UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 8, 2015

 

 

EXCO RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Texas   001-32743   74-1492779

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

12377 Merit Drive
Suite 1700, LB 82
Dallas, Texas
  75251
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 368-2084

Not Applicable

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Section 1 - Registrant’s Business and Operations

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 8, 2015, EXCO Resources, Inc. (the “ Company ”) closed the transactions contemplated by its previously announced Services and Investment Agreement, dated March 31, 2015, by and between the Company and Energy Strategic Advisory Services LLC (“ ESAS ”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bluescape Resources Company LLC (“ Bluescape ”), which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Amendment Number 1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ Commission ”) on May 26, 2015, as amended by that certain Acknowledgment of Amendment, dated as of May 26, 2015, by and between the Company and ESAS, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 1, 2015 and as amended on the closing date as described below (as so amended and as amended by the Amendment, the “ Services and Investment Agreement ”).

Simultaneous with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Services and Investment Agreement, the Company entered into an amendment to the Services and Investment Agreement (the “ Amendment ”) with ESAS. The Amendment (i) reduces the amount of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) (based on the purchase price thereof) that ESAS and its affiliates are required to own on the first anniversary of closing of the Services and Investment Agreement, subject to certain extensions and exceptions, from $50,000,000 to $23,500,000 and (ii) requires open market purchases by ESAS and its affiliates to be made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan that, subject to compliance with the limitations and restrictions under applicable laws, the Services and Investment Agreement and the Company’s insider trading policies, includes a minimum weekly purchase requirement of 10% of the average weekly trading volume reported for the Common Stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the week in which purchases are effected. Subject to compliance with applicable law, ESAS will cause the initial Rule 10b5-1 plan to have an effective date of no later than two weeks after the first day of ESAS’s next open trading window period pursuant to the Company’s insider trading policies.

The foregoing description of the Services and Investment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the original Services and Investment Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 26, 2015 and is incorporated by reference herein, as amended by that certain Acknowledgment of Amendment, dated as of May 26, 2015, by and between the Company and ESAS, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 1, 2015 and is incorporated by reference herein, as further amended by the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

 

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

Pursuant to the terms of the Services and Investment Agreement, at the closing, the Company appointed C. John Wilder, Executive Chairman of Bluescape, as a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “ Board ”) and appointed Mr. Wilder as the Executive Chairman of the Board, replacing Jeffrey D. Benjamin, who has served as non-executive Chairman. Mr. Benjamin will continue to serve as a member of the Board, and Mr. Wilder will serve as a member of the Board, until the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Additionally, the Company entered into a Nomination Letter Agreement (the “ Nomination Letter Agreement ”), dated as of September 8, 2015, by and between the Company and ESAS, pursuant to which the Company granted ESAS the right to nominate a director, which will be Mr. Wilder, to the Company’s Board during the term of the Services and Investment Agreement, subject to the provisions contained therein. The Nomination Letter Agreement, unless earlier terminated or extended, will continue until September 8, 2019. Mr. Wilder has not been appointed to serve on any committee of the Board at this time.

Under the terms of the Services and Investment Agreement, the Company agreed to pay ESAS a monthly fee of $300,000 and an annual incentive payment of between zero and $2.4 million, based on the per share price of the Common Stock achieving certain performance hurdles compared to a peer group, in

 

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exchange for ESAS providing certain consulting services to the Company. The Services and Investment Agreement also obligates ESAS and its affiliates to purchase at least $13.5 million of Common Stock through open market purchases during the one-year period following the closing, subject to certain extensions and exceptions, pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan that, subject to compliance with the limitations and restrictions under applicable laws, the Services and Investment Agreement and the Company’s insider trading policies, includes a minimum weekly purchase requirement of 10% of the average weekly trading volume reported for the Common Stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the week in which purchases are effected. Subject to compliance with applicable law, ESAS will cause the initial Rule 10b5-1 plan to have an effective date of no later than two weeks after the first day of ESAS’s next open trading window period pursuant to the Company’s insider trading policies. As an additional performance incentive under the Services and Investment Agreement, on March 31, 2015, the Company issued ESAS warrants in four tranches to purchase an aggregate of 80.0 million of Common Stock at exercise prices ranging from $2.75 per share to $10.00 per share. Additionally, pursuant to the Services and Investment Agreement, on September 8, 2015, the Company issued and sold 5,882,353 of shares of Common Stock to ESAS for aggregate gross proceeds of $10.0 million.

Other than the transactions contemplated by the Services and Investment Agreement and the Nomination Letter Agreement, there are (i) no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Wilder and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director and (ii) no transactions between the Company and Mr. Wilder or his immediate family members requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The foregoing description of the Services and Investment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the original Services and Investment Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 26, 2015 and is incorporated by reference herein, as amended by that certain Acknowledgment of Amendment, dated as of May 26, 2015, by and between the Company and ESAS, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 1, 2015 and is incorporated by reference herein, as further amended by the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of the Nomination Letter Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Nomination Letter Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

In connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Services and Investment Agreement, on September 8, 2015, the Company amended and restated its Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended and restated, the “ Third Amended and Restated Bylaws ”). The Company adopted the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws to (i) establish the position of Executive Chairman of the Board (“ Executive Chairman ”), (ii) conform to terminology used in the Texas Business Organizations Code (“ TBOC ”) and (iii) clarify and modernize certain language therein as described below. The Third Amended and Restated Bylaws effect the following substantive amendments:

 

    Article II, Sections 2.1, 2.4 and 2.9 were amended to incorporate TBOC provisions related to (i) the holding of meetings of shareholders by remote communication and the content of related notices, (ii) the electronic transmission of notices of meetings of shareholders and (iii) the electronic transmission of proxies.

 

    The following sections were amended to replace references to (i) the “Texas Business Corporation Act” (the “ TBCA ”) and/or the “Texas Miscellaneous Corporation Laws Act” with references to the “Texas Business Organizations Code”: Article II, Section 2.12; Article VI, Section 6.1; and Article VII, Section 7.1.

 

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    The following sections were amended to replace references to the “Articles of Incorporation” with references to the “Certificate of Formation”: Article II, Sections 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 and 2.12; Article III, Sections 3.2, 3.9, 3.13 and 3.15; Article IV, Sections 4.1 and 4.2; and Article VIII, Sections 8.1, 8.6 and 8.7.

 

    Article II, Section 2.3 was amended to conform the language describing the business that may be conducted at special meetings to the language in TBOC and to provide that the Executive Chairman or the Chairman of the Board may call special meetings of the shareholders. The Company’s previous bylaws provided that only the Chairman of the Board could call special meetings of the shareholders.

 

    Article II, Section 2.6 was amended to provide that (i) a list of shareholders be prepared not later than the 11th day before the date of each meeting of shareholders, (ii) a list of shareholders may be kept on an electronic network instead of at the Company’s offices if access to the list is provided with the notice of the meeting and (iii) in the case of a meeting held remotely, a shareholder list must be available on an electronic network and access to the list must be provided with the notice of the meeting. The Company’s previous bylaws provided that a shareholder list be prepared at least 10 days before each meeting of shareholders pursuant to the TBCA.

 

    Article II, Section 2.7 was amended to clarify that abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted for purposes of declaring a quorum at a meeting of shareholders.

 

    Article II, Section 2.11(a) was amended to provide that the Executive Chairman or the Chairman of the Board, or such other officer designated by the Board, will call meetings of the shareholders to order and act as presiding officer over such meetings. The Company’s previous bylaws provided that the Chairman of the Board or such other officer designated by the Board would call meetings of the shareholders to order and act as presiding officer over such meetings.

 

    Article III, Section 3.7 was amended to provide that special meetings of the Board may be called by the Executive Chairman, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the President or a majority of the Board. The Company’s previous bylaws provided that only the Chairman of the Board, the President or a majority of the Board could call special meetings of the Board.

 

    Article III, Section 3.10 was amended to provide that the Executive Chairman or the Chairman of the Board, as applicable, will preside over meetings of the Board, or if the Executive Chairman or the Chairman of the Board, as applicable, is absent or unable to act, then a chairman chosen by the Board will preside over meetings of the Board. The Company’s previous bylaws provided that the Chairman of the Board would preside over meetings of the Board, unless he was absent or unable to act, in which case a chairman chosen by the Board would preside over meetings of the Board.

 

   

Article III, Section 3.16 was added to establish the position of Executive Chairman and provide that a member of the Board may be annually elected by the Board as Executive Chairman and that the Board may fill any vacancy in the Executive Chairman position with a member of the Board at such time and in such manner as it may determine. Article III, Section 3.16 also provides that the Executive Chairman shall not be an officer, executive or employee of the Company and

 

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that a director serving as Executive Chairman may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of the Board. Article III, Section 3.16 prohibits the Board and the Company from electing a Chairman of the Board while there is an Executive Chairman in office.

 

    Article V, Section 5.1 was amended to clarify that the ability of the Board to elect a Chairman of the Board is subject to the provisions of Article III, Section 3.16 that limit the Board’s ability to appoint a Chairman of the Board for so long as an Executive Chairman is in office. Article V, Section 5.1 was also amended to clarify that the Board may appoint a Chief Operating Officer.

 

    Article VIII, Section 8.6 was amended to provide that meetings of the Board may be held electronically, including by videoconference or by Internet.

The foregoing description of the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

Additionally, although not required to be disclosed herein as a result of previous disclosure in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on June 11, 2015 with the Commission in connection with the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “ Proxy Statement ”), the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation (the “ Amended and Restated Certificate ”), which became effective on August 28, 2015. The Company adopted the Amended and Restated Certificate to (i) increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock from 350,000,000 to 780,000,000, (ii) renounce on behalf of the Company any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, certain business opportunities by the members of the Board (the “ Opportunity Waiver ”) pursuant to Section 2.101(21) of the TBOC, and (iii) conform to terminology used in the TBOC.

Pursuant to that certain letter agreement to The Vanguard Group (the “ Letter Agreement ”), the Company agreed that at its next special or annual meeting of shareholders, the Company would submit and recommend to its shareholders an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate that would limit the application of the Opportunity Waiver solely to C. John Wilder, Executive Chairman of Bluescape, instead of the entire Board.

The foregoing descriptions of the Amended and Restated Certificate and Letter Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Proxy Statement, the Amended and Restated Certificate, which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein, and the Letter Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 19, 2015 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Section 8 - Other Events

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On September 9, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the transactions discussed in Item 1.01. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  3.1    Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of EXCO Resources, Inc.
  3.2   

Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of EXCO Resources, Inc.

10.1    Amendment No. 2 to Services and Investment Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2015, by and between EXCO Resources, Inc. and Energy Strategic Advisory Services LLC.
10.2    Nomination Letter Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2015, by and between EXCO Resources, Inc. and Energy Strategic Advisory Services LLC.
99.1    Press release, dated September 9, 2015, issued by EXCO Resources, Inc.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    EXCO RESOURCES, INC.
Date: September 9, 2015       By:  

/s/ William L. Boeing

      Name:   William L. Boeing
      Title:   Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  3.1    Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of EXCO Resources, Inc.
  3.2   

Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of EXCO Resources, Inc.

10.1    Amendment No. 2 to Services and Investment Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2015, by and between EXCO Resources, Inc. and Energy Strategic Advisory Services LLC.
10.2    Nomination Letter Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2015, by and between EXCO Resources, Inc. and Energy Strategic Advisory Services LLC.
99.1    Press release, dated September 9, 2015, issued by EXCO Resources, Inc.

Exhibit 3.1

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EXCO RESOURCES, INC.

Dated September 8, 2015

Effective as of September 8, 2015

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.1 Offices : The Corporation may have offices at such places, within or without the State of Texas, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, or as the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 2.1 Time and Place of Meetings : All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Texas, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. The Board of Directors may determine that any meeting may be held solely or partially by means of remote communication in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.

Section 2.2 Annual Meetings : Annual meetings of shareholders shall be held on such date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. At the annual meeting, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

Section 2.3 Special Meetings : Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the Executive Chairman or Chairman of the Board and shall be called by the Secretary upon the written request, stating the purpose or purposes therefore, of either (i) not less than a majority of the whole Board of Directors of the Corporation or (ii) the holder or holders of shares having not less than 25% of the voting power at a meeting at which the holders of all shares entitled to vote on the action or actions, as set forth in the proposed purpose or purposes of the meeting, were present and voted. The business conducted at any special meeting shall be confined to the purpose or purposes described in the notice thereof.


Section 2.4 Notice of Meetings : Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the means of any remote communications by which shareholders may be considered present and may vote at the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than 10 calendar days (20 calendar days in the case of a meeting to approve a plan of merger or exchange) nor more than 60 calendar days before the date of the meeting, by personal delivery, by mail or, with consent of the shareholder, by electronic transmission, by or at the direction of the officer or person calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the shareholder at his, her or its address as it appears on the share transfer records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. If electronically transmitted, such notice shall be deemed given when (i) transmitted to a facsimile number or electronic mail address provided by the shareholder for the purpose of receiving notice, (ii) posted on an electronic network and a message is sent to the shareholder at the address provided by the shareholder for the purpose of alerting the shareholder of a posting or (iii) communicated to the shareholder by any other form of electronic transmission consented to by the shareholder.

Section 2.5 Record Date : For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive a distribution by the Corporation (other than a distribution involving a purchase or redemption by the Corporation of any of its own shares) or a share dividend or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than 60 calendar days, and, in the case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than 10 calendar days, prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken. If no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive a distribution by the Corporation (other than a distribution involving a purchase or redemption by the Corporation of any of its own shares) or a share dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such distribution or share dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this Section 2.5 , such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.


Section 2.6 Shareholder List : The officer or agent having charge of the share transfer records for shares of the Corporation shall make, not later than the 11 th day before each meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each, which list, for a period of 10 calendar days prior to such meeting, shall be kept on file at the registered office or principal place of business of the Corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours. Alternatively, the list of shareholders may be kept on a reasonably accessible electronic network, if the information required to gain access to the list is provided with the notice of the meeting. Such list shall also be produced and be kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. If the meeting is held by means of remote communication, the list must be open to the examination of any shareholder for the duration of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access the list must be provided to shareholders with the notice of the meeting. The original stock transfer records shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

Section 2.7 Quorum : A quorum shall be present at a meeting of shareholders if the holder or holders of a majority of the combined voting power of the shares entitled to vote at the meeting (counting for such purposes all abstentions and broker nonvotes) are present in person, represented by a duly authorized representative in the case of a corporation or other legal entity or represented by proxy, unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Formation. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Formation, once a quorum is present at a duly constituted meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present or represented at the meeting may conduct such business as may be properly brought before the meeting until it is adjourned, and the subsequent withdrawal from the meeting of any shareholder present or represented shall not affect the presence of a quorum at the meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Formation, the shareholders entitled to vote and present or represented at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is not present may adjourn the meeting until such time and to such place as may be determined by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented at that meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be conducted which might have been conducted at the meeting as originally notified.


Section 2.8 Voting : With respect to any matter, other than the election of directors or a matter for which the affirmative vote of the holders of a specified portion of the shares is required by the Certificate of Formation or applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the combined voting power of the shares entitled to vote on that matter and represented at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the shareholders. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Formation, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election of directors at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present.

Section 2.9 Method of Voting : Each outstanding share shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders, unless the Certificate of Formation provide for more or less than one vote per share or limit or deny voting rights to the holders of the shares of any class or series or as otherwise provided by applicable law. A shareholder may vote in person, by duly authorized representative in the case of a corporation or other legal entity or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his, her or its duly authorized attorney-in-fact. A telegram, telex, cablegram, or other form of electronic transmission, including telephonic transmission, by the shareholder, or a photographic, photostatic, facsimile, or similar reproduction of a writing executed by a shareholder will be treated as an execution in writing. Any electronic transmission must contain or be accompanied by information from which it can be determined that the transmission has been authorized by the shareholder. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Each proxy shall be revocable unless the proxy form conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable and the proxy is coupled with an interest. Each proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation prior to the time of the meeting.

Section 2.10 Inspectors of Election : The chairman of each meeting of shareholders shall appoint one or more persons to act as inspectors of election. The inspectors of election shall report to the meeting the number of shares of each class and series of stock, and of all classes, represented either in person or by proxy. The inspectors of elections shall oversee the vote of the shareholders for the election of directors and for any other matters that are put to a vote of shareholders at the meeting; receive a ballot evidencing votes cast by the proxy committee of the Board of Directors; judge the qualifications of shareholders voting; collect,


count, and report the results of ballots cast by any shareholders voting in person; and perform such other duties as may be required by the chairman of the meeting or the shareholders.

Section 2.11 Procedure :

(a) The Executive Chairman or the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or such other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors, will call meetings of the shareholders to order and will act as presiding officer at the meetings. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors prior to the meeting, the presiding officer of the meeting of the shareholders will also determine the order of business and have the authority in his or her sole discretion to regulate the conduct of any such meeting, including without limitation by imposing restrictions on the persons (other than shareholders of the Corporation or their duly appointed proxies) who may attend such shareholders’ meeting, by ascertaining whether any shareholder or his, her or its proxy may be excluded from any meeting of the shareholders based upon any determination by the presiding officer, in his or her sole discretion, that any such person has unduly disrupted or is likely to disrupt the proceedings, and by determining the circumstances in which any person may make a statement or ask questions at any meeting of the shareholders.

(b) At an annual meeting of the shareholders, only such business will be conducted or considered as is properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2.4 , (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by the presiding officer or by or at the direction of a majority of the Board of Directors, or (iii) otherwise properly requested to be brought before the meeting by a shareholder in accordance with Sections 2.11(c) and (d) .

(c) A shareholder who wishes to submit business, other than nominations of directors, for consideration at an annual or special meeting must comply with this Section 2.11(c) . A shareholder who wishes to include business in a proxy statement prepared by the Corporation must also comply with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”).

For business, other than nominations of directors, to be properly requested by a shareholder for consideration at an annual or special meeting, the shareholder must (i) be a shareholder of record of the Corporation at the time of the giving of


the notice for such meeting provided for in these Bylaws, (ii) be entitled to vote at such meeting, and (iii) have given timely notice in writing to the Secretary, and such business must be a proper matter for shareholder action. To be timely in connection with an annual meeting, a shareholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 nor more than 120 calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 calendar days prior to such anniversary date or delayed more than 60 calendar days after such anniversary date then to be timely such notice must be received by the Corporation no later than the later of 70 calendar days prior to the date of the annual meeting or the close of business on the 7th calendar day following the earlier of the date on which notice of the annual meeting is first mailed by or on behalf of the Corporation or the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the annual meeting. To be timely in connection with a special meeting, a shareholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 40 calendar days nor more than 60 calendar days prior to the date of such meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 50 calendar days notice or prior public announcement of the date of the special meeting is given or made to the shareholders, the shareholder’s notice to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 7th calendar day following the earlier of the date on which notice of the date of the special meeting was first mailed by or on behalf of the Corporation or the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual or special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of the notice required by this Section 2.11(c) .

A shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual or special meeting: (A) a description in reasonable detail of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting; (B) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of the shareholder proposing such business and any Shareholder Associated Person (defined below) covered by clauses (C) and (D) below; (C) the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by the shareholder proposing such business and by any Shareholder Associated Person with respect to the Corporation’s securities, and any derivatives, hedged positions, synthetic and temporary ownership techniques, swaps, securities loans, timed purchases and other economic and voting interests or similar positions, securities or interests held


by such shareholder and Shareholder Associated Person with respect to the Corporation’s securities; (D) any material interest of the shareholder proposing such business or any Shareholder Associated Person in such business; and (E) any agreements the shareholder proposing such business or any Shareholder Associated Person has with other persons or entities in connection with such business.

Shareholder Associated Person ” of any shareholder means (i) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such shareholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such shareholder and (iii) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Shareholder Associated Person.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11(c) , a shareholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.11(c) . For purposes of this Section 2.11(c) , “public announcement” means disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or furnished to shareholders. Nothing in this Section 2.11(c) will be deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

(d) A shareholder who wishes to nominate a director or directors for election at an annual meeting must comply with this Section 2.11(d) . A shareholder who wishes to include business in a proxy statement prepared by the Corporation must also comply with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

For nominations of directors to be properly requested by a shareholder for consideration at an annual or special meeting, the shareholder must (i) be a shareholder of record of the Corporation at the time of the giving of the notice for such meeting provided for in these Bylaws, (ii) be entitled to vote at such meeting, and (iii) have given timely notice in writing to the Secretary. To be timely in connection with an annual meeting, a shareholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 nor more than 120 calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 calendar days prior to such anniversary date or delayed more than 60 calendar days after such anniversary date then to be timely such notice must be received by the Corporation no later than the


later of 70 calendar days prior to the date of the annual meeting or the close of business on the 7th calendar day following the earlier of the date on which notice of the annual meeting is first mailed by or on behalf of the Corporation or the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the annual meeting. To be timely in connection with a special meeting, a shareholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 40 calendar days nor more than 60 calendar days prior to the date of such meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 50 calendar days’ notice or prior public announcement of the date of the special meeting is given or made to the shareholders, the shareholder’s notice to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 7th calendar day following the earlier of the date on which notice of the date of the special meeting was first mailed by or on behalf of the Corporation or the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual or special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of the notice required by this Section 2.11(d) .

A shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth: (A) as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director, if elected; (B) as to the shareholder giving the notice the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such shareholder and any Shareholder Associated Person covered by clause (C) below; (C) as to the shareholder giving the notice the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such shareholder and by any Shareholder Associated Person with respect to the Corporation’s securities, and any derivatives, hedged positions, synthetic and temporary ownership techniques, swaps, securities loans, timed purchases and other economic and voting interests or similar positions, securities or interests held by such shareholder and Shareholder Associated Person with respect to the Corporation’s securities; (D) a description of any material relationships, including financial transactions and compensation, between the shareholder giving the notice and any Shareholder Associated Person, on the one hand, and the proposed nominee or nominees, on the other; (E) a completed independence questionnaire regarding the proposed nominee or nominees, which may be obtained from the Secretary of the Corporation; and (F) a written representation from such proposed nominee or nominees that they do not


have, nor will they have, any undisclosed voting commitments or other arrangements with respect to their actions as a director. At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a director shall furnish to the Secretary that information required to be set forth in a shareholder’s notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11(d) , a shareholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.11(d) . For purposes of this Section 2.11(d) , “ public announcement ” means disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or furnished to shareholders. Nothing in this Section 2.11(d) will be deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to request inclusion of nominations in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

(e) At a special meeting of shareholders, only such business may be conducted or considered as is properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before a special meeting, business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given in accordance with Section 2.4 and (ii) if requested to be brought before the meeting by a shareholder, properly requested in accordance with Sections 2.3, 2.11(c) and 2.11(d) .

(f) The determination of whether any business sought to be brought before any annual or special meeting of the shareholders is properly brought before such meeting in accordance with this Section 2.11 will be made by the presiding officer of such meeting. If the presiding officer determines that any business is not properly brought before such meeting, he or she will so declare to the meeting and any such business will not be conducted or considered.

Section 2.12 Action Without Meeting : Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws, any action required by the Texas Business Organizations Code, as amended, to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, or any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holder or holders of shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take such action at a meeting at which the holders of all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted.


ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 3.1 Responsibilities : The powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of, its Board of Directors.

Section 3.2 Number; Election; Qualification; Term : The number of directors shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that no decrease in the number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, as provided in this Section 3.2 , except as otherwise provided in Section 3.3 . Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Unless removed in accordance with the Certificate of Formation or Section 3.4 , each director elected shall hold office for the term for which he or she is elected and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation or removal for cause in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws. Directors need not be residents of the State of Texas or shareholders of the Corporation, but they must have been nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws in order to be eligible for election as directors.

Section 3.3 Vacancies; Increases : Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors (by death, retirement, resignation, removal or otherwise) may be filled by election at an annual or special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, though less than a quorum. Each director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by election at an annual or special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose or by the Board of Directors for a term of office continuing only until the next election of one or more directors by the shareholders; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may not fill more than two such directorships during the period between any two successive annual meetings of shareholders.

Section 3.4 Removal : At any meeting of shareholders called expressly for that purpose, any director may be removed for any reason, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holder or holders of a majority of the combined voting power of the shares entitled to vote thereon.


Section 3.5 Place of Meetings : Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Texas.

Section 3.6 Regular Meetings : Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice.

Section 3.7 Special Meetings : Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer or by the President of the Corporation and shall be called by the Secretary on the written request of not less than a majority of the directors then in office. Notice specifying the time and place of special meetings shall be given to each director at least one day before the date of the meeting, either personally or by telephone, mail, telegram or, with consent of the director, electronic transmission.

Section 3.8 Purpose of Meetings : Neither the purpose of, nor the business to be transacted at, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

Section 3.9 Quorum; Majority Vote : At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the number of the directors fixed in the manner provided in these Bylaws shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a different number is specifically required by the Certificate of Formation, these Bylaws or applicable law. The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by the Certificate of Formation, these Bylaws or applicable law. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 3.10 Procedure : At meetings of the Board of Directors, business shall be transacted in such order as the Board of Directors may determine from time to time. The Executive Chairman or Chairman of the Board, if one of such offices has been filled, and, if not or if the then sitting Executive Chairman or


Chairman of the Board is absent or otherwise unable to act, a chairman chosen by the Board of Directors from among the directors present, will preside over the meetings of the Board. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as the secretary of the meetings of the Board of Directors unless the Board of Directors appoints another person to act as secretary of the meeting. The Board of Directors shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings which shall be placed in the minute book of the Corporation.

Section 3.11 Presumption of Assent : A director of the Corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action unless his or her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he or she shall file a written dissent to such action with the person acting as secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward any dissent by certified or registered mail to the Secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.

Section 3.12 Compensation : The Board of Directors shall have authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, paid to directors for attendance at regular or special meetings of the Board of Directors, any committee thereof or for any other services to the Corporation; provided, however, that nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity or receiving compensation therefor.

Section 3.13 Committees : The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board of Directors, may designate from among its members one or more committees, each of which shall be comprised of one or more members, and may designate one or more of its members as alternate members of any committee, who may, subject to any limitations imposed by the Board of Directors, replace absent or disqualified members at any meeting of that committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in such resolution or in the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided by applicable law. The designation of such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board of Directors, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed by applicable law. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.


Section 3.14 Committee Procedures : Except as may be otherwise provided in a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors, a majority of the members of a committee shall constitute a quorum and a majority vote of the members at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee. A committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings, and shall report its proceedings to the Board of Directors when required or when requested by a director to do so.

Section 3.15 Action Without Meeting : Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting.

Section 3.16 Executive Chairman; Chairman of the Board : The Board of Directors may annually elect one of its members to be Executive Chairman of the Board (the “Executive Chairman”) and may fill any vacancy in the position of Executive Chairman of the Board with a director at such time and in such manner as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Executive Chairman shall not be an officer, executive or employee of the Corporation by virtue of such position and shall have the same rights, duties and obligations to the Corporation and its shareholders as other members of the Board of Directors who are not officers, executives or employees of the Corporation and shall not have any additional or heightened rights, duties or obligations by virtue of such position. A director may be removed from the position of Executive Chairman at any time by the affirmative vote of the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed and shall not affect the person’s position as a director. Neither the Corporation nor the Board shall elect a Chairman of the Board while there is an Executive Chairman in office. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) the Chairman of the Board may be, but is not required to be, an officer, executive or employee of the Corporation and (b) unless specifically elected as the “Executive Chairman,” an officer, executive or employee of the Corporation may hold the position of Chairman of the Board without holding the position of Executive Chairman.


ARTICLE IV

NOTICES

Section 4.1 Method : Whenever by the Certificate of Formation, these Bylaws, applicable law or otherwise, notice is required to be given to a director or shareholder, and no provision is made as to how the notice shall be given, it shall not be construed to be personal notice, but any such notice may be given: (a) in writing, (i) by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the director or shareholder at the last address known by the Corporation for such director or shareholder at the address appearing on the share transfer records of the Corporation, (ii) with consent of the director or shareholder, by electronic transmission or (iii) by telegram, (b) by telephone, or (c) by any other method permitted by law. Any notice required or permitted to be given by mail shall be deemed given at the time when the same is deposited in the United States mail. If electronically transmitted, such notice shall be deemed given when transmitted to a facsimile number or electronic mail address provided by the director or shareholder for the purpose of receiving notice.

Section 4.2 Waiver : Whenever by the Certificate of Formation, these Bylaws or applicable law, any notice is required to be given to a director or shareholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, or in the case of a corporation or other legal entity by its duly authorized representative, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a director, committee member or shareholder at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person attends for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the basis that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 5.1 Number : The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President and a Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also elect a Chairman of the Board (subject to the provisions of Section 3.16 herein), a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a Treasurer, a General Counsel, a Controller and one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as it deems necessary or appropriate. The Board of Directors may appoint, and may empower the Chief Executive Officer to appoint, such Assistant Secretaries, Assistant


Treasurers, Assistant Controllers and other officers and agents as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall deem necessary or appropriate in the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation with such designations, titles, seniority, duties and responsibilities as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall deem advisable. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

Section 5.2 Term; Vacancies : An officer of the Corporation shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, until his or her death or until he or she shall resign or shall have been removed in accordance with these Bylaws. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.3 Removal : Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby. No elected officer shall have any contractual rights against the Corporation for compensation by virtue of such election beyond the date of the election of his or her successor, his or her death, his or her resignation or his or her removal, whichever event shall first occur, except as otherwise provided in an employment contract or under an employee benefit plan.

Section 5.4 Compensation : The compensation of all officers and agents of the Corporation who are also directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof. The compensation of the Chief Executive Officer shall be fixed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof. The compensation of all other officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, or the Board of Directors may delegate the power to fix the compensation of any such other officers and agents of the Corporation to an officer of the Corporation.

Section 5.5 Duties: The officers of the Corporation shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as are customarily incident to their respective offices, or as may be specified from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors regardless of whether such authority and duties are customarily incident to such office.

Section 5.6 Divisional Officers : The Board of Directors may delegate by resolution to the Chief Executive Officer the power (1) to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as a divisional president, secretary, treasurer,


controller, and one or more divisional vice presidents, assistant secretaries, assistant treasurers and other assistant officers and (2) to fix their duties as such appointees. The divisional officers shall have such authority with respect to the business and affairs of that division as was given to them in their appointment and, in the regular course of business of such division, may sign contracts and other documents in the name of the division where so authorized by the Chief Executive Officer; provided that in no case and under no circumstances shall a divisional officer of one division have authority to bind the Corporation in general or any other division of the Corporation except as necessary in the pursuit of the normal and usual business of the division of which he is an officer. Divisional officers shall hold office until their respective successors shall have been chosen and shall have qualified. Any divisional officer appointed by the Chief Executive Officer may be removed by the Chief Executive Officer whenever, in his judgment, the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby. Any vacancy occurring in any office of a division by death, resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled by the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Section 6.1 Indemnification : Each person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or while a director or officer of the Corporation is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary of another corporation, employee benefit plan, other enterprise or other entity shall be indemnified by the Corporation to the fullest extent that a corporation is required or permitted to grant indemnification to such person under the Texas Business Organizations Code, as the same exist or may hereafter be amended. Reasonable expenses incurred by a director or officer of the Corporation who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding shall be paid or reimbursed by the Corporation, in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding, to the maximum extent permitted under the Texas Business Organizations Code, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. Such advancement rights pertain to expenses incurred in connection with all proceedings for which indemnification is provided. The right to advancement of expenses and indemnification under this Article VI shall be a contract right between the Corporation and each director or officer who serves in such a capacity at any time while such provisions are in effect, whether or not such person continues to serve in such capacity at the time advancement or indemnification is sought. Indemnification and advancement provisions cannot be retroactively amended to


adversely affect the rights of indemnified persons arising in connection with any acts, omissions, facts or circumstances occurring prior to such amendment. In the event of the death of any person having a right of indemnification under this Article VI , such right will inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives. The rights under this Article VI will not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereinafter acquire under any bylaw, resolution of shareholders or directors, agreement, applicable law or otherwise.

ARTICLE VII

SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK

Section 7.1 Certificates : Shares of the capital stock of the Corporation may be certificated or uncertificated, as provided under the Texas Business Organizations Code. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. The certificates shall be signed by the Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President and also by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. Any and all signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile and each such certificate may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The certificates shall be consecutively numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued and shall exhibit the holder’s name and the number of shares. The Corporation shall, after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, send to the registered owner of uncertificated shares a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to the Texas Business Organizations Code.

Section 7.2 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates : The Board of Directors may direct (i) a new certificate or certificates representing shares of stock or (ii) uncertificated shares be issued in place of a certificate or certificates representing shares of stock theretofore issued by the Corporation and alleged to have been lost or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate or certificates representing shares of stock that was or were lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors may in its discretion


and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond with a surety or sureties satisfactory to the Corporation in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim or expense resulting from a claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate or certificates alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

Section 7.3 Transfer of Shares : Shares of stock, whether certificated or uncertificated, shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holders thereof or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, the Corporation or its transfer agent shall issue a new certificate or evidence of the issuance of uncertificated shares to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Upon the receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated shares, such uncertificated shares shall be cancelled, issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall be made to the shareholder entitled thereto and the transaction shall be recorded upon the Corporation’s books. If the Corporation has a transfer agent or registrar acting on its behalf, the signature of any officer or representative thereof may be in facsimile.

Section 7.4 Registered Shareholders : The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock, whether such shares are evidenced by a certificate or are uncertificated, as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by applicable law.

Section 7.5 Regulations : The Board of Directors may appoint a transfer agent and one or more co-transfer agents and registrar and one or more co-registrars and may make or authorize such agent to make all such rules and regulations deemed expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of stock.

Section 7.6 Legends : The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to provide that the certificates representing shares of stock of the


Corporation bear such legends as the Board of Directors deems appropriate to assure that the Corporation does not become liable for violations of federal or state securities laws or other applicable law.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 8.1 Distributions and Share Dividends : Subject to any provision of the Certificate of Formation or applicable law, distributions (in the form of cash or property) or share dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 8.2 Checks : All checks, demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Section 8.3 Fiscal Year : The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that if such fiscal year is not fixed by the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors does not defer determination of the fiscal year, the fiscal year shall be the calendar year.

Section 8.4 Seal : The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal and use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed, reproduced or otherwise.

Section 8.5 Resignation : Any director, committee member or officer may resign by so stating at any meeting of the Board of Directors or by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, the Executive Chairman, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or immediately if no time is specified therein. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 8.6 Telephone and Similar Meetings: Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Formation, members of the Board of Directors or members of any committee of the Board of Directors may participate in and hold a meeting of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, or another suitable electronic communications system, including videoconferencing technology or the Internet,


or any combination, if the telephone or other equipment or system permits each person participating in the meeting to communicate with all other persons participating in the meeting, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the basis that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

Section 8.7 Amendment of Bylaws : The Board of Directors may amend or repeal these Bylaws, or adopt new bylaws, unless (a) such power shall be reserved exclusively to the shareholders in whole or part by the Certificate of Formation or by applicable law or, (b) the shareholders in amending repealing or adopting a particular bylaw shall have expressly provided that the Board of Directors may not amend or repeal that bylaw. Unless the Certificate of Formation or a bylaw adopted by the shareholders shall provide otherwise as to all or some portion of the Corporation’s bylaws, the shareholders may amend, repeal or adopt (but only by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the combined voting power of the shares entitled to vote thereon) the Corporation’s bylaws even though the bylaws may also be amended, repealed or adopted by the Board of Directors.


EXCO RESOURCES, INC.

CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION OF

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF EXCO RESOURCES, INC.

The undersigned hereby certifies that he is the duly elected, qualified and acting Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of EXCO Resources, Inc. and that the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of EXCO Resources, Inc. were duly adopted by the Corporation’s Board of Directors on July 27, 2015 to be effective as of the Closing as defined in the Services and Investment Agreement dated as of March 31, 2015 (the “Execution Date”), by and among the Corporation and Energy Strategic Advisory Services LLC.

 

/s/ William L. Boeing

William L. Boeing
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

EXCO RESOURCES, INC.

EXCO Resources, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”), pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.059 and 3.060 of the Texas Business Organizations Code, as amended (the “ TBOC ”), hereby adopts this Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation (“ Certificate of Formation ”), which accurately copies the Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto (the “ Articles of Incorporation ”) that are in effect to date, as further amended by this Certificate of Formation as hereinafter set forth, and which contains no other change in any provision thereof.

ONE: The name of the Corporation is EXCO Resources, Inc. The Corporation is a Texas for-profit Corporation. The filing number issued to the Corporation by the Secretary of State is 12861900.

TWO: The following alterations have been made to the Articles of Incorporation in this Certificate of Formation:

 

  1. All references to the Texas Business Corporations Act are hereby amended to refer to the TBOC, all references to these Articles of Incorporation are hereby amended to refer to this Certificate of Formation and all references to the Texas Miscellaneous Corporation Laws Act are hereby deleted.

 

  2. Article I is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following new Article I is substituted in its place:

“ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the Corporation is EXCO Resources, Inc. The Corporation is a for-profit Corporation.”

 

  3. Article IV is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following new Article IV is substituted in its place:

“ARTICLE IV

CAPITALIZATION

The aggregate number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation will have authority to issue is 790,000,000 shares, which shall consist of 780,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”).

Authority is hereby expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation, subject to any limitations prescribed by the TBOC, to establish one or more series of shares of Preferred Stock from time to time by adoption of a resolution or resolutions setting forth the designation of the series and fixing and determining the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights, including voting rights, of the shares of any such series to the same extent that such designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights could be stated if fully set forth in this Certificate of Formation.

The Board of Directors of the Corporation may increase or decrease the number of shares within each established series of the Preferred Stock through the adoption of a resolution fixing and determining the new number of shares of each series in which the number of shares is increased or decreased; provided , however , that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may not decrease the number of shares within a series to less than the number of shares within such series that are then issued. In case the number of shares of a series of Preferred Stock shall be so decreased, the shares by which the series is decreased shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of the class of shares from which the series was established.”


  4. Article VII is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following new Article VII is substituted in its place:

“ARTICLE VII

REGISTERED OFFICE

The street address of the Corporation’s registered office is as follows:

1999 Bryan St., Suite 900

Dallas, Texas 75201-3136”

 

  5. Article IX is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following new Article IX is substituted in its place:

“ARTICLE IX

DIRECTORS

The names and addresses of the current directors of the Corporation are as follows:

 

Name

  

Address

Jeffrey D. Benjamin    12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, LB 82
   Dallas, TX 75251
B. James Ford    12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, LB 82
   Dallas, TX 75251
Samuel A. Mitchell    12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, LB 82
   Dallas, TX 75251
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.    12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, LB 82
   Dallas, TX 75251
Jeffrey S. Serota    12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, LB 82
   Dallas, TX 75251
Robert L. Stillwell    12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, LB 82
   Dallas, TX 75251”

 

  6. Article XV is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following new Article XV is substituted in its place:

“ARTICLE XV

BUSINESS COMBINATION LAW

Pursuant to Section 21.607 of the TBOC, the Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 21.606 of the TBOC (the Business Combination Law).”

 

  7. The following new Article XVIII is hereby added:

“ARTICLE XVIII

CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

The Directors, their respective affiliates who are not also employees of the Corporation and any investment funds or companies that they may now own or manage or may hereafter form or acquire (collectively, the “ Specified Persons ”) may own, currently or in the future, equity and other interests in other entities (existing and future) that participate in the energy business or industry (“ Industry Companies ”) and may enter into agreements from time to time with Industry Companies. The Specified Persons may also serve as employees, partners, officers, directors, members, managers, or principals of, or advisors to, Industry Companies and, at any given time, the Specified Persons may be in direct or indirect competition with the Corporation or its subsidiaries.


The Corporation, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, to the maximum extent permitted by law, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in, or any interest or expectancy of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunities that involve any aspect of the energy business or industry that are presented to or become known to any Specified Person and waives the application of the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any other analogous doctrine, with respect to the Corporation and its subsidiaries, to the Specified Persons. The Specified Persons shall have no duty or obligation to communicate or offer any such business opportunity to the Corporation or its subsidiaries and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be liable to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any stockholder or creditor of the Corporation, including for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, by reason of the fact that such Specified Person pursues or acquires such business opportunity, directs such business opportunity to another person or fails to present such business opportunity, or information regarding such business opportunity, to the Corporation or its subsidiaries.

Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Specified Persons shall have any obligation to refrain from (i) purchasing, selling, exploring, developing or exploiting any oil, gas or other hydrocarbon or mineral asset or any other asset relating to or used in the energy business or industry, (ii) engaging in or managing the same or similar activities or lines of business as the Corporation or its subsidiaries or developing or marketing any products or services that compete, directly or indirectly, with those of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, (iii) investing or owning any interest publicly or privately in, or developing a business relationship with, any Industry Company or any other person engaged in the same or similar activities or lines of business as, or otherwise in competition with, the Corporation or its subsidiaries (each, a “ Competing Person ”), (iv) doing business with any client or customer or supplier of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, or (v) entering into any agreement to provide any services to any Competing Person or acting as an employee, partner, officer, director, member, manager, or principal of, or advisor to, any Competing Person or Industry Company, regardless (in the case of each of (i)—(v)) whether such activities are in direct or indirect competition with the business or activities of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (each of the activities referred to in clauses (i)—(v), a “ Specified Activity ”). To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Corporation renounces on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries any interest or expectancy in any Specified Activity, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in any Specified Activity, that may be presented to or become known to any Specified Person.

Any proposed amendment to this Article XVIII shall require the approval of at least 67% of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. Neither the amendment or repeal of this Article XVIII, nor the adoption of any provision of the Bylaws of the Corporation, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any modification of law, shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any right or protection of any Specified Person granted pursuant hereto existing at, or arising out of or related to any event, act or omission that occurred prior to, the time of such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification (regardless of when any proceeding (or part thereof) relating to such event, act or omission arises or is first threatened, commenced or completed).

If any provision or provisions of this Article XVIII shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article XVIII (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article XVIII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article XVIII (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Article XVIII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect the Specified Persons from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

This Article XVIII shall not limit any protections or defenses available to, or indemnification or advancement rights of, any Specified Person under this Certificate of Formation or Bylaws of the Corporation, applicable law or contract.

If any code of conduct or other policy of the Corporation or its subsidiaries is inconsistent with this Article XVIII, this Article XVIII shall control and any conduct permitted by this Article XVIII shall not be a violation of such code or policy.”


THREE: Each amendment made by this Certificate of Formation has been effected in accordance with the provisions of the TBOC and the governing documents of the Corporation and has been approved in the manner required by the TBOC and the governing documents of the Corporation.

FOUR: The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby superseded by the Certificate of Formation that is set forth as Exhibit A , which accurately copies the entire text thereof as amended by this Certificate of Formation. This Certificate of Formation does not contain any other change in the Articles of Incorporation, except for the information permitted to be omitted by Section 3.059(b) of the TBOC applicable to the Corporation.

FIVE : This document shall become effective at 11:00 a.m., Central Time, on August 28, 2015.

[ Signature Page to Follow ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and in accordance with Sections 3.059 and 3.060 of the TBOC, the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation as of August 26, 2015.

 

By:  

/s/ William L. Boeing

  William L. Boeing
  Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Signature Page to

Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation


EXHIBIT A

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

EXCO RESOURCES, INC.

As Amended and Restated

Effective on

August 28, 2015

ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the Corporation is EXCO Resources, Inc. The Corporation is a for-profit Corporation.

ARTICLE II

DURATION

The period of the Corporation’s duration is perpetual.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

The purpose for which the Corporation is organized is to conduct any and all lawful business for which a corporation may be organized under the Texas Business Organizations Code, as it may be amended from time to time (the “ TBOC ”), or any successor law that replaces the TBOC.

ARTICLE IV

CAPITALIZATION

The aggregate number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation will have authority to issue is 790,000,000 shares, which shall consist of 780,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”).

Authority is hereby expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation, subject to any limitations prescribed by the TBOC, to establish one or more series of shares of Preferred Stock from time to time by adoption of a resolution or resolutions setting forth the designation of the series and fixing and determining the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights, including voting rights, of the shares of any such series to the same extent that such designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights could be stated if fully set forth in this Certificate of Formation.

The Board of Directors of the Corporation may increase or decrease the number of shares within each established series of the Preferred Stock through the adoption of a resolution fixing and determining the new number of shares of each series in which the number of shares is increased or decreased; provided , however , that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may not decrease the number of shares within a series to less than the number of shares within such series that are then issued. In case the number of shares of a series of Preferred Stock shall be so decreased, the shares by which the series is decreased shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of the class of shares from which the series was established.

ARTICLE V

NON-CUMULATIVE VOTING

Cumulative voting is expressly prohibited.


ARTICLE VI

DENIAL OF PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

The statutory right of any shareholder of the Corporation to exercise preemptive rights to acquire additional, unissued or treasury shares of the Corporation or securities of the Corporation convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe to or acquire shares of the Corporation is hereby denied.

ARTICLE VII

REGISTERED OFFICE

The street address of the Corporation’s registered office is as follows:

1999 Bryan St., Suite 900

Dallas, Texas 75201-3136

ARTICLE VIII

REGISTERED AGENT

The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at the Corporation’s registered office is C T Corporation System.

ARTICLE IX

DIRECTORS

The names and addresses of the current directors of the Corporation are as follows:

 

Name

  

Address

Jeffrey D. Benjamin    12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, LB 82
   Dallas, TX 75251
B. James Ford    12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, LB 82
   Dallas, TX 75251
Samuel A. Mitchell    12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, LB 82
   Dallas, TX 75251
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.    12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, LB 82
   Dallas, TX 75251
Jeffrey S. Serota    12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, LB 82
   Dallas, TX 75251
Robert L. Stillwell    12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, LB 82
   Dallas, TX 75251

ARTICLE X

BYLAWS

The power to amend or repeal the Bylaws or to adopt new Bylaws shall be vested in either the shareholders or the Board of Directors of the Corporation, subject to the shareholders providing in amending, repealing or adopting a particular Bylaw that it may not be amended or repealed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

ARTICLE XI

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

11.1 Number of Directors. The number of the Directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by or pursuant to the Bylaws of the Corporation.


11.2 Shareholder Nomination of Director Candidates and Introduction of Business. Advance notice of shareholder nominations for the election of Directors and advance notice of business to be brought by shareholders before an annual meeting shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

11.3 Decrease in Number of Directors. No decrease in the number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of an incumbent Director.

11.4 No Requirement of Written Ballot. The election of the Directors may be conducted in any form adopted by the Board of Directors, and need not be by written ballot. In the event, however, that a majority of the shareholders vote to require written ballots, written ballots shall be used.

ARTICLE XII

SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request, stating the purpose or purposes therefore, of either (i) not less than a majority of the whole Board of Directors of the Corporation or (ii) the holder or holders of shares having not less than 25% of the voting power at a meeting at which the holders of all shares entitled to vote on the action or actions, as set forth in the proposed purpose or purposes of the meeting, were present and voted. Business conducted at any special meeting shall be confined to the purpose or purposes described in the notice thereof.

ARTICLE XIII

INDEMNIFICATION

Each person who is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation, or while a Director or officer of the Corporation is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary of another corporation, employee benefit plan, other enterprise or other entity, shall be indemnified by the Corporation to the fullest extent that a corporation is required or permitted to grant indemnification to such person under the TBOC, as the same exist 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) or any other applicable laws as presently or hereafter in effect. The right to indemnification under this Article XIII shall extend to the heirs, executors, administrators and estate of any such Director or officer. The right to indemnification provided in this Article XIII (a) will not be exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification may otherwise be entitled, including without limitation, pursuant to any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested Directors, or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacities and as to action in another capacity while holding such office; and (b) will be applicable to matters otherwise within its scope whether or not such matters arose or arise before or after the adoption of this Article XIII. Without limiting the generality or the effect of the foregoing, the Corporation may adopt bylaws or enter into one or more agreements with any person which provide for indemnification greater or different than that provided in this Article XIII to the extent provided by applicable laws. Any amendment or repeal of this Article XIII shall not adversely affect any right or protection existing hereunder immediately prior to such amendment or repeal.

ARTICLE XIV

NO MONETARY LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS TO SHAREHOLDERS

To the fullest extent permitted by the TBOC, as the same may be amended from time to time, or any other applicable laws presently or hereafter in effect, no Director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for or with respect to any acts or omissions in the performance of his or her duties as a Director of the Corporation. If the TBOC is hereafter amended to authorize further elimination of the liability of a corporation’s directors for or with respect to any acts or omissions in the performance of their duties as directors of a corporation, then a Director of the Corporation shall not be liable for any such acts or omissions to the fullest extent permitted by the TBOC, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article XIV shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director of the Corporation existing immediately prior to such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE XV

BUSINESS COMBINATION LAW

Pursuant to Section 21.607 of the TBOC, the Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 21.606 of the TBOC (the Business Combination Law).

ARTICLE XVI

AMENDMENT

The Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Formation, and any other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Texas at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed herein or by applicable law, and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon shareholders, Directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Formation in their present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article XVI; provided , however , that any amendment or repeal of Article XIII or Article XIV of this Certificate of Formation shall not adversely affect any right or protection existing hereunder immediately prior to such amendment or repeal.

ARTICLE XVII

SHAREHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT

Any action required by the TBOC, as amended, to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, or any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holder or holders of shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take such action at a meeting at which the holders of all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted.

ARTICLE XVIII

CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

The Directors, their respective affiliates who are not also employees of the Corporation and any investment funds or companies that they may now own or manage or may hereafter form or acquire (collectively, the “ Specified Persons ”) may own, currently or in the future, equity and other interests in other entities (existing and future) that participate in the energy business or industry (“ Industry Companies ”) and may enter into agreements from time to time with Industry Companies. The Specified Persons may also serve as employees, partners, officers, directors, members, managers, or principals of, or advisors to, Industry Companies and, at any given time, the Specified Persons may be in direct or indirect competition with the Corporation or its subsidiaries.

The Corporation, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, to the maximum extent permitted by law, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in, or any interest or expectancy of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunities that involve any aspect of the energy business or industry that are presented to or become known to any Specified Person and waives the application of the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any other analogous doctrine, with respect to the Corporation and its subsidiaries, to the Specified Persons. The Specified Persons shall have no duty or obligation to communicate or offer any such business opportunity to the Corporation or its subsidiaries and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be liable to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any stockholder or creditor of the Corporation, including for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, by reason of the fact that such Specified Person pursues or acquires such business opportunity, directs such business opportunity to another person or fails to present such business opportunity, or information regarding such business opportunity, to the Corporation or its subsidiaries.

Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Specified Persons shall have any obligation to refrain from (i) purchasing, selling, exploring, developing or exploiting any oil, gas or other hydrocarbon or mineral asset or any other asset relating to or used in the energy business or industry, (ii) engaging in or managing the same or similar


activities or lines of business as the Corporation or its subsidiaries or developing or marketing any products or services that compete, directly or indirectly, with those of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, (iii) investing or owning any interest publicly or privately in, or developing a business relationship with, any Industry Company or any other person engaged in the same or similar activities or lines of business as, or otherwise in competition with, the Corporation or its subsidiaries (each, a “ Competing Person ”), (iv) doing business with any client or customer or supplier of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, or (v) entering into any agreement to provide any services to any Competing Person or acting as an employee, partner, officer, director, member, manager, or principal of, or advisor to, any Competing Person or Industry Company, regardless (in the case of each of (i)—(v)) whether such activities are in direct or indirect competition with the business or activities of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (each of the activities referred to in clauses (i)—(v), a “ Specified Activity ”). To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Corporation renounces on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries any interest or expectancy in any Specified Activity, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in any Specified Activity, that may be presented to or become known to any Specified Person.

Any proposed amendment to this Article XVIII shall require the approval of at least 67% of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. Neither the amendment or repeal of this Article XVIII, nor the adoption of any provision of the Bylaws of the Corporation, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any modification of law, shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any right or protection of any Specified Person granted pursuant hereto existing at, or arising out of or related to any event, act or omission that occurred prior to, the time of such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification (regardless of when any proceeding (or part thereof) relating to such event, act or omission arises or is first threatened, commenced or completed).

If any provision or provisions of this Article XVIII shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article XVIII (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article XVIII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article XVIII (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Article XVIII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect the Specified Persons from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

This Article XVIII shall not limit any protections or defenses available to, or indemnification or advancement rights of, any Specified Person under this Certificate of Formation or Bylaws of the Corporation, applicable law or contract.

If any code of conduct or other policy of the Corporation or its subsidiaries is inconsistent with this Article XVIII, this Article XVIII shall control and any conduct permitted by this Article XVIII shall not be a violation of such code or policy.

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO

SERVICES AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of September 8, 2015, is made by and between EXCO Resources, Inc., a Texas corporation (“ EXCO ”), and Energy Strategic Advisory Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ ESAS ”). Each of EXCO and ESAS is individually a “ Party ” and, collectively, the “ Parties ”.

Reference is hereby made to that certain Services and Investment Agreement, dated March 31, 2015, by and between EXCO and ESAS, as amended by that certain Acknowledgement of Amendment, dated as of May 26, 2015 and effective as of March 31, 2015, by and between EXCO and ESAS (as so amended and as may be amended, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms, the “ Agreement ”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

WHEREAS , in accordance with Section 11.10 of the Agreement, the Agreement may be amended upon the prior written consent of ESAS and EXCO;

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 5.20 of the Agreement, ESAS agreed to purchase shares of Common Stock of EXCO through open market purchases from unaffiliated Third Parties such that (when including all or any portion of the Initial Investment held by the ESAS Group on the Investment Obligation Test Date) the ESAS Group shall own, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, as of the first anniversary of the Closing Date, shares of Common Stock of EXCO with an aggregate cost basis (net of the aggregate cost basis of all shares of Common Stock sold by the ESAS Group during the same period) of at least $50,000,000 (the “ Investment Amount ”);

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 5.21 of the Agreement, EXCO and ESAS agreed to cooperate in good faith to determine whether any transaction contemplated by the Agreement would, or reasonably would be expected to, cause an ownership change of EXCO under Section 382 of the Code or any comparable provision of any state or local Law, limiting or restricting the utilization of net operating losses of EXCO (collectively, an “ Ownership Change ”);

WHEREAS , EXCO and ESAS desire to amend the Agreement in order to, inter alia , (i) resolve any uncertainty regarding whether any condition to Closing of the Agreement has not been satisfied, and (ii) reduce the possibility of any Ownership Change as contemplated by Section 5.21 of the Agreement; and

WHEREAS , EXCO and ESAS have agreed to (i) reduce the Investment Amount from $50,000,000 to $23,500,000 and (ii) include a minimum weekly trading volume requirement in connection with ESAS’s obligation to purchase shares of Common Stock of EXCO in the open market pursuant to Section 5.20 .

NOW, THEREFORE , pursuant to Section 11.10 of the Agreement, and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth in the Agreement and herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

1. The third recital of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety and replaced in its entirety to read as follows:

“WHEREAS, members of the ESAS Group (as defined below) desire to purchase at least twenty-three million, five hundred thousand dollars ($23,500,000) of EXCO Common Stock prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, including the Initial Shares.”


  2. The following definition is hereby added to Section 1.1 of the Agreement and shall be inserted immediately below the definition “Transaction Documents”:

Volume Requirement ” is defined in Section 5.20 .

3. Section 5.20 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety and replaced in its entirety to read as follows:

“Section 5.20 Agreement to Invest . Subject to applicable Law, from the period after the Closing Date through the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the ESAS Group shall purchase shares of Common Stock of EXCO through open market purchases from unaffiliated Third Parties such that (when including all or any portion of the Initial Investment held by the ESAS Group on the Investment Obligation Test Date) the ESAS Group shall own, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, as of the first anniversary of the Closing Date, shares of Common Stock of EXCO with an aggregate cost basis (net of the aggregate cost basis of all shares of Common Stock sold by the ESAS Group during the same period) of at least twenty-three million, five-hundred thousand dollars ($23,500,000) (such purchases, excluding the Initial Investment, the “ Remaining Investment ”); provided , however , (a) ESAS, at its sole option to be exercised by the delivery of written notice to EXCO on or before the first anniversary of the Closing Date, may extend such deadline by up to three (3) months from the first anniversary of the Closing Date (such deadline, as validly extended in accordance with this Section 5.20 , the “ Investment Obligation Test Date ”) in the event that the ESAS Group is unable to purchase and own such shares of Common Stock due to blackout dates (other than normal quarterly blackouts that do not exceed seventy-five (75) days with respect to the last fiscal quarter and forty-five (45) days with respect to the first, second and third fiscal quarters) or other restrictions under applicable Laws or this Agreement, (b) ESAS shall not be required to comply with its obligations under this Section 5.20 to the extent that such compliance would be reasonably likely to result in any breach of ESAS’s obligations under Section 5.16 and (c) the obligations under this Section 5.20 shall be null and void ab initio upon the earlier to occur of the Termination Date or an Investment Obligation Termination Event prior to the deadline set forth in this Section 5.20 . The Remaining Investment shall be conducted in accordance with one or more Rule 10b5-1 Plans, which shall provide, inter alia , that, subject to compliance with the limitations and restrictions under applicable Laws, this Agreement and EXCO’s insider trading policies, from and after the effective date of the Rule 10b5-1 Plan (which date shall be no later than two weeks after the first day of ESAS’s next open trading window period pursuant to EXCO’s insider trading policies) until the Remaining Investment has been purchased pursuant to this Section 5.20 , the total volume of the purchases effected by or for the ESAS Group during each and every week shall be at least ten percent (10%) of the average weekly trading volume reported for the Common Stock of EXCO during the four calendar weeks preceding the week in which such purchases are effected, without any price limits set forth in such Rule 10b5-1 Plan (such provision, the “ Volume Requirement ”). Subject to compliance with the limitations and restrictions under applicable Laws, ESAS shall cause the initial Rule 10b5-1 Plan to have an effective date of no later than two weeks after the first day of ESAS’s next open trading window period pursuant to EXCO’s insider trading policies. Until the Remaining


Investment has been purchased pursuant to this Section 5.20 , the ESAS Group shall ensure that any then active Rule 10b5-1 Plan is not suspended or terminated by any member of the ESAS Group unless a member of the ESAS Group has entered into another Rule 10b5-1 Plan with an effective date prior to or on the date of such suspension or termination that will satisfy the Volume Requirement. In the event that the ESAS Group has two or more Rule 10b5-1 Plans in effect with respect to the Common Stock of EXCO at any one time, the obligation to satisfy the Volume Requirement in such plans shall be satisfied if all such plans, taken together, provide for the purchase of at least the aggregate number of shares contemplated by the Volume Requirement. In making the Remaining Investment, ESAS shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the limitations and restrictions set forth in Rule 10b-18(b) promulgated under the Exchange Act. Subject to compliance with the limitations and restrictions under applicable Laws, EXCO shall acknowledge (A) any Rule 10b5-1 Plan entered into by a member of the ESAS Group consistent with the requirements above, if reasonably requested by the broker selected to implement such plan and (B) the termination of any such Rule 10b5-1 Plan upon the request of ESAS after the Remaining Investment has been purchased pursuant to this Section 5.20 , the Termination Date or an Investment Obligation Termination Event. Within three (3) Business Days after the Investment Obligation Test Date, ESAS shall submit a certificate stating compliance together with reasonable documentation supporting such compliance. ESAS may make open market purchases or sales of any other EXCO securities at its own discretion.”

4. The enforcement and interpretation of this Amendment shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas. This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile, .pdf or other electronic transmission of copies of signatures shall constitute original signatures for all purposes of this Amendment and any enforcement hereof.

5. Other than Section 6 below, which shall be effective as noted therein, this Amendment and the terms and provisions contained herein shall be effective only upon the consummation of both the Initial Shares Closing and the Closing. If the Initial Shares Closing and the Closing do not both occur, then this Amendment shall automatically become void and of no force or effect upon the termination of the Services Agreement in accordance with its terms.

6. Effective immediately, each of ESAS and EXCO hereby waives the satisfaction of all conditions precedent to each of the Initial Shares Closing and the Closing, including the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1 , 6.2 , 7.1 and 7.2 of the Agreement.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank. Signature Pages to Follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

ENERGY STRATEGIC ADVISORY SERVICES LLC
Name:  

/s/ C. John Wilder

By:   C. John Wilder
Title:   Executive Chairman

Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to the

Services and Investment Agreement


EXCO RESOURCES, INC.
Name:  

/s/ William L. Boeing

By:   William L. Boeing
Title:   Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to the

Services and Investment Agreement

Exhibit 10.2

 

LOGO   

EXCO Resources, Inc.

12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, Dallas, Texas 75251

(214) 368-2084 FAX (972) 367-3559

  
  

September 8, 2015

Energy Strategic Advisory Services LLC

200 Crescent Court, Suite 200

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: Jonathan Siegler, Executive Vice President, CFO

 

Re: Nomination of Designee to the Board of Directors of EXCO

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Services and Investment Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2015, by and among Energy Strategic Advisory Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ESAS”), and EXCO Resources, Inc., a Texas corporation (“EXCO”) (the “Services and Investment Agreement” as the same may be amended or amended and restated from time to time in accordance with its terms). All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Services and Investment Agreement.

This is the letter referred to in Section 5.19 of the Services and Investment Agreement. So long as (i) no order from a Governmental Authority is outstanding to the contrary, and (ii) ESAS is not in breach of Sections 5.18, 5.19 or 5.20 of the Services and Investment Agreement, ESAS shall have the right to nominate for election to the Board of Directors of EXCO (the “Board”) one (1) director (the “ESAS Nominee”); provided that (a) until the earlier to occur of (i) the fourth anniversary of the Closing and (ii) the death or incapacity of C. John Wilder (“Mr. Wilder”), ESAS’s nominee shall be Mr. Wilder and ESAS shall cause Mr. Wilder (A) to agree to be nominated for election to serve on the Board at any annual meeting of the shareholders or special meeting held to elect directors and (B) to agree to be nominated for election to serve as Executive Chairman at any meeting of the Board held to elect the Executive Chairman and (C) to serve on the Board and as Executive Chairman if properly elected and (b) ESAS shall not have the right to nominate any person, including Mr. Wilder, as the ESAS Nominee if such person (i) is prohibited or disqualified from serving as a director of EXCO under any order or decree of any court, the SEC or any other regulatory body, rule or regulation of the SEC, the New York Stock Exchange or any other exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, or by applicable Law, (ii) has engaged in acts or omissions constituting a breach of his or her fiduciary duties to EXCO and its shareholders (other than such duties that are waived in the Articles of Incorporation of EXCO), (iii) has engaged in acts or omissions that involve (A) intentional misconduct or an intentional violation of Law and that are felonies, or (B) violations of Law involving moral turpitude or that are materially adverse to EXCO, or (iv) is subject to a disqualification event described in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933; provided , further, that ESAS shall have the right to replace such disqualified person, other than Mr. Wilder, with a different person as the ESAS Nominee.


EXCO hereby agrees, subject to the fiduciary duties of its Board, to cause the ESAS Nominee to be nominated for election to serve on the Board at any annual meeting of the shareholders or special meeting held to elect directors.

Neither EXCO nor any officer, director, stockholder, partner, member, employee or agent of EXCO makes any representation or warranty as to the fitness or competence of the ESAS Nominee to serve on the Board by virtue of such party’s execution of this letter.

This letter and the obligations hereunder shall automatically terminate on the first to occur of (a) the termination of the Services and Investment Agreement in accordance with its terms and (b) the initial time that ESAS no longer has the right to nominate any ESAS Nominee in accordance with the terms hereof.

This letter is being executed in connection with the Services and Investment Agreement. This letter shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Texas without regard to principles of conflicts of law. The terms of this letter may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the terms hereof may not be given, except by the written consent of all of the parties hereto. This letter may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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If the foregoing accurately sets forth our understanding, please acknowledge by signing in the space provided below.

 

Sincerely,
EXCO RESOURCES, INC.
By:  

/s/ William L. Boeing

Name:   William L. Boeing
Title:   Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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Agreed to and accepted as of the date set forth above

 

ENERGY STRATEGIC ADVISORY SERVICES LLC
By:  

/s/ C. John Wilder

Name:   C. John Wilder
Title:   Executive Chairman

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO   

EXCO Resources, Inc.

12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, Dallas, Texas 75251

(214) 368-2084 FAX (972) 367-3559

  
  

EXCO Resources, Inc. Appoints C. John Wilder as Executive Chairman and Announces

the Closing of the Services and Investment Agreement with a Subsidiary of Bluescape

Resources Company LLC

DALLAS, TEXAS, September 9, 2015, EXCO Resources, Inc. (NYSE:XCO) (“EXCO” or the “Company”) announces the closing under the Services and Investment Agreement (as amended, the “Agreement”) with Energy Strategic Advisory Services LLC (“ESAS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bluescape Resources Company LLC (“Bluescape”). Highlights include:

 

    C. John Wilder, Executive Chairman of Bluescape Resources Company LLC, has joined EXCO’s Board of Directors and been appointed EXCO’s Executive Chairman.

 

    C. John Wilder and ESAS will continue to lead EXCO’s transformational strategy that focuses on six core areas: 1) liability management, 2) operational performance, 3) capital deployment, 4) risk management, 5) portfolio repositioning, and 6) performance management.

 

    ESAS has purchased from EXCO 5,882,353 shares of EXCO’s common stock for a purchase price of $10 million at $1.70 per share (the ten day volume weighted average price of EXCO’s common stock as of March 30, 2015).

 

    ESAS is required to own at least $23.5 million of EXCO’s common stock based on the purchase price thereof (reduced by amendment from $50 million) as of the first anniversary of the closing of the Agreement (subject to certain extensions and exceptions) by purchasing at least $13.5 million of additional shares of EXCO’s common stock through open market purchases pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan that, subject to compliance with the limitations and restrictions under applicable laws, the Agreement and EXCO’s insider trading policies, (1) includes a minimum weekly purchase requirement of 10% of EXCO’s average weekly trading volume and (2) will have an effective date no later than two weeks after the first day of ESAS’s next open trading window period pursuant to EXCO’s insider trading policies.

 

    All required shareholder approvals have been obtained, including approval of ESAS’ previously issued warrants to purchase up to 80,000,000 shares of EXCO’s common stock, which warrants remain outstanding subject to the previously disclosed return hurdle exercisability criteria and termination and forfeiture provisions.


C. John Wilder commented “We continue to believe EXCO has significant potential by uniting EXCO’s strong operating capabilities with Bluescape Resources Company LLC’s proven commercial and turnaround track record. By executing a long-term and disciplined performance improvement plan, EXCO can be repositioned to deliver significant value to its shareholders.”

Jeffrey D. Benjamin, EXCO Board Member, added “The Board of Directors thanks EXCO’s shareholders for the overwhelming support they demonstrated during the recent proxy process and welcomes John to his role as Executive Chairman. John has demonstrated a strong commitment to our company and this partnership is a strategic step toward working through the current commodity cycle, enhancing the value of our corporation and preparing EXCO for the future.”

Amendment to the Services and Investment Agreement

Effective as of the closing of the Agreement, EXCO and ESAS executed an amendment to the Agreement (the “Amendment”), in order to, among other things, (1) resolve any uncertainty regarding whether any condition to Closing of the Agreement has not been satisfied, and (2) reduce the possibility of any ownership change of EXCO under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code or any comparable provision of any state or local law as contemplated by the Agreement. In the Amendment, EXCO and ESAS agreed to (a) reduce the amount of EXCO’s common stock (based on the purchase price thereof) that ESAS and its affiliates are required to own on the first anniversary of closing, subject to certain extensions and exceptions, from $50 million to $23.5 million and (b) include the minimum purchase requirement discussed above.

EXCO Resources, Inc. is an oil and natural gas exploration, exploitation, development and production company headquartered in Dallas, Texas with principal operations in Texas, North Louisiana and Appalachia.

Bluescape Resources Company LLC is a private, independent investment and operating company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Bluescape Resources Company LLC is focused principally in the oil and gas and power sectors and owns major resource positions in the Appalachia region, South Texas, Kansas, Canada, and Italy. Bluescape Resources Company LLC also helps lead Parallel Resource Partners, LLC. Bluescape’s team consists of over twenty professionals with a wide variety of technical, legal, financial and commercial backgrounds.

Additional information about EXCO Resources, Inc. may be obtained by contacting Chris Peracchi, EXCO’s Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations, and Treasurer, at EXCO’s headquarters, 12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, Dallas, TX 75251, telephone number (214) 368-2084, or by visiting EXCO’s website at www.excoresources.com. EXCO’s SEC filings and press releases can be found under the Investor Relations tab.

Additional information about Bluescape may be obtained by contacting Jonathan Siegler, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, telephone number (469) 398-2205.

This release may contain forward-looking statements relating to future financial results, business expectations and business transactions. Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to significant economic, industry and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond EXCO’s and Bluescape’s control. Historical performance of Mr. Wilder and Bluescape may not be indicative of the future performance that may be experienced by EXCO and actual results may differ materially from those predicted as a result of factors over which neither EXCO nor Bluescape have control. Such factors include, but are not limited to: continued volatility in the oil and gas markets, commodity price changes, regulatory changes and general economic conditions, and other risk factors included in EXCO’s reports on file with the SEC. Except as required by applicable law, EXCO undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.