned to the Participant.

 

SECTION 6.  GRANT OF OPTIONS

 

Each person who is a Participant on the first day of an Option Period will, as of such day, be granted an Option for such Period. Such Option will be for the number of whole shares (not in excess of the share maximum as hereinafter defined) of Stock to be determined by dividing (i) the balance in the Participant’s withholding account on the last day of the Option Period, by (ii) the purchase price per share of the Stock determined under Section 7. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the share maximum with respect to any Option for any Option Period shall be the largest whole number of shares of Stock which, when multiplied by the fair market value of a share of Stock on the last day of the Option Period, produces a dollar amount of $12,500 or less. The number of shares of Stock receivable by each Participant upon exercise of his or her Option for an Option Period will be reduced, on a substantially proportionate basis, in the event that the number of shares then available under the Plan is otherwise insufficient.

 

SECTION 7.  PURCHASE PRICE

 

The purchase price of Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option will be 85% of the fair market value of the Stock at the time at which the Option is exercised pursuant to Section 8.

 

SECTION 8.  EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

 

(a)                                  Each Employee who is a Participant in the Plan on the last day of an Option Period will be deemed to have exercised, on the last day of the Option Period, the Option granted to him or her for that Option Period. Upon such exercise, the balance of the Participant’s withholding account will be applied to the purchase of the number of whole shares of Stock determined under Section 6 and as soon as practicable thereafter the shares will be issued to the Participant either in certificates or electronically in “book entry” form with the transfer agent or Compensation Committee. In the event that the balance of the Participant’s withholding account following an Option Period is in excess of the total purchase price of the shares issued, the balance of the account shall be

 

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returned to the Participant; provided , however , that if the balance left in the account consists solely of an amount equal to the value of a fractional share it will be retained in the withholding account and carried over to the next Option Period. The entire balance of the Participant’s withholding account following the final Option Period shall be returned to the Participant. No fractional shares will be issued hereunder.

 

(b)                                  As a condition to receiving shares or cash amounts hereunder, (i) the Company may require a Participant to make a cash payment to the Company of, or (ii) the Company may withhold from any shares and cash amounts distributable under the Plan, an amount necessary to satisfy all federal, state, city or other taxes required to be withheld in respect of such payments pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling.

 

(c)                                   An Option may not be exercised and shares of Stock may not be issued in connection with an Option, unless the issuance of the shares of Stock (i) has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (ii) has qualified under applicable state “blue sky” laws (or the Company has determined that an exemption from registration and from qualification under state “blue sky” laws is available); and (iii) complies with foreign securities laws and other applicable laws rules and regulations (including any required consents and approvals). The Compensation Committee may require each Participant exercising an Option to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that the Participant is acquiring the Stock for investment purposes and not with a view to the distribution of the Stock. All certificates for Stock delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stock transfer orders and other restrictions as the Compensation Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any exchange upon which the Stock is then listed, and any applicable securities law, and the Compensation Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. The Company may affix a legend to the stock certificate issued upon the exercise of an Option as it deems necessary in its sole discretion. The Company is under no obligation to register the Stock transferred to a Participant upon exercise. If the Stock is not registered, a Participant may not resell, offer to resell or otherwise transfer such Stock unless the resale or transfer takes place in accordance with applicable law and as otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee.

 

SECTION 9.  INTEREST

 

No interest will be payable on withholding accounts.

 

SECTION 10.  TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT; LEAVE OF ABSENCE; SALE TRANSACTION

 

(a)                                  Subject to Section 11, upon the termination of a Participant’s service with the Company for any reason, (i) he or she will cease to be a Participant, (ii) any Option held by the Participant under the Plan will be deemed cancelled, (iii) the balance of the Participant’s withholding account will be returned to the Participant, and (iv) the Participant will have no further rights under the Plan.

 

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(b)                                  Unless the Compensation Committee otherwise determines, a Participant on a paid leave of absence shall continue to be a Participant in the Plan so long as such Participant is on such paid leave of absence. Unless otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee, a Participant on an unpaid leave of absence will no longer be eligible to make any additional contributions as of the date such unpaid leave has begun; provided , however , that, unless the Participant cancels the Option pursuant to Section 5, the balance of the Participant’s withholding account shall be applied to the purchase of Stock, in accordance with Section 8 hereof, on the last day of the Option Period immediately following the commencement of the Participant’s leave of absence.

 

(c)                                   In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of KLX, the Option Period then in progress shall be shortened by the Compensation Committee setting a new exercise date and shall terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed dissolution or liquidation, unless provided otherwise by the Compensation Committee. The new exercise date selected by the Compensation Committee shall be before the date of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of KLX. Each Participant will be notified in writing, at least 10 business days prior to the new exercise date (or such longer or shorter period as the Compensation Committee may determine) that the exercise date for the Participant’s Options has been changed to the new exercise date and that the balance of the Participant’s withholding account shall be applied to the purchase of shares, in accordance with Section 8 hereof, on the new exercise date, unless prior to such date the Participant has ceased to participate in the Plan as provided in Section 5 hereof

 

(d)                                  In the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the assets of KLX, or the merger or consolidation of KLX with or into another entity, unless provided otherwise by the Compensation Committee each outstanding Option shall be assumed, or an equivalent right to purchase shares substituted, by the successor or resulting entity or a parent or subsidiary of the such entity. In lieu of such substitution or assumption, the Compensation Committee may elect to shorten any Option Period then in progress by setting a new exercise date and any Option Period then in progress shall end on the new exercise date. The new exercise date selected by the Compensation Committee shall be before the effective date of such proposed sale, merger or consolidation. Each Participant will be notified in writing, at least 10 business days prior to the new exercise date (or such longer or shorter period as the Compensation Committee may determine) that the exercise date for the Participant’s Options has been changed to the new exercise date and that the balance of the Participant’s withholding account shall be applied to the purchase of shares, in accordance with Section 8 hereof, on the new exercise date, unless prior to such date the Participant has ceased to participate in the Plan as provided in Section 5 hereof.

 

SECTION 11.  DEATH OF PARTICIPANT

 

A Participant may file a written designation of beneficiary specifying who is to receive any Stock and/or cash credited to the Participant under the Plan in the event of the Participant’s death, which designation will also provide for the election by the Participant of either (i) cancellation of the Participant’s Option upon his or her death, resulting in the delivery of the cash balance in the Participant’s withholding account to the designated

 

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beneficiary or (ii) application as of the last day of the Option Period of the balance of the deceased Participant’s withholding account at the time of death to the exercise of his or her Option, pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan. In the absence of a valid election otherwise, the death of a Participant will be deemed to effect a cancellation of his or her Option. A designation of beneficiary and election may be changed by the Participant at any time, by written or electronic notice in a manner specified by the Compensation Committee. In the event of the death of a Participant and receipt by KLX of proof of the identity and existence at the Participant’s death of a beneficiary validly designated by him or her under the Plan, KLX will deliver to such beneficiary such Stock and/or cash to which the beneficiary is entitled under the Plan. Where the Participant has elected option (ii) above but there is no surviving designated beneficiary, KLX will deliver such Stock and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant. No beneficiary will, prior to the death of the Participant by whom he or she has been designated, acquire any interest in any Stock or cash credited to the Participant under the Plan.

 

SECTION 12.  PARTICIPANT’S RIGHTS NOT TRANSFERABLE

 

All Participants will have the same rights and privileges under the Plan. Each Participant’s rights and privileges under any Option may be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by him or her, and may not be assigned, sold, pledged, or otherwise transferred in any manner (other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution). Any attempt at such transfer shall be without effect. In the event any Participant violates the terms of this Section 12, any Option held by him or her may be terminated by the Company in its sole discretion and upon return to the Participant of the balance of his or her withholding account, all his or her rights under the Plan will terminate.

 

SECTION 13.  EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

 

Nothing contained in the provisions of the Plan will be construed to give to any Employee the right to be retained in the employ of the Company or to interfere with the right of the Company to discharge any Employee at any time. The loss of existing or potential profit in Options will not constitute an element of damages in the event of termination of employment for any reason, even if the termination is in violation of an obligation to the Participant.

 

SECTION 14.  CHANGE IN CAPITALIZATION

 

In the event of any change in the outstanding Stock by reason of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation, reclassification, merger, consolidation, separation, extraordinary cash dividend, split-up, spin-off, combination, exchange of Stock, warrants or rights offering to purchase Stock at a price substantially below fair market value, or any other corporate event or distribution of stock or property of KLX affecting the Stock, after the effective date of this Plan, the aggregate number of shares available under the Plan, the number of shares under Options granted but not exercised, and the purchase price will be appropriately adjusted. Such adjustment shall be made equitably by the Compensation Committee subject to the limitations of Section 424 of the Code.

 

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SECTION 15.  ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN

 

(a)                                  The Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee, which will have the full power and authority (i) to determine any questions which may arise regarding the interpretation and application of the provisions of the Plan (ii) to proscribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations and (iii) to make, administer, construe and interpret such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion. Any determinations hereunder shall be made in the Compensation Committee’s sole discretion and shall be final and binding. Anything in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, subject to applicable law, any authority or responsibility that, under the terms of the Plan, may be exercised by the Compensation Committee may alternatively be exercised by the Board of Directors.

 

(b)                                  To the extent not prohibited by applicable law, the Compensation Committee may, from time to time, delegate some or all of its authority under the Plan to a subcommittee or subcommittees of the Compensation Committee or other persons or groups of persons as it deems necessary, appropriate or advisable under conditions or limitations that it may set at or after the time of the delegation. For purposes of the Plan, reference to the Compensation Committee shall be deemed to refer to any subcommittee, subcommittees, or other persons or groups of persons to whom the Compensation Committee delegates authority pursuant to this Section 15.

 

(c)                                   Subject to applicable law: (i) no member of the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee (or its delegates) shall be liable for any good faith action or determination made in connection with the operation, administration or interpretation of the Plan; and (ii) the members of the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee (and its delegates) shall be entitled to indemnification and reimbursement in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of KLX, as they may be amended from time to time. In the performance of its responsibilities with respect to the Plan, the Compensation Committee shall be entitled to rely upon, and no member of the Compensation Committee shall be liable for any action taken or not taken in reliance upon, information and/or advice furnished by the Company’s officers or employees, the Company’s accountants, the Company’s counsel and any other party that the Compensation Committee deems necessary.

 

SECTION 16.  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN

 

(a)                                  The Company reserves the right at any time or times to amend the Plan to any extent and in any manner it may deem advisable by vote of the Committee; provided , however , that any amendment relating to the aggregate number of shares which may be issued under the Plan (other than an adjustment provided for in Section 14) will have no force or effect unless it is approved by the shareholders within twelve months before or after its adoption. Shareholder approval is also required to the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations including, without limitation, Sections 423 and 424 of the Code.

 

(b)                                  The Plan will become effective beginning on September 13, 2018. The Plan will automatically terminate on December 31, 2028 (at the end of the second Option Period beginning in Plan Year 2028). The Plan may be earlier suspended or terminated by the

 

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Board of Directors, but no such suspension or termination will adversely affect the rights and privileges of holders of outstanding Options. The Plan will terminate in any case when all or substantially all the Stock reserved for the purposes of the Plan has been purchased.

 

SECTION 17.  CAPTIONS, ETC.

 

The captions of the sections and paragraphs of this Plan have been inserted solely as a matter of convenience and in no way define or limit the scope or intent of any provision of the Plan. References to sections herein are to the specified sections of this Plan unless another reference is specifically stated. Wherever used herein, a singular number shall be deemed to include the plural unless a different meaning is required by the context.

 

SECTION 18.  EFFECT OF PLAN

 

The provisions of the Plan shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, all successors of the Company and each Participant, including, without limitation, such Participant’s estate and the executors, administrators or trustees thereof, heirs and legatees, and any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or representative of creditors of such Participant.

 

SECTION 19.  GOVERNING LAW

 

Except as to matters of federal law, the Plan and all actions taken under the Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, KLX has caused this Plan to be executed on its behalf the 13 th  day of September 2018.

 

 

KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

Name:

Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 4.5

 

KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.

 

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK

 

AND

 

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

CLAUSE

 

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SECTION 1 PURPOSES AND AUTHORIZED SHARES

 

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SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS

 

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SECTION 3 PARTICIPATION

 

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SECTION 4 SHARE OR DEFERRAL ELECTIONS

 

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SECTION 5 DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS

 

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SECTION 6 ADMINISTRATION

 

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SECTION 7 PLAN CHANGES AND TERMINATION

 

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SECTION 8 MISCELLANEOUS

 

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KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK
AND
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

 

SECTION 1  PURPOSES AND AUTHORIZED SHARES

 

The purposes of the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan ) are to attract, motivate and retain eligible non-employee directors of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (the Company ) who elect to participate in this Plan by offering them opportunities to defer compensation and to encourage directors to increase their stock ownership in the Company. An aggregate number not to exceed 300,000 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustments contemplated by Section 5.6 hereof) may be delivered pursuant to this Plan.

 

SECTION 2  DEFINITIONS

 

Whenever the following terms are used in this Plan, they shall have the meaning specified below unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary:

 

ACCOUNT or ACCOUNTS means one or more of the Participant’s Cash Account(s) or Stock Unit Account(s), as the context requires.

 

APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE means the percentage of Eligible Compensation subject to deferral or payment in Shares.

 

AVERAGE FAIR MARKET VALUE means the average of the Fair Market Values of a share of Common Stock during the last ten (10) trading days preceding the applicable Award Date.

 

AWARD DATE means, in the case of Cash Account deferrals, each date on which cash would otherwise have been paid; in the case of Unit Account deferrals, the last day of each calendar quarter.

 

BOARD means the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted from time to time.

 

CASH ACCOUNT means the bookkeeping account maintained by the Company on behalf of a Participant who elects to defer his or her Compensation in cash pursuant to Section 4.

 

CHANGE IN CONTROL means any of the following events: (i) a change in the ownership of the Company, (ii) a change in the effective control of the Company, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company.  For purposes of this Plan, a “change in the ownership” of the Company occurs on the date on which any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of

 



 

stock of the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company.  A “change in the effective control” of the Company occurs on the date on which either: (i) a person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of the Company possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Company, taking into account all such stock acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition, or (ii) a majority of the members of the Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of such Board prior to the date of the appointment or election, but only if no other corporation is a majority shareholder of the Company.  A “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of assets” occurs on the date on which any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, other than a person or group of persons that is related to the Company, acquires assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40% of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions, taking into account all such assets acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition.  An event constitutes a Change in Control with respect to the Company only if the Participant performs services for the Company that has experienced the Change in Control, or the Participant’s relationship to the affected Company otherwise satisfies the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A- 3(i)(5)(ii).  The determination as to the occurrence of a Change in Control shall be based on objective facts and in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A.

 

CODE means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the applicable guidance, rulings, and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

COMMON STOCK means the Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 5.6 hereof.

 

COMMITTEE means the Board or a Committee of the Board acting under delegated authority from the Board.

 

COMPANY means KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.

 

DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT means the amount of cash dividends or other cash distributions paid by the Company on that number of shares of Common Stock which is equal to the number of Stock Units then credited to a Participant’s Stock Unit Account on the applicable measurement date, which amount shall be allocated as additional Stock Units to the Participant’s Stock Unit Account, as provided in Section 5.3 hereof.

 

EARNINGS mean those earnings that are allocable to the Participant’s Cash Accounts in such manner as the Committee shall reasonably determine.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE means September 13, 2018.

 



 

ELIGIBLE COMPENSATION means retainer and/or meeting fees for services as a director, as established by the Board from time to time, which may be payable in cash or Shares.

 

ELIGIBLE DIRECTOR means a member of the Board who is not an officer or employee of the Company or a subsidiary and who is compensated in the capacity as a director.

 

EXCHANGE ACT means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

FAIR MARKET VALUE means on any date the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock, as published in The Wall Street Journal or otherwise reliably reported, of the principal securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is so listed, admitted to trade, or quoted, or, if there is no trading of the Common Stock on such date, then the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as quoted on the next preceding date on which there was trading in such shares. If the Common Stock is not so listed, admitted or quoted, the Committee may designate such other exchange, market or source of data as it deems appropriate for determining such value of purposes of this Plan.

 

PARTICIPANT means an Eligible Director who elects to participate in this Plan or otherwise has an Account balance under this Plan.

 

PLAN means the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

SHARES means shares of Common Stock.

 

STOCK UNIT OR UNIT means a non-voting unit of measurement which is deemed for bookkeeping and payment purposes to represent the right to receive one share of Common Stock of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Plan.

 

STOCK UNIT ACCOUNT means the bookkeeping account maintained by the Company on behalf of each Participant which is credited with Stock Units in accordance with Section 5.2.

 

YEAR means each calendar year during the term of this Plan.

 

SECTION 3  PARTICIPATION

 

Each Eligible Director may elect to defer under and subject to Section 4 of this Plan his or her Eligible Compensation for any Year.

 

SECTION 4  SHARE OR DEFERRAL ELECTIONS

 

4.1                                TIME AND TYPES OF ELECTIONS. On or before December 31 immediately preceding each succeeding Year (or, in the case of a person who first

 



 

becomes an Eligible Director during the Year, within 30 days after becoming an Eligible Director), each Eligible Director may make the following two irrevocable elections, subject to Section 4.2 hereof:

 

(1)                                  To the extent that Participant’s Eligible Compensation is designated as payable to the Participant in the form of cash, the Company may, in its sole discretion, permit a Participant to elect, in lieu of cash:

 

(a)                                  to receive such Eligible Compensation currently in Shares;

 

(b)                                  to defer such Eligible Compensation in a Cash Account;

 

(c)                                   to defer such Eligible Compensation in a Stock Unit Account; or

 

(d)                                  to select one or more of the preceding payment or deferral methods in accordance with the Applicable Percentage increments set forth in Section 4.2 hereof such that the sum of all such Applicable Percentage increments does not exceed 100%.

 

(2)                                  To the extent that Participant’s Eligible Compensation is designated as payable to the Participant in the form of Common Stock, the Company may, in its sole discretion, permit a Participant to elect, in lieu of Common Stock, to defer all or a portion of such Eligible Compensation in a Stock Unit Account in accordance with the Applicable Percentage increments set forth in Section 4.2 hereof such that the sum of all such Applicable Percentage increments does not exceed 100%.

 

4.2                                PERMITTED AMOUNTS; ELECTIONS. The portions of the Eligible Compensation subject to deferral or payment in Shares shall be limited to increments of 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% (the Applicable Percentage ). All elections shall be in writing on forms provided by the Company (and such election forms may, in the discretion of the Company, require that a Participant defer all or a specified portion of such Participant’s Eligible Compensation in accordance with this Section 4). If an election is made under this Section 4 and is not revoked or changed with respect to the following Year by the end of the current Year, the election shall be deemed a continuing one and shall remain in place with respect to compensation for the following Year.

 

SECTION 5  DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS

 

5.1                                CASH ACCOUNT. If an Eligible Director has made an election under Section 4.1(1)(b) to defer the receipt of cash compensation in a Cash Account, the Company shall establish and maintain a Cash Account for the Participant under this Plan, which Account shall be a memorandum account on the books of the Company. A Participant’s Cash Account shall be credited as follows:

 

(a)                                  As of the date the Eligible Compensation would have been otherwise payable, the Company shall credit the Participant’s Cash Account with an amount equal to the Applicable Percentage of the Eligible Compensation.

 

(b)                                  As of the last day of each calendar quarter, each Participant’s Cash Account shall be credited with the Earnings reasonably determined by the Committee to be allocable to such Account.

 



 

5.2                                STOCK UNIT ACCOUNT.

 

(a)                                  Elective Deferrals . If an Eligible Director has made an election under Section 4.1(1)(c) or 4.1(2) to defer receipt of cash compensation or stock compensation in a Stock Unit Account, the Committee shall, as of the last day of each calendar quarter in which the Eligible Compensation was earned and would otherwise be paid, credit the Participant’s Stock Unit Account with a number of Units determined by dividing an amount which is equal to the Applicable Percentage of the Participant’s Eligible Compensation by the Average Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of the Award Date.

 

(b)                                  Limitations on Rights Associated with Units . A Participant’s Stock Unit Account shall be a memorandum account on the books of the Company. The Units credited to a Participant’s Stock Unit Account shall be used solely as a device for the determination of the number of shares of Common Stock to be eventually distributed to the Participant in accordance with this Plan. The Units shall not be treated as property or as a trust fund of any kind. No Participant shall be entitled to any voting or other stockholder rights with respect to Units granted or credited under this Plan. The number of Units credited (and the number of Shares to which the Participant is entitled under this Plan) shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 5.6 and the terms of this Plan.

 

5.3                                DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT CREDITS TO STOCK UNIT ACCOUNT. As of the end of each quarter, a Participant’s Stock Unit Account shall be credited with additional Units in an amount equal to the Dividend Equivalent representing dividends paid during the quarter on a number of shares equal to the aggregate number of Stock Units in the Participant’s Stock Unit Account as of the end of the preceding quarter divided by the Average Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of the applicable crediting date.

 

5.4                                IMMEDIATE VESTING AND ACCELERATED CREDITING.

 

(a)                                  Units and Other Amounts Vest Immediately . All Units or other amounts credited to one or more of a Participant’s Accounts shall be at all times fully vested and not subject to a risk of forfeiture.

 

(b)                                  Acceleration of Crediting of Accounts . In the event of a Change in Control of the Company, or in the event that a Participant ceases to serve as a director of the Company, the crediting of amounts to a Participant’s Cash Account, if applicable, and the crediting of Units to a Participant’s Stock Unit Account, if applicable, shall be accelerated to the date of the Change in Control or termination of service. In such case, the amount or number of Units credited for the quarter in which the Change in Control or termination of services occurs shall be prorated based on the number of days of service during the applicable quarter, and the Award Date shall be deemed to be the date of the Change in Control or termination of service, as applicable.

 



 

5.5                                DISTRIBUTION OF CASH OR SHARES.

 

(a)                                  Time and Manner of Distribution of Accounts . Except as otherwise provided herein, the cash or Shares payable under this Plan in respect of Cash Accounts or Stock Unit Accounts, respectively, shall be distributed to the Participant (or, in the event of his or her death, the Participant’s Beneficiary) at such time and in such manner as elected by the Participant and set forth in the Participant’s election form. Other than in the event of a distribution in connection with a Change in Control which shall be paid to the Participant in the form of a lump sum distribution, in the sole discretion of the Company (as set forth in the form of election form provided by the Company), a Participant may elect distributions in one of the following two forms: (i) a lump sum distribution, or (ii) annual installments not to exceed ten (10) such annual installments. Each annual installment shall be equal to the value of the Account being distributed multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is one (1) and the denominator of which is the number of installments remaining to be paid. In the event that a Participant fails to make an election, then distribution shall be made in the form of a lump sum. Each Account, less any applicable withholding taxes, shall be distributed commencing the earliest of (x) the date specified in the Participant’s election form as described above, (y) the first day of the month immediately following the date of the Participant’s termination of service, or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter or (z) the first day of the month immediately following a Change in Control.

 

(b)                                  Small Distributions . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if after a termination of service the balance remaining in a Participant’s Cash Account is less than $10,000 or, if the aggregate fair market value of the Units remaining in the Participant’s Stock Unit Account on the date of the termination of service is less than $10,000, then such remaining balances shall be distributed in a lump sum.

 

(c)                                   Election to Further Defer Distribution of Cash Accounts or Stock Unit Accounts . A Participant may, with the approval of the Administrator, elect to further defer the commencement of any distribution to be made with respect to amounts credited under any Cash or Stock Unit Account by filing a new written election with the Committee on a form approved by the Committee; provided, however, that (1) no such election shall be effective until twelve (12) months after such election is filed with the Committee, (2) no such new election shall be effective with respect to any Account after benefits with respect to the Account shall have commenced, and (3) such election must provide that the first payment with respect to such election must be deferred for at least five (5) years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made.

 

(d)                                  Form of Distribution of Cash Accounts or Stock Unit Accounts . Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Stock Unit Account shall be distributed in an equivalent whole number of Shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Any fractional share interests shall be accumulated and paid in cash with the last distribution. All amounts credited to a Participant’s Cash Account shall be distributed in cash.

 

5.6                                ADJUSTMENTS IN CASE OF CHANGES IN COMMON STOCK. If there shall occur any change in the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination or other reorganization, exchange of shares, sale of all or substantially all of

 



 

the assets of the Company, split-up, split-off, spin-off, extraordinary redemption, liquidation or similar corporate change or change in capitalization or any distribution to holders of the Company’s Common Stock (other than cash dividends and cash distributions), the Committee shall make such proportionate and equitable adjustments consistent with the effect of such event on stockholders generally (but without duplication of benefits if Dividend Equivalents are credited), as the Committee determines to be necessary or appropriate, in the number, kind and/or character of shares of Common Stock or other securities, property and/or rights contemplated hereunder, including any appropriate adjustments to the market prices used in the determination of the number of Shares and Units, and in rights in respect of Stock Unit Accounts credited under this Plan so as to preserve the benefits intended.

 

SECTION 6  ADMINISTRATION

 

6.1                                THE ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator of this Plan shall be the Board as a whole or a Committee as appointed from time to time by the Board to serve as administrator of this Plan. The participating members of any Committee so acting shall include, as to decisions in respect of participants who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, only those members who are Non-Employee Directors (as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act ( Rule 16b-3 )). Members of the Committee shall not receive any additional compensation for administration of this Plan.

 

6.2                                COMMITTEE ACTION. A member of the Committee shall not vote upon any matter which relates solely to himself or herself as a Participant in this Plan. Action of the Committee with respect to the administration of this Plan shall be taken pursuant to a majority vote or (assuming compliance with Section 6.1) by unanimous written consent of its members.

 

6.3                                RIGHTS AND DUTIES; DELEGATION AND RELIANCE; DECISIONS BINDING. Subject to the limitations of this Plan, the Committee shall be charged with the general administration of this Plan and the responsibility for carrying out its provisions, and shall have powers necessary to accomplish those purposes, including, but not by way of limitation, the following:

 

(1)                                  To construe and interpret this Plan;

 

(2)                                  To resolve any questions concerning the amount of benefits payable to a Participant (except that no member of the Committee shall participate in a decision relating solely to his or her own benefits);

 

(3)                                  To make all other determinations required by this Plan;

 

(4)                                  To maintain all the necessary records for the administration of this Plan; and

 

(5)                                  To make and publish forms, rules and procedures for the administration of this Plan.

 



 

The determination of the Committee made in good faith as to any disputed question or controversy and the Committee’s determination of benefits payable to Participants, including decisions as to adjustments under Section 5.6, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of this Plan. In performing its duties, the Committee shall be entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports or statements prepared or presented by: (i) officers or employees of the Company whom the Committee believes to be reliable and competent as to such matters; and (ii) counsel (who may be employees of the Company), independent accountants and other persons as to matters which the Committee believes to be within such persons’ professional or expert competence.

 

The Committee shall be fully protected with respect to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith pursuant to the advice of such persons. The Committee may delegate ministerial, bookkeeping and other non-discretionary functions to individuals who are officers or employees of the Company.

 

SECTION 7  PLAN CHANGES AND TERMINATION

 

7.1                                AMENDMENTS. The Board shall have the right to amend this Plan in whole or in part from time to time or may at any time suspend or terminate this Plan (provided such amendment, suspension or termination complies with requirements under Code Section 409A); provided, however, that no amendment or termination shall cancel or otherwise adversely affect in any way, without his or her written consent, any Participant’s rights with respect to then outstanding Accounts or Dividend Equivalent credits thereon so long as the Account is outstanding). Any amendments authorized hereby shall be stated in an instrument in writing, and all Participants shall be bound by upon receipt of notice the amendment.

 

7.2                                TERM. It is the current expectation of the Company that this Plan shall continue indefinitely, but continuance of this Plan is not assumed as a contractual obligation of the Company. If the Board of Directors decides to discontinue or terminate this Plan, it shall notify the Committee and Participants in this Plan of its action in writing, and this Plan shall be terminated at the time set forth on the notice. All Participants shall be bound thereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Plan shall automatically terminate upon a Change in Control.  No benefits shall accrue in respect of Eligible Compensation earned after a discontinuance or termination of this Plan.

 

SECTION 8  MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1                                UNFUNDED PLAN AND LIMITATION ON PARTICIPANTS’ RIGHTS. Participants shall have the rights only if general unsecured creditors of the Company with respect to amounts credited and benefits payable, if any, on their Cash Account, and rights no greater than the right to receive the Common Stock (or equivalent value as a general unsecured creditor) with respect to Stock Units or Share Accounts. The Plan constitutes a mere promise by the Company to make distributions in the future. It is intended that this Plan shall constitute an “unfunded” plan for tax purposes. Participation in this Plan shall not give any person the right to serve as a member of the Board or any

 



 

rights or interests other than as herein provided. Participants shall not be entitled to receive actual dividends or to vote Shares until after delivery of a certificate representing the Shares.

 

8.2                                BENEFICIARIES.

 

(a)                                  Beneficiary Designation . Upon forms provided by and subject to conditions imposed by the Company, each Participant may designate in writing the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries (as defined in Section 8.2(b)) whom such Participant desires to receive any amounts payable under this Plan after his or her death. The Company and the Committee may rely on the Participant’s designation of a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries last filed in accordance with the terms of this Plan.

 

(b)                                  Definition of Beneficiary . A Participant’s “Beneficiary” or “Beneficiaries” shall be the person, persons, trust or trusts (or similar entity) designated by the Participant or, in the absence of a designation, entitled by will or the laws of descent and distribution to receive the Participant’s benefits under this Plan in the event of the Participant’s death, and shall mean the Participant’s executor or administrator if no other Beneficiary is identified and able to act under the circumstances.

 

8.3                                BENEFITS NOT TRANSFERABLE; OBLIGATIONS BINDING UPON SUCCESSORS. Benefits of a Participant under this Plan shall not be assignable or transferable and any purported transfer, assignment, pledge or other encumbrance or attachment of any payments or benefits under this Plan, or any interest therein, other than by operation of law or pursuant to Section 8.2, shall not be permitted or recognized. Shares deliverable under this Plan may be subject to restrictions on transfer under applicable securities laws, unless the Shares are duly registered prior to issuance. Obligations of the Company under this Plan shall be binding upon successors of the Company.

 

8.4                                GOVERNING LAW; SEVERABILTY. The validity of this Plan or any of its provisions shall be construed, administered and governed in all respects under the laws of the State of Florida. If any provision of this Plan shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof shall continue to be fully effective.

 

8.5                                COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. This Plan and the offer, issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock and/or the payment of money through the deferral of compensation under this Plan are subject to compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (including but not limited to state and federal securities law) and to such approvals by any listing, agency or any regulatory or governmental authority as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be necessary or advisable in connection therewith. Any securities delivered under this Plan shall be subject to prior registration or such restrictions as the Company may deem necessary or desirable to assure compliance with all applicable legal requirements, and the person acquiring such securities shall, if requested by the Company, provide such assurances and representations to the Company as it may reasonably request to assure such compliance.

 



 

8.6                                PLAN CONSTRUCTION. This Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder, as in effect from time to time. To the extent a provision of the Plan is contrary to or fails to address the requirements of Code Section 409A, the Plan shall be construed and administered as necessary to comply with such requirements until this Plan is appropriately amended to comply with such requirements.  A termination of service shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Plan providing for the payment of any amounts upon or following a termination of service unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder and, for purposes of any such provision of this Plan, references to a “termination,” “termination of service” or like terms shall mean “separation from service.”  For purposes of Code Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder, a Participant’s right to receive any installment payments pursuant to this Plan shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments.

 

It is the intent of the Company that transactions pursuant to this Plan satisfy and be interpreted in a manner that satisfies the applicable conditions for exemption under Rule 16b-3 so that to the extent elections are timely made, elective deferrals (including the crediting of Units and Dividend Equivalents and the distribution of Shares hereunder) will be entitled to the benefits of Rule 16b-3 or other exemptive rules under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and will not be subjected to avoidable liability thereunder. The Committee may, subject to Sections 8.5 hereof, permit elections by Eligible Directors that would not qualify for exemption under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, so long as the availability of any exemption thereunder for other Participants under this Plan is not compromised.

 

8.7                                HEADINGS NOT PART OF PLAN. Headings and subheadings in this Plan are inserted for reference only and are not to be considered in the construction of the provisions hereof.

 


Exhibit 5.1

 

KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc.
1300 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, Florida

September 13, 2018

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We are acting as counsel to KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission ) of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (as amended from time to time, the Registration Statement ), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act ), relating to shares of common stock (the Shares ), par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, issuable pursuant to the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan, the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan (collectively, the Plans ).  Capitalized terms not defined herein have the same meaning given to them in the Distribution Agreement, dated as of July 13, 2018 by and among KLX Inc., a Delaware corporation ( KLX ), the Company and KLX Energy Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of KLX (the Distribution Agreement ).

 

This opinion is confined to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as currently in effect.  Accordingly, we express no opinion herein with regard to any other laws.  The opinions expressed herein are limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein.  We do not undertake to advise you of changes in law or facts that may come to our attention after the date of this letter.

 

In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined the following documents and agreements:

 

(a)                                  the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company;

 

(b)                                  the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company;

 

(c)                                   the resolutions of the board of directors of KLX, dated as of August 24, 2018;

 

(d)                                  the written consent of the sole director of the Company adopted on September 13, 2018;

 

(e)                                   the written consent of the sole stockholder of the Company adopted on September 13, 2018;

 

(f)                                    the Certificate of Good Standing of the Company, dated as of September 11, 2018, issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;

 

(g)                                   the Registration Statement;

 

(h)                                  the Plans; and

 

(i)                                      the Distribution Agreement.

 

In addition, we have examined and have relied as to matters of fact upon such corporate and other records, agreements, documents and other instruments and certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and

 



 

representatives of the Company and such other persons, and we have made such other investigations, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below.

 

In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity with authentic originals of all documents submitted to us as copies.  As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied, without independent verification, upon oral or written statements and representations of public officials, officers and other representatives of the Company.  We have also assumed that the individual grants or awards under the Plans have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and duly granted or awarded and exercised in accordance with the requirements of law and the Plans (and the agreements and awards duly adopted thereunder and in accordance therewith).

 

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been authorized by the Company and, when the Shares are issued by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Plans and the applicable award agreements pursuant to which the awards related to the Shares are made, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.  In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP

 


Exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. of our report dated June 20, 2018, relating to the financial statements of the Energy Services Group Business of KLX Inc. (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the allocation of certain corporate expenses), appearing in Amendment No. 2 to Form 10 of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. filed on August 24, 2018.

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boca Raton, Florida

September 13, 2018