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): December 7, 2016 (December 6, 2016)

 

 

KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-08038   04-2648081

(State or other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1301 McKinney Street, Suite 1800

Houston, Texas 77010

(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

713-651-4300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Agreement

On December 6, 2016, the Bankruptcy Court (as defined below), approved the Twenty-Fourth Amendment to Office Lease between Key Energy Services, Inc. (“Key” or the “Company”) and Crescent 1301 Mckinney, L.P. (the “Amendment”). The relevant terms of the Amendment include, (i) a reduction in the over-all rented square footage by the Company at its corporate headquarters, (ii) a reduction in the term of the lease, and (iii) a reduction in the base monthly rent.

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership.

As previously disclosed, on October 24, 2016, Key and certain of its domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the “Filing Subsidiaries” and, together with the Company, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”), pursuant to the terms of a plan support agreement, dated August 24, 2016, by and among the Debtors and certain of their lenders and noteholders, that contemplates the reorganization of the Debtors pursuant to a prepackaged plan of reorganization (the “Plan”). The Debtors obtained joint administration of their chapter 11 cases under the caption In re: Key Energy Services, Inc, et al. , Case No. 16- 12306. The subsidiary Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Misr Key Energy Investments, LLC, Key Energy Services, LLC, and Misr Key Energy Services, LLC (the “Chapter 11 Cases”).

On December 6, 2016, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Confirmation Order”) confirming the Plan as modified by the Confirmation Order.

The Debtors expect that the effective date of the Plan will occur as soon as all conditions precedent to the Plan have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of the Plan (defined in the Plan as the “Effective Date”). The Debtors can make no assurances as to when, or ultimately if, the Plan will become effective.

The following is a summary of the material terms of the Plan. This summary highlights only certain substantive provisions of the Plan and is not intended to be a complete description of the Plan. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan and the Confirmation Order, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 2.1 and 99.1, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein. Defined terms not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Plan.

The Plan of Reorganization and Treatment of Claims and Interests

Generally, and as discussed in further detail in the Plan, the Plan contemplates, among other things, the following distributions and consensual recovery to certain Holders of Allowed Claims and Interests, as applicable:

 

    All Allowed General Unsecured Claims, including claims of the Company’s trade creditors and vendors, as well as all Allowed Administrative Expense Claims, Priority Tax Claims, Priority Non-Tax Claims, Other Secured Claims and Intercompany Claims shall be Unimpaired.

 

    Each Holder of an Allowed Term Loan Claim shall receive a distribution on the Effective Date, on account of its Allowed Term Loan Claim, of its  pro rata  share of (i) a Cash payment equal to the sum of (A) the difference between (x) the outstanding principal amount of loans under the Term Loan Credit Agreement on the Effective Date (excluding any prepayment premium) before giving effect to the payment described in this bullet point and (y) $250 million  plus  (B) any accrued and unpaid interest (at the non-default rate) due and owing under the Term Loan Credit Documents as of (and including) the Effective Date, and (ii) the New Term Loan Facility.


    Each Holder of an Allowed ABL Credit Facility Claim shall receive on the Effective Date, on account of its Allowed ABL Credit Facility Claim, its  pro rata  share of payment in full in Cash of any amounts due and owing under the ABL Credit Facility, and any letters of credit outstanding under the ABL Credit Facility shall be cash collateralized, backstopped and/or replaced with new letters of credit under the New ABL Credit Facility.

 

    Each Holder of an Allowed Senior Notes Claim shall receive a distribution on the Effective Date, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, in full satisfaction of its Allowed Senior Notes Claim (inclusive of accrued and unpaid interest), of such Holder’s  pro rata  share of 7.5 million 1 shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock (rounded up or down to the nearest whole share) (the “ Senior Notes Distribution ”). The Senior Notes Distribution shall account for 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock prior to dilution from the issuance of all other shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock under or in connection with the Plan.

 

    Existing Key Common Stock and Other Key Equity Interests shall be cancelled as of the Effective Date and, except as described below for Holders of Existing Key Common Stock, shall receive no distribution in connection with the Plan.

 

    Intercompany Interests shall remain in place on the Effective Date for purposes of convenience.

Additional information regarding the classification and treatment of claims and interests can be found in the Plan.

Recovery for Holders of Existing Key Common Stock

In accordance with the Confirmation Order and pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date, all shares of Existing Key Common Stock shall be cancelled, and each Holder of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock eligible for the Equity Holder Exchange that does not elect to opt-out of granting the voluntary releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan, shall receive either (i) its  pro rata  share of the Equity Holder Plan Securities, including (a) 815,891 shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock, (b) New Warrants, entitling their holders, collectively, upon exercise thereof to purchase, in the aggregate, up to 1,839,782 shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock (in each case, rounded up or down to the nearest whole share of Reorganized Key Common Stock or whole New Warrant), 2  and (c) all Equity Holder Shares and New Warrants allocated to any Holders of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock who are not eligible to receive Equity Holder Plan Securities pursuant to the Plan (as set forth in Section III.C.8 of the Plan) or who do not receive Equity Holder Plan Securities because they are entitled to less than half a share of Reorganized Key Common Stock, 3 or (ii) the opportunity to receive, in each Holder’s sole and

 

1   Pursuant to the Plan, the Debtors may, with the consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders, increase or decrease, as applicable, the aggregate number of shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock to be issued and outstanding on the Effective Date pursuant to the Plan, and adjust the applicable price per share for such shares set forth in the Plan such that the aggregate value of the shares received by any Person pursuant to the Plan is unaltered by such adjustments. All share amounts and prices per share set forth herein are subject to such adjustments.
2   For every one (1) share of Reorganized Key Common Stock issued to an eligible Holder of Existing Key Common Stock pursuant to the Equity Holder Exchange, such Holder will receive approximately 1.1 New 4-Year Warrants and approximately 1.1 New 5-Year Warrants (in each case subject to the rounding conventions described in the Plan).
3   Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, under the Equity Holder Exchange, the exchange rate for shares of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock to Reorganized Key Common Stock is 198:1. Giving effect to rounding, in order for a Holder of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock to receive at least one share of Reorganized Key Common Stock, such Holder must beneficially own at least 99 shares of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock. Any fractional shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock that are not distributed to Holders because they hold fewer than 99 shares of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock, and any fractions of New Warrants that would otherwise have been allocated to such Holders, shall be aggregated and distributed to Holders of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock that are receiving Equity Holder Plan Securities.


absolute discretion, Cash pursuant to the Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount (subject to the same eligibility restrictions set forth in Section III.C.8 of the Plan), to the extent sufficient proceeds are received from Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants to fund such Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount (if there are insufficient proceeds to provide the Cash necessary to fully cash-out such electing Holders, such Holders will receive a combination of Cash and Equity Holder Plan Securities based on the amount of commitments available).

Rights Offering and Backstop Agreement

In addition, as previously disclosed, on September 21, 2016, Key commenced an offering of subscription rights (the “Rights Offering”) to certain qualifying holders of Key’s Note Claims and certain qualifying Key equity holders to purchase up to 7,022,859 shares of reorganized Key common stock at a price per share of $12.10 for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $85 million, which proceeds may be increased by up to $25 million through the sale of additional shares of reorganized Key common stock (“Incremental Liquidity Shares”) at a price range per share ranging between $6.86 and $8.94. As previously disclosed, on September 21, 2016, prior to the commencement of the Rights Offering and Solicitation, the Company entered into a backstop agreement (the “Backstop Agreement”) with certain holders of Note Claims (the “Backstop Participants”), pursuant to which the Backstop Participants agreed, subject to the terms and conditions in the Backstop Agreement, to backstop the full amount of the Rights Offering. Participating equity holders were also able to subscribe for additional shares of reorganized Key common stock made available by other equity holders as of the effective date of the Plan. Participants in the primary Rights Offering subscribed for 6,652,030 shares of reorganized Key common stock which together with any Incremental Liquidity Shares determined to be necessary in accordance with the Confirmation Order and pursuant to the Plan, will be issued on the Effective Date. In addition, in accordance with the Confirmation Order and pursuant to the Plan and the Backstop Agreement, 370,830 shares of reorganized Key common stock that were unsubscribed in the Rights Offering, along with a put premium of up to 1,219,287 shares of reorganized Key common stock, plus additional Incremental Liquidity Shares to the extent issued, will be issued to the Backstop Participants on the Effective Date.

Share Information

As of November 30, 2016, the number of outstanding shares of Existing Key Common Stock was 160,331,531. On the Effective Date, all shares of Existing Key Common Stock will be cancelled.

Conversion to Delaware Corporation On or Before Effective Date

In accordance with the Confirmation Order and pursuant to the Plan, the Company will convert from a Maryland corporation to a Delaware corporation. The Confirmation Order provides that the Company in its form as a Delaware Corporation will be considered as a successor to the Company in its previous form as a Maryland Corporation. This conversion is expected to occur on or before the Effective Date.

Post Emergence Governance and Management

On the Effective Date, the term of any current members of the board of directors of the Company will expire, and a new board of directors of the Company (the “New Board”) will take office. The New Board will initially consist of Bryan Kelln, Jacob Kotzubei, Philip Norment, Mary Ann Sigler, Robert Drummond, Sherman K. Edmiston III, Scott D. Vogel, Steven H. Pruett, C. Christopher Gaut, and H.H. Tripp Wommack, III.


Incentive Plan

On or after the Effective Date, Reorganized Key shall be authorized to grant awards under a new management incentive plan (the “New MIP”), which shall authorize the grant of compensation described in the following sentence comprised of stock or economic rights tied to the value of stock collectively representing up to 7% (which may be increased to up to 11% by the Board in its discretion) of the fully diluted shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock as of the Effective Date (without regard to shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the New Warrants). The New MIP may provide for awards of restricted stock, restricted stock units, options and stock appreciation rights and cash-based awards, for distribution to officers, directors and employees of the Reorganized Debtors as determined by the New Board.

Settlement, Releases and Exculpations

The Plan incorporates an integrated compromise and settlement of claims to achieve a beneficial and efficient resolution of the Chapter 11 Cases. Unless otherwise specified, the settlement, distributions, and other benefits provided under the Plan, including the releases and exculpation provisions included therein, are in full satisfaction of all claims and causes of action that could be asserted.

The Plan provides releases and exculpations for the benefit of Debtors, certain of the Debtors’ claimholders (including the Supporting Creditors), the Backstop Participants, other parties in interest and various parties related thereto, each in their capacity as such, from various claims and causes of action, as further set forth in Section 8 of the Plan and the Confirmation Order.

Certain Information Regarding Assets and Liabilities of the Company

Information regarding the assets and liabilities of the Company as of the most recent practicable date is hereby incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2016, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2016.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibits hereto contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical in nature or that relate to future events and conditions are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of performance. Future actions, events and conditions and future results of operations may differ materially from those expressed in these statements.

Important factors that may affect Key’s expectations, estimates or projections include, but are not limited to, the following: risks associated with Key’s reorganization; conditions in the oil and natural gas industry, especially oil and natural gas prices and capital expenditures by oil and natural gas companies; volatility in oil and natural gas prices; Key’s ability to implement price increases or maintain pricing on its core services; industry capacity; increased labor costs or unavailability of skilled workers; asset impairments or other charges; the periodic low demand for Key’s services and resulting operating losses and negative cash flows; Key’s highly competitive industry as well as operating risks, which are primarily self-insured, and the possibility that its insurance may not be adequate to cover all of its losses or liabilities; the economic, political and social instability and risks of doing business in certain foreign countries; significant costs and potential liabilities resulting from compliance with applicable laws; Key’s historically high employee turnover rate and its ability to replace or add workers, including executive officers; Key’s ability to incur debt or long- term lease obligations; Key’s ability to implement technological developments and enhancements; significant costs and liabilities resulting from environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, including those relating to hydraulic fracturing; severe weather impacts on Key’s business; Key’s ability to successfully identify, make and integrate acquisitions and its ability to finance future growth of its operations or future acquisitions; the loss of one or more of Key’s larger customers; the impact of compliance with climate change legislation or initiatives; Key’s ability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet debt


service obligations; the amount of Key’s debt and the limitations imposed by the covenants in the agreements governing its debt, including its ability to comply with covenants under its current debt agreements; an increase in Key’s debt service obligations due to variable rate indebtedness; Key’s inability to achieve its financial, capital expenditure and operational projections, including quarterly and annual projections of revenue and/or operating income and its inaccurate assessment of future activity levels, customer demand, and pricing stability which may not materialize (whether for Key as a whole or for geographic regions and/or business segments individually); Key’s ability to execute its plans to withdraw from international markets outside North America; Key’s ability to achieve the benefits expected from acquisition and disposition transactions; Key’s ability to respond to changing or declining market conditions, including Key’s ability to reduce the costs of labor, fuel, equipment and supplies employed and used in its businesses; Key’s ability to maintain sufficient liquidity; adverse impact of litigation; and other factors affecting Key’s business described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and its other filings with the SEC and in Article XI of the Disclosure Statement.

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

As previously reported Key approved the rejection of certain executory contracts that Key (or one of its subsidiaries) held with three former executive officers, Mr. Richard Alario, Ms. Kim Clarke and Ms. Kimberly Frye. Key filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on November 16, 2016 to discuss the rejection of the executory contracts (the “Original 8-K”), which is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02. The Confirmation Order approved the rejection of the Severance Agreements (as defined within the Original 8-K), effective as of the Effective Date, and all claims for rejection damages are subject, to the extent applicable, to the limitations set forth in Section 502(b)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Item 8.01 Other Events

On December 7, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing entry of the Confirmation Order. A copy of this press release is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this report, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

  2.1    Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Key Energy Services, Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates, dated September 21, 2016.
10.1    Twenty-Fourth Amendment to Office Lease between Crescent 1301 McKinney, L.P. and Key Energy Services, Inc., as confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on December 6, 2016.
99.1    Findings Of Fact, Conclusions Of Law, And Order (I) Approving The Debtors’ (A) Disclosure Statement Pursuant To Sections 1125 And 1126(B) Of The Bankruptcy Code, (B) Solicitation Of Votes And Solicitation Procedures, (C) Forms Of Ballots, (D) Rights Offering Procedures And Rights Offering Materials, And (E) Entry Into The Backstop Escrow Agreement; (II) Authorizing (A) The Debtors’ Assumption Of The Backstop Agreement, The Rights Offering Escrow Agreement And All Other Executory Contracts And Unexpired Leases Other Than Those Identified For Rejection And (B) The Debtors’ Rejection Of Those Executory Contracts And Unexpired Leases Identified On The Rejected Executory Contract And Unexpired Lease List; And (III) Confirming The Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan Of Key Energy Services, Inc., Et Al. Under Chapter 11 Of The Bankruptcy Code, as entered by the Bankruptcy Court on December 6, 2016.
99.2    Press release issued by Key Energy Services, Inc. dated as of December 7, 2016.


SIGNATURE

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

 

    KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Date: December 7, 2016     By:  

  /s/ Katherine I. Hargis

        Katherine I. Hargis
        Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.
  

Description

  2.1    Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Key Energy Services, Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates, dated September 21, 2016.
10.1    Twenty-Fourth Amendment to Office Lease between Crescent 1301 McKinney, L.P. and Key Energy Services, Inc., as confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on December 6, 2016.
99.1    Findings Of Fact, Conclusions Of Law, And Order (I) Approving The Debtors’ (A) Disclosure Statement Pursuant To Sections 1125 And 1126(B) Of The Bankruptcy Code, (B) Solicitation Of Votes And Solicitation Procedures, (C) Forms Of Ballots, (D) Rights Offering Procedures And Rights Offering Materials, And (E) Entry Into The Backstop Escrow Agreement; (II) Authorizing (A) The Debtors’ Assumption Of The Backstop Agreement, The Rights Offering Escrow Agreement And All Other Executory Contracts And Unexpired Leases Other Than Those Identified For Rejection And (B) The Debtors’ Rejection Of Those Executory Contracts And Unexpired Leases Identified On The Rejected Executory Contract And Unexpired Lease List; And (III) Confirming The Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan Of Key Energy Services, Inc., Et Al. Under Chapter 11 Of The Bankruptcy Code, as entered by the Bankruptcy Court on December 6, 2016.
99.2    Press release issued by Key Energy Services, Inc. dated as of December 7, 2016.

Exhibit 2.1

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

    
  )   

In re:

  )    Chapter 11
  )   

KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC., et al. , 1

  )    Case No.
  )   
  )   
Debtors.                               )    Joint Administration Requested

 

  )   

JOINT PREPACKAGED PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

AND ITS DEBTOR AFFILIATES PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 11 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE

THIS CHAPTER 11 PLAN IS BEING SOLICITED FOR ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTION 1125 AND WITHIN THE MEANING OF BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTION 1126. THIS CHAPTER 11 PLAN WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR APPROVAL FOLLOWING SOLICITATION AND THE DEBTORS’ FILING FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY.

 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP    YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP

James F. Conlan

Larry J. Nyhan

Andrew F. O’Neill

One South Dearborn Street

  

Robert S. Brady

Edwin J. Harron

Ryan M. Bartley

Rodney Square

Chicago, Illinois 60603    1000 North King Street
Telephone: (312) 853-7000    Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Facsimile: (312) 853-7036    Telephone: (302) 571-6600
   Facsimile: (302) 571-1253

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

 

Jeffrey E. Bjork

Christina M. Craige

555 West Fifth Street

Los Angeles, CA 90013

Telephone: (213) 896-6000

Facsimile: (213) 896-6600

  
Proposed Co-Counsel to the Debtors    Proposed Co-Counsel to the Debtors

Dated: September 21, 2016

 

1   The Debtors in these Chapter 11 Cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal taxpayer-identification number, are: Key Energy Mexico, LLC (4871), Key Energy Services, Inc. (8081), Key Energy Services, LLC (5567), Misr Key Energy Investments, LLC (4528), and Misr Key Energy Services, LLC (7527). The mailing address for each Debtor is 1301 McKinney Street, Suite 1800, Houston, Texas 77010.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

              Page  

ARTICLE I.

 

DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION

     1   
 

A.

  

Definitions

     1   
 

B.

  

Rules of Interpretation

     18   
 

C.

  

Computation of Time

     18   
 

D.

  

Reference to Monetary Figures

     18   

ARTICLE II.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CLAIMS, PROFESSIONAL FEE CLAIMS, AND PRIORITY TAX CLAIMS

     18   
 

A.

  

Administrative Expense Claims Other Than Professional Fee Claims

     18   
 

B.

  

Professional Fee Claims

     19   
 

C.

  

Priority Tax Claims

     20   

ARTICLE III.

 

CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

     20   
 

A.

  

Classification of Claims and Interests

     20   
 

B.

  

Summary of Classification

     20   
 

C.

  

Treatment of Claims and Interests

     21   
 

D.

  

Special Provision Governing Claims

     25   
 

E.

  

Elimination of Vacant Classes

     25   
 

F.

  

Acceptance or Rejection of the Plan

     25   
 

G.

  

Confirmation Pursuant to Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code

     26   
 

H.

  

Subordinated Claims

     26   

ARTICLE IV.

 

MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

     26   
 

A.

  

General Settlement of Claims and Interests

     26   
 

B.

  

Sources of Cash for Plan Distributions

     26   
 

C.

  

Corporate Existence and Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized Debtors

     27   
 

D.

  

Authorization, Issuance and Distribution of Plan Securities

     27   
 

E.

  

Exemption from Registration

     28   
 

F.

  

SEC Reporting Requirements and Listing of Reorganized Key Common Stock

     29   
 

G.

  

Adjustment to Number of Shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock

     29   
 

H.

  

Primary Rights Offering and Backstop Commitment

     29   
 

I.

  

Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering and Backstop Commitment

     29   
 

J.

  

Consensual Equity Holder Exchange

     30   
 

K.

  

Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription

     30   
 

L.

  

Intercompany Interests

     31   
 

M.

  

Supporting Creditor Advisors Fees

     31   
 

N.

  

Specified Asset Sales

     31   
 

O.

  

Cancellation of Existing Indebtedness and Securities

     31   
 

P.

  

Cancellation of Certain Existing Security Interests

     31   
 

Q.

  

New Term Loan Facility

     32   
 

R.

  

New ABL Credit Facility

     32   
 

S.

  

Indenture Trustee Fees

     32   
 

T.

  

Corporate Action

     33   
 

U.

  

Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions

     33   


  V.     

New Certificate of Incorporation, New By-Laws and Investor Rights Agreement(s)

     33   
  W.     

Directors and Officers of the Reorganized Debtors

     34   
  X.     

Director and Officer Liability Insurance

     34   
  Y.     

Incentive Compensation Plans

     34   
  Z.     

Senior Management

     35   
  AA.   

Corporate Advisory Services Agreement

     35   
  BB.   

Exemption from Certain Taxes and Fees

     35   
  CC.   

Preservation of Causes of Action

     35   
  DD.   

No Change of Control

     35   

ARTICLE V.

 

TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES; EMPLOYEE BENEFITS; AND INSURANCE POLICIES

     36   
  A.   

Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

     36   
  B.   

Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

     36   
  C.   

Modifications, Amendments, Supplements, Restatements, or Other Agreements

     37   
  D.   

Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

     37   
  E.   

Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date

     38   
  F.   

Insurance Policies

     38   
  G.   

Indemnification and Reimbursement Obligations

     38   
  H.   

Employee Compensation and Benefits

     38   
  I.   

Reservation of Rights

     39   

ARTICLE VI.

 

PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS

     39   
  A.   

Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed

     39   
  B.   

Distribution Agent

     40   
  C.   

Distributions on Account of Claims Allowed After the Effective Date

     40   
  D.   

Distributions to Holders of Disputed Claims

     40   
  E.   

Delivery of Distributions

     41   
  F.   

Compliance with Tax Requirements/Allocations

     42   
  G.   

Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities

     42   
  H.   

Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties

     43   

ARTICLE VII.

 

PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING DISPUTED, CONTINGENT, AND UNLIQUIDATED CLAIMS

     43   
  A.   

Allowance of Claims

     43   
  B.   

Prosecution of Objections to Claims

     44   
  C.   

Estimation of Claims

     44   
  D.   

Disallowance of Certain Claims

     44   
  E.   

Prepetition Litigation

     45   

ARTICLE VIII.

 

SETTLEMENT, RELEASE, INJUNCTION, AND RELATED PROVISIONS

     45   
  A.   

Discharge of Claims, Termination of Interests in Key, and Reinstatement of Intercompany Interests

     45   
  B.   

Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Interests, and Controversies

     45   
  C.   

Setoffs and Recoupment

     45   
  D.   

Release of Liens

     46   
  E.   

Debtor Release

     46   
  F.   

Third Party Release

     47   
  G.   

Exculpation

     48   
  H.   

Injunction

     48   


ARTICLE IX.

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN

     49   
  A.   

Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date

     49   
  B.   

Waiver of Conditions

     50   

ARTICLE X.

 

MODIFICATION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN

     51   
  A.   

Modification and Amendments

     51   
  B.   

Effect of Confirmation on Modifications

     51   
  C.   

Revocation or Withdrawal of Plan; Termination of Plan Support Agreement

     51   

ARTICLE XI.

 

RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

     51   

ARTICLE XII.

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     53   
  A.   

Immediate Binding Effect

     53   
  B.   

Additional Documents

     53   
  C.   

Payment of Statutory Fees

     54   
  D.   

Reservation of Rights

     54   
  E.   

Successors and Assigns

     54   
  F.   

Notices

     54   
  G.   

Term of Injunctions or Stays

     56   
  H.   

Entire Agreement

     56   
  I.   

Governing Law

     56   
  J.   

Exhibits

     56   
  K.   

Nonseverability of Plan Provisions

     56   
  L.   

Closing of Chapter 11 Cases

     57   
  M.   

Conflicts

     57   
  N.   

Dissolution of the Committee

     57   
  O.   

Section 1125(e) Good Faith Compliance

     57   
  P.   

Further Assurances

     57   


SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1    List of D&O Liability Insurance Policies


INTRODUCTION

Key Energy Services, Inc. (“ Key ”) and its Debtor affiliates, as debtors and debtors in possession, propose this joint prepackaged plan of reorganization (the “ Plan ”) for the resolution of the Claims against and Interests in each of the Debtors pursuant to chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Holders of Claims and Interests should refer to the Disclosure Statement for a discussion of the Debtors’ history, businesses, assets, results of operations, historical financial information and projections of future operations, as well as a summary and description of the Plan.

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION

 

A. Definitions

Capitalized terms used in the Plan and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth below:

1. “ABL Agent” means Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Co-Collateral Agent (as such terms are defined in the ABL Credit Facility Documents) for the ABL Lenders under the ABL Credit Facility Documents, or any successor agent.

2. “ABL Borrowers” means Key and KES.

3. “ABL Credit Facility” means the revolving loans and letter of credit facility provided under the ABL Credit Facility Documents.

4. “ABL Credit Facility Claims” means any Claim derived from, based upon, relating to, or arising from the ABL Credit Facility Documents.

5. “ABL Credit Facility Documents” means that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of June 1, 2015, by and among the ABL Borrowers, KEM, as Guarantor, the ABL Lenders, the ABL Agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Co-Collateral Agent and Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, and sole Syndication Agent (as such terms are defined in such Loan and Security Agreement), and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, together with all documentation executed in connection therewith, each as amended from time to time.

6. “ABL Lenders” means the lender parties under the ABL Credit Facility Documents.

7. “Accredited Investor” has the meaning set forth in Rule 501 of the Securities Act.

8. “Accrued Professional Compensation” means, at any date, all accrued fees and reimbursable expenses (including success fees, as applicable) for services rendered by all Retained Professionals in the Chapter 11 Cases through and including such date, to the extent that such fees and expenses have not previously been paid and regardless of whether a fee application has been filed for such fees and expenses. To the extent that there is a Final Order denying some or all of a Retained Professional’s fees or expenses, such denied amounts shall no longer be considered Accrued Professional Compensation.

9. “Administrative Expense Claim” means any Claim for costs and expenses of administration of the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 327, 328, 330, 503(b), 507(a)(2), 507(b) or 1114(e)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, including: (a) the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred after the Petition Date and through the Effective Date of preserving the Estates and operating the businesses of the Debtors; (b) Professional Fee Claims; (c) all fees and charges assessed against the Estates pursuant to sections 1911-1932 of chapter 123 of title 28 of the United States Code; and (d) all requests for compensation or expense reimbursement for making a substantial contribution in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 503(b)(3), (4) and (5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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10. “Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in section 101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code and shall include non-Debtor entities.

11. Alleged Defaults has the meaning set forth in the Forbearance Agreement.

12. Allowed means with respect to any Claim or Interest, except as otherwise provided herein: (a) a Claim or Interest arising before the Effective Date (i) as to which no objection to allowance, priority or secured status and no request for estimation or other challenge has been interposed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and the Bankruptcy Code and that is not otherwise subject to continuing dispute by any of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors in accordance with applicable law, or (ii) as to which any such objection, challenge or dispute has been withdrawn or determined by a Final Order to the extent such objection, challenge or dispute is determined in favor of the respective holder, (b) any Claim or Interest that is compromised, settled or otherwise resolved pursuant to the authority of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, in a Final Order; or (c) any Claim or Interest expressly allowed hereunder; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Reorganized Debtors shall retain all claims and defenses with respect to Allowed Claims that are Reinstated or otherwise Unimpaired pursuant to the Plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Administrative Expense Claims not paid prior to the Effective Date). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Claim (other than a Senior Notes Claim or a Term Loan Claim) of any Entity subject to section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be deemed Allowed unless and until such Entity pays in full the amount that it owes the applicable Debtor(s) or Reorganized Debtor(s). “Allow” and “Allowance” shall have correlative meanings.

13. “Allowed Term Loan Principal Balance” means the outstanding principal amount of loans under the Term Loan Credit Agreement on the Effective Date (excluding any prepayment premium) before giving effect to the Term Loan Payment.

14. Antitrust Laws means the Sherman Act, as amended, the Clayton Act, as amended, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended and all other applicable laws (statutory or common), statutes, regulations, rules, codes or ordinances enacted, adopted, issued or promulgated by any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, municipal, local, judicial, administrative, legislative or regulatory agency, department, commission, court, or tribunal of competent jurisdiction (including any branch, department or official thereof), that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening of competition through merger or acquisition.

15. “Assumed Employee Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section V.H.1.

16. “Backstop Agreement” means that certain Backstop Agreement dated September 21, 2016, by and among the Debtors and the Backstop Participants (as defined therein), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit G to the Disclosure Statement, as such agreement may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

17. Backstop Commitment has the meaning set forth in the Backstop Agreement.

18. “Backstop Escrow Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Backstop Agreement.

19. Backstop Order means an order of the Bankruptcy Court, which order may be the Confirmation Order, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors and the Required Backstop Participants, authorizing the Debtors’ assumption of and performance under the Backstop Agreement (including payment of the Put Premium) and approving the form of the Rights Offering and the Rights Offering Documents.

20. Backstop Participant has the meaning set forth in the Backstop Agreement.

 

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21. “Ballot” means the form or forms distributed to Holders of Claims entitled to vote on the Plan by which such parties may indicate acceptance or rejection of the Plan.

22. “Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532, as in effect with respect to the Chapter 11 Cases.

23. “Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases.

24. Bankruptcy Rules means the Federal Bankruptcy Rules and the general, local, and chambers rules of the Bankruptcy Court as applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases and as amended from time to time.

25. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday, or “legal holiday” (as defined in Federal Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a)(6)).

26. “Cash” means the legal tender of the United States of America.

27. “Cash Collateral Orders” means the Interim Cash Collateral Order and the Final Cash Collateral Order.

28. “Cause of Action” means any action, claim, cause of action, controversy, demand, right, Lien, indemnity, guaranty, suit, obligation, liability, loss, damage, remedy judgment, account, defense, offset, power, privilege, license, and franchise of any kind or character whatsoever, known or unknown, contingent or non-contingent, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, disputed or undisputed, Secured or unsecured, assertable directly or derivatively, whether arising before, on, or after the Petition Date, in contract or in tort, in law or in equity or pursuant to any other theory of law. For the avoidance of doubt, Cause of Action includes: (a) any right of setoff, counterclaim, or recoupment and any claim for breach of contract or for breach of duties imposed by law or in equity; (b) the right to object to or otherwise contest Claims or Interests; (c) any claim pursuant to section 362 or chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code; (d) any claim or defense, including fraud, mistake, duress, and usury, and any other defenses set forth in section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (e) any claim under any state or foreign law, including any fraudulent transfer or similar claim.

29. “CEO Director Seat” means the seat on the New Key Board to be held by the Chief Executive Officer of Reorganized Key.

30. “Chapter 11 Cases” means (a) when used with reference to a particular Debtor, the case filed for that Debtor under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court; and (b) when used with reference to all Debtors, the jointly administered chapter 11 cases for all of the Debtors.

31. “Claim” has the meaning assigned to that term in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, against any Debtor.

32. “Claims Register” means the official register of Claims and Interests maintained by the Notice and Claims Agent.

33. “ Class” means a category of Claims or Interests classified under Article III of the Plan pursuant to section 1122(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

34. “ Closing Backstop Participant ” has the meaning set forth in the Backstop Agreement.

35. Committee means an official committee (and all subcommittees thereof) appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases, if any, pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code.

36. Compensation and Benefits Programs means all employment and severance agreements and policies of the Debtors, including the Assumed Employee Agreements, and all compensation and

 

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benefit plans, policies, and programs of the Debtors, and all amendments and modifications thereto, applicable to the Debtors’ employees, former employees, retirees, and non-employee directors and the employees, former employees and retirees of their subsidiaries, including all savings plans, retirement plans, health care plans, disability plans, severance benefit agreements, and plans, incentive plans, deferred compensation plans and life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance plans.

37. Confirmation means the entry of the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases.

38. Confirmation Date means the date upon which the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases, within the meaning of Federal Bankruptcy Rules 5003 and 9021.

39. Confirmation Hearing means the hearing held by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to section 1128(a) of the Bankruptcy Code to consider Confirmation of the Plan, as such hearing may be, or may have been, continued from time to time.

40. Confirmation Order means the order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, which order shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors, the Required Consenting Creditors and the Required Backstop Participants.

41. Consummation means the occurrence of the Effective Date.

42. Corporate Advisory Services Agreement means the corporate advisory services agreement by and between Reorganized Key and Platinum, the form of which is attached as Exhibit 5 to the Plan Term Sheet.

43. Corporate Governance Term Sheet means that certain Corporate Governance Term Sheet attached as Exhibit 4 to the Plan Term Sheet outlining, among other things, the composition of the Board of Directors of Reorganized Key, as well as certain minority protections and registration rights that will be implemented as part of the Restructuring Transactions.

44. Cure Costs means the amounts, including, where applicable, an amount of $0.00, required to cure any and all monetary defaults under an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease (or such lesser amounts as may be agreed upon by the parties to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease) that is to be assumed by the Debtors pursuant to section 365 or 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code.

45. D&O Liability Insurance Policies means all insurance policies for directors’, managers’ and officers’ liability listed on Schedule 1 hereto, which may be amended from time to time by the Debtors with the consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders.

46. Debtor means one of the entities listed in footnote 1 hereof, in its individual capacity as a debtor and debtor in possession in the Chapter 11 Cases.

47. Debtors means, collectively, the entities listed in footnote 1 hereof.

48. Definitive Restructuring Documents means, collectively, the Solicitation Materials, the New Term Loan Documents, the Confirmation Order, the Cash Collateral Orders, the PSA Assumption Order, the New MIP, the New Key Constituent Documents and the Investor Rights Agreement(s), and such other related documents and ancillary agreements required to implement the Restructuring Transactions and obtain entry of the Confirmation Order, which shall contain terms and conditions consistent in all material respects with the Fundamental Implementation Agreements and, to the extent not expressly specified therein, be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Creditors, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented, but only in accordance with the Fundamental Implementation Agreements.

 

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49. Disclosure Statement means the Disclosure Statement for the Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Key Energy Services, Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, dated September 21, 2016, as amended, supplemented, or modified from time to time (as agreed to by the Debtors and the Required Consenting Creditors and in accordance with the Fundamental Implementation Agreements), including all exhibits and schedules thereto, that is prepared and distributed in accordance with sections 1125, 1126(b) and 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules and any other applicable law.

50. “ Disputed means, with respect to any Claim or Interest, a Claim or Interest or any portion thereof that is not Allowed but has not been disallowed by a Final Order.

51. Distribution Agent means the Reorganized Debtors or the Entity or Entities selected by the Reorganized Debtors to make or facilitate distributions contemplated under, or in connection with, the Plan.

52. DTC means The Depository Trust Company, a limited-purpose trust company and securities depository organized under the laws of the State of New York.

53. “Effective Date” means the Business Day selected by the Debtors as of which all conditions precedent to the occurrence of the Effective Date have been satisfied or waived pursuant to Section IX.A and Section IX.B hereof.

54. Effective Date Per Share Price means a price per share of Reorganized Key Common Stock as of the Effective Date equal to the quotient of (a) the sum of (i) $235 million plus (ii) the amount of Cash raised by Reorganized Key through the sale of Incremental Liquidity Shares, if any, divided by (b) the total number of shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock to be issued and outstanding on the Effective Date pursuant to the Plan (other than any shares reserved for issuance in connection with the New Warrants or New MIP, if any). The Effective Date Per Share Price will range between $12.79 and $14.30, depending on the number of Incremental Liquidity Shares, if any, issued pursuant to the Plan, as indicated on Schedule 1 to the Disclosure Statement.

55. Entity has the meaning assigned to that term in section 101(15) of the Bankruptcy Code.

56. Equity Holder Allocation Percentage means with respect to each Holder of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock, the percentage equal to the quotient of (a) the number of shares of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder divided by (b) the aggregate number of shares of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock.

57. Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount means, with respect to any Holder of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock (a) that elects to exchange all of its Equity Holder Plan Securities for Cash, the aggregate Cash value, calculated at the Equity Holder Cash-Out Share Price, of such Holder’s Equity Holder Allocation Percentage of the Equity Holder Shares component of the Equity Holder Plan Securities that such Holder has elected to exchange for Cash or (b) that elects to exchange some but not all of its Equity Holder Plan Securities for Cash, (i) the aggregate Cash value, calculated at the Equity Holder Cash-Out Share Price, of the Equity Holder Shares component of the Equity Holder Plan Securities that such Holder has elected to exchange for Cash plus (ii) the Equity Holder Plan Securities that such Holder elected not to exchange for Cash; provided , however , that, to the extent the proceeds received from Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants under the Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription are not sufficient to satisfy the aggregate Equity Holder Cash-Out Amounts described above, then Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount shall mean, with respect to any Holder of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock that elects to receive the Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount, (a) such Holder’s pro rata share of the proceeds of the Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription and (b) the number of Equity Holder Plan Securities equal to the (i) number of Equity Holder Plan Securities such Holder would have received had it not elected to receive the Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount, less (ii) the Equity Holder Plan Securities exchanged for Cash pursuant to clause (a) of this proviso. For the avoidance of doubt, although the Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount an electing Holder receives is calculated by reference to such Holder’s Allocation Percentage of Equity Holder Shares alone, a Holder must also exchange the New Warrants associated with those Equity Holder Shares in connection with receiving its Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount.

 

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58. “Equity Holder Cash-Out Share Price” means a price per share of Equity Holder Shares equal to the product of (x) 90% multiplied by (y) the Effective Date Per Share Price.

59. Equity Holder Cash-Out Shares and Warrants means those Equity Holder Plan Securities allocated to Holders of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock but which such Holders elect to exchange for Cash on the Equity Holder Election Form.

60. Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription means the subscription offered to the Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants to potentially purchase Equity Holder Cash-Out Shares and Warrants at the Equity Holder Cash-Out Share Price.

61. “Equity Holder Election Form” means that certain form to be served, together with certain information regarding the Plan (and instructions for accessing copies of the Plan and Disclosure Statement), on each Holder of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock no later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the deadline for the Filing of objections to Confirmation, on which a Holder of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock may make certain elections, including: (a) whether to receive, in lieu of the Equity Holder Plan Securities, such Holder’s Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount, and (b) whether to elect not to grant the voluntary releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan, in which case such Holder will not receive any distribution under the Plan.

62. Equity Holder Plan Securities means with respect to any Holder of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock, (a) such Holder’s Equity Holder Allocation Percentage of (i) the Equity Holder Shares and (ii) the New Warrants, plus (b) such Holder’s pro rata share (removing any Holders from the pro rata calculation that do not receive Equity Holder Plan Securities because of (1) or (2) below) of all Equity Holder Shares and New Warrants (1) allocated to any Holders of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock who (x) elect not to grant the voluntary releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan or (y) take any of the actions set forth in sub-clauses (A) through (E) of Section III.C.8(b), and therefore do not receive any distribution under the Plan, and (2) aggregated, reallocated and delivered pursuant to Section VI.E.2.

63. “Equity Holder Rights Offering Participant” means any Qualifying Equity Holder that properly subscribes for at least $25,000 worth of Primary Rights Offering Common Stock and funds such commitment in full on or prior to the expiration of the Primary Rights Offering.

64. Equity Holder Rights Offering Record Date means August 18, 2016.

65. Equity Holder Rights Offering Record Date Shares means shares of Existing Key Common Stock as of the Equity Holder Rights Offering Record Date.

66. Equity Holder Shares means 815,891 shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock to be issued on the Effective Date and delivered to Holders of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock (including any shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock purchased by Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants pursuant to the Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription), as set forth on Schedule 1 to the Disclosure Statement.

67. Estate means, with respect to each Debtor, the estate created as to such Debtor in its Chapter 11 Case pursuant to section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.

68. Exculpated Parties means each of: (a) the Debtors; (b) the Reorganized Debtors; (c) the Supporting Creditors; (d) the Non-Defaulting Backstop Participants; (e) the Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants; and (f) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to each of the foregoing Entities in clauses (a) through (e), each such Entity’s predecessors, successors, and assigns, and Affiliates and its and their parents, subsidiaries, managed accounts, funds, and current and former officers, directors, principals, advisors, members, managers, limited partners, general partners, equity holders, controlling persons, employees, agents, representatives, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, management companies, fund advisors, advisory board members and other professionals, and each such Person’s respective heirs, executors, estates, servants and nominees, in each case solely in their capacity as such.

 

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69. “Executory Contract” means a contract to which one or more of the Debtors is a party and that is subject to assumption or rejection pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

70. Existing Key Common Stock means all vested and unvested (a) issued and outstanding shares of common stock in Key, and (b) restricted stock units for common stock in Key.

71. Expected Asset Sale Proceeds means any cash proceeds payable in connection with a Specified Asset Sale pursuant to one or more fully-executed purchase agreements which (i) contain no material financial or diligence conditions to closing, and (ii) are contracted to close within 30 calendar days after the Effective Date; provided , however , that, unless the Required Backstop Participants have consented to the waiver of such condition, such cash proceeds must be held in escrow at a nationally chartered U.S. bank pursuant to an escrow agreement requiring payment of such proceeds to the Debtors (prior to the Effective Date) or Reorganized Debtors (on or after the Effective Date) upon the closing of the Specified Asset Sale within 30 calendar days after the Effective Date, subject only to a failure to obtain the approval of any governmental entity on the basis of any applicable Antitrust Laws.

72. “ FCPA Resolution ” means the valid and binding cease and desist order entered by the SEC with respect to Key and its Affiliates on August 11, 2016 and effective as of August 11, 2016.

73. Federal Bankruptcy Rules means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure as promulgated by the United States Supreme Court under section 2075 of title 28 of the United States Code, 28 U.S.C. 2705, as applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases and as amended from time to time.

74. File, Filed or Filing means file, filed, or filing with the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Cases.

75. Final Cash Collateral Order means an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving, on a final basis, the use of cash collateral consistent in all material respects with the Cash Collateral Order Term Sheet attached as Exhibit 2 to the Plan Term Sheet, as may be amended, modified or supplemented only in accordance with Section 24 of the Plan Support Agreement and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Consenting Term Lenders and with material economic terms reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Noteholders.

76. Final Order means, as applicable, an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court or other court of competent jurisdiction that has been entered on the docket maintained by the clerk of such court, which has not been reversed, vacated, stayed, modified, or amended, and as to (a) which the time to appeal, petition for certiorari, or motion for a new trial, reargument or rehearing has expired, and as to which no appeal, petition for certiorari, or other proceedings for a new trial, reargument or rehearing is pending, or (b) if an appeal, writ of certiorari , new trial, reargument or rehearing has been sought, such order or judgment shall have been affirmed by the highest court to which such order was appealed, or certiorari shall have been denied, or a new trial, reargument or rehearing shall have been denied or resulted in no modification of such order or judgment, or such appeal, petition for certiorari or move for a new trial, reargument or rehearing shall have otherwise been dismissed with prejudice, and the time to take any further appeal, petition for certiorari or move for a new trial, reargument or rehearing shall have expired; provided , however , no order or judgment shall fail to be a “Final Order” solely because of the possibility that a motion pursuant to section 502(j) or 1144 of the Bankruptcy Code or under Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or Federal Bankruptcy Rule 9024 has been or may be filed with respect to such order or judgment.

77. Forbearance Agreement means that certain Forbearance Agreement dated May 11, 2016, by and among Key, as Borrower under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, KES and KEM, as Guarantors under the Term Loan Credit Documents, certain of the Term Loan Lenders and the Term Loan Agent, as amended from time to time.

78. Fundamental Implementation Agreements means (a) the Plan Support Agreement, (b) the Backstop Agreement, and (c) the Plan.

 

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79. “General Unsecured Claim” means any unsecured Claim that is not (a) an Administrative Expense Claim, (b) a Professional Fee Claim, (c) a Priority Tax Claim, (d) a Priority Non-Tax Claim, (e) a Senior Notes Claim or (f) an Intercompany Claim and that is not entitled to priority under the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Bankruptcy Court.

80. Governmental Unit has the meaning assigned to that term in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code.

81. Holder means an Entity holding a Claim or an Interest, as applicable.

82. Impaired means, with respect to a Claim, Interest or Class of Claims or Interests, “impaired” within the meaning of such term in section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

83. Incremental Liquidity Equity-Allocated Shares means up to 182,310 Incremental Liquidity Shares, which the Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants who are eligible to participate in the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering may subscribe for at the applicable Incremental Liquidity Per Share Price. The aggregate number of Incremental Liquidity Equity-Allocated Shares shall equal 5% of the total number of Incremental Liquidity Shares issued under the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering.

84. Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering means the rights offering to the Senior Notes Rights Offering Participants and the Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants who are eligible to participate in the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering to potentially purchase, if the Minimum Liquidity Test is not satisfied (as determined in accordance with Section IV.I of the Plan), Incremental Liquidity Shares at the applicable Incremental Liquidity Per Share Price for aggregate proceeds of up to $25 million, through a subscription in their applicable Rights Offering Documents. The Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering will be sized at the minimum dollar amount (rounded up to the nearest $1 million increment) necessary for Reorganized Key to have Minimum Liquidity on the Effective Date.

85. Incremental Liquidity Senior Notes-Allocated Shares means up to 3,463,873 Incremental Liquidity Shares, which the Senior Notes Rights Offering Participants that have properly subscribed to the maximum number of shares of Primary Rights Offering Common Stock for which they are eligible may subscribe for at the applicable Incremental Liquidity Per Share Price. The aggregate number of Incremental Liquidity Senior Notes-Allocated Shares shall equal 95% of the total number of Incremental Liquidity Shares issued under the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering.

86. “Incremental Liquidity Per Share Price” means the applicable price per Incremental Liquidity Share as set forth in the Rights Offering Documents.

87. Incremental Liquidity Shares means up to 3,646,183 shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering and, if the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering is undersubscribed, the Backstop Commitment, as set forth on Schedule 1 to the Disclosure Statement.

88. Intercompany Claim means any Claim held by a Debtor or an Affiliate of a Debtor.

89. Intercompany Interest means an Interest in a Debtor held by another Debtor.

90. Interest means any equity security (as defined in section 101(16) of the Bankruptcy Code) of any Debtor, including all issued, unissued, authorized, or outstanding shares or common stock, preferred stock, or other instruments, including restricted stock units, evidencing any fixed or contingent ownership interest in any Debtor together with any warrants, options, or contractual rights to purchase or acquire such equity securities at any time and all rights arising with respect thereto, as well as any partnership, limited liability company, or similar interest of any Debtor, as applicable.

 

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91. “Interim Cash Collateral Order” means an interim order entered by the Bankruptcy Court approving the use of Cash Collateral, which incorporates the terms and conditions set forth in the Cash Collateral Order Term Sheet and is otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Consenting Term Lenders and with material economic terms reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Noteholders.

92. Internal Revenue Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

93. Investor Rights Agreement(s) means the registration rights agreement and (to the extent one is required to implement the Restructuring Transactions) an investor rights agreement, in each case to become effective on the Effective Date, incorporating any terms and conditions set forth in the Corporate Governance Term Sheet that are not incorporated into the New Key Constituent Documents. The Investor Rights Agreement(s) shall be filed with the Plan Supplement, and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors and to each Backstop Participant, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time only in accordance with the terms of the Fundamental Implementation Agreements.

94. KEM means Key Energy Mexico, LLC.

95. KES means Key Energy Services, LLC.

96. Key means Key Energy Services, Inc.

97. Lien has the meaning assigned to that term in section 101(37) of the Bankruptcy Code.

98. “Minimum Liquidity” means (x) $100 million of aggregate liquidity, consisting of (A) at least $80 million, combined, of (1) domestic Unrestricted Cash in bank accounts of the Debtors (at least $70 million of which must be deposited in the TL Proceeds and Priority Collateral Account) and (2) Expected Asset Sale Proceeds, if any, and (B) Availability (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement) under the New ABL Credit Agreement; or (y) $110 million of aggregate liquidity, consisting of (A) at least $75 million, combined, of (1) domestic Unrestricted Cash in bank accounts of the Debtors (at least $65 million of which must be deposited in the TL Proceeds and Priority Collateral Account) and (2) Expected Asset Sale Proceeds, if any, and (B) Availability (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement) under the New ABL Credit Agreement; provided , however, that no Unrestricted Cash shall be counted for purposes of satisfying the Minimum Liquidity Test (as determined in accordance with Section IV.I of the Plan) to the extent it (a) is held in a foreign bank account, or (b) serves to backstop letters of credit under the New ABL Credit Agreement.

99. “ Minimum Liquidity Test means an assessment as to whether, after giving effect to all payments required to be made or funded by the Debtors under the Plan on or before the Effective Date (including on account of accrued and unpaid professional fees and expenses but excluding any fees or expenses paid or to be paid under the Corporate Advisory Services Agreement), the Reorganized Debtors will have on the Effective Date, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the funding of the Primary Rights Offering (including by the Backstop Participants pursuant to the Backstop Commitment) but prior to giving effect to any funding of the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering, Minimum Liquidity.

100. Minimum Liquidity Test Date means the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated Effective Date.

101. NASDAQ means the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

102. New 4-Year Warrants means the 4-year freely transferable, cash or cashless exercise warrants to be issued and delivered hereunder, entitling the holders thereof, collectively, upon exercise, to purchase, in the aggregate, up to 919,891 shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock, on terms set forth in the New Warrant Agreement(s).

 

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103. New 5-Year Warrants means the 5-year freely transferable, cash or cashless exercise warrants to be issued and delivered hereunder, entitling the holders thereof, collectively, upon exercise, to purchase, in the aggregate, up to 919,891 shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock, on terms set forth in the New Warrant Agreement(s).

104. New ABL Credit Agreement means the ABL Credit Agreement (which may, if agreed by the Debtors and the lenders and agents party thereto, take the form of an amendment and restatement of the Loan and Security Agreement dated June 1, 2015 in respect of the ABL Credit Facility) to be consummated on the Plan Effective Date consistent with the conditions contained in the New Term Loan Credit Agreement Term Sheet, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Creditors and included, in substantially final form, in the Plan Supplement, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

105. New ABL Credit Facility means the new revolving loans and letter of credit facility, on the terms set forth in the New ABL Credit Facility Documents.

106. New ABL Credit Facility Documents means the New ABL Credit Agreement, together with all other documents entered into in connection therewith, each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Creditors.

107. New By-Laws means the by-laws of Reorganized Key, the material terms of which are set forth on the Corporate Governance Term Sheet and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Noteholders, and which shall be included, in substantially final form, in the Plan Supplement.

108. New Certificate of Incorporation means the certificate of incorporation of Reorganized Key, the material terms of which are set forth on the Corporate Governance Term Sheet and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Noteholders, and which shall be included, in substantially final form, in the Plan Supplement. For the avoidance of doubt, the New Certificate of Incorporation shall include the certificate of designation for the Preferred Voting Share.

109. New Key Board means the initial board of directors for Reorganized Key, whose members shall be appointed in accordance with terms and conditions of the Corporate Governance Term Sheet, and whose names and affiliations will be disclosed in the Plan Supplement.

110. New Key Constituent Documents ” means, as applicable, (a) the New Certificate of Incorporation, and (b) the New By-Laws.

111. New MIP means a management incentive plan for Reorganized Key, whose key terms (including the total number of shares (or related economic rights) available for grant under the management incentive plan, amount to be initially granted, vesting schedule, types of awards, and other key economic terms) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Noteholders and summarized in the Plan Supplement.

112. New Subsidiary Boards means the initial boards of directors or member(s), as the case may be, of the Reorganized Debtors other than Reorganized Key, whose members shall be determined by the Required Consenting Noteholders, and whose names and affiliations will be disclosed in the Plan Supplement. For the avoidance of doubt, the members of the New Key Board may be members of the New Subsidiary Boards.

113. New Term Loan Credit Agreement means the new term loan credit agreement (which may, if agreed by the Debtors and the Required Consenting Term Lenders, take the form of an amendment and restatement of the Term Loan Credit Agreement) to be consummated on the Plan Effective Date, consistent with the New Term Loan Credit Agreement Term Sheet attached as Exhibit 2 to the Plan Term Sheet, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Term Lenders and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Consenting Noteholders and included, in substantially final form, in the Plan Supplement, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time only in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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114. New Term Loan Documents means the New Term Loan Credit Agreement together with all other documents entered into in connection therewith, each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Term Lenders and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Consenting Noteholders.

115. New Term Loan Facility means the new term loan credit facility in the original principal amount of $250 million on the Effective Date, which will have the terms set forth in the New Term Loan Documents.

116. New Warrant Agreement(s) means the agreement(s) setting forth the terms and conditions of the New Warrants, which shall be consistent with the New Warrant Term Sheet and otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Noteholders, and included, in substantially final form, in the Plan Supplement.

117. New Warrants means, collectively, the New 4-Year Warrants and the New 5-Year Warrants.

118. New Warrant Term Sheet means that certain Terms of Warrants term sheet, attached as Exhibit 6 to the Plan Term Sheet.

119. Non-Defaulting Backstop Participant has the meaning set forth in the Backstop Agreement.

120. “Non-Qualifying Noteholder” means a Holder of a Senior Notes Claim that is not a Qualifying Noteholder.

121. Notice and Claims Agent means Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, in its capacity as noticing, claims and solicitation agent for the Debtors.

122. “NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.

123. Other Key Equity Interests means Interests in Key (other than Existing Key Common Stock), including Subordinated Claims and any claim, interest or other equity-related rights associated with any equity-related agreements (including any existing registration rights agreements or stockholder or investor agreements to which Key is a party); provided , that Intercompany Interests shall not be included within the definition, or class, of Other Key Equity Interests.

124. Other Secured Claim means any Secured Claim that is not a Term Loan Claim or an ABL Credit Facility Claim.

125. Person has the meaning assigned to that term in section 101(41) of the Bankruptcy Code.

126. Petition Date means the date on which each of the Debtors commenced the Chapter 11 Cases.

127. Plan means this Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Key Energy Services, Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, including the Plan Supplement, which is incorporated herein by reference, as may be modified, amended or supplement in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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128. Plan Securities means the Reorganized Key Common Stock, the Preferred Voting Share and the New Warrants.

129. Plan Supplement means the compilation of documents and forms of documents, schedules, and exhibits to the Plan, in each case subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan Support Agreement, including the following documents: the New Key Constituent Documents, the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, the New Warrant Agreement(s), the New Term Loan Credit Agreement, the New ABL Credit Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement(s), the New MIP, and the list of members of the New Key Board and the New Subsidiary Boards, to be filed no later than the Plan Supplement Filing Date.

130. Plan Supplement Filing Date means the date that is ten (10) Business Days prior to the date scheduled for the Confirmation Hearing.

131. Plan Support Agreement means that certain Plan Support Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits thereto), dated August 24, 2016, by and among the Debtors, the Supporting Noteholders, and the Supporting Term Lenders, as may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth therein, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit B to the Disclosure Statement.

132. Plan Term Sheet means that certain Chapter 11 Plan Term Sheet, attached as Exhibit A to the Plan Support Agreement, describing the terms and conditions of a joint prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization for the Debtors (as such term sheet, including all exhibits and annexes thereto, may be amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with Section 24 of the Plan Support Agreement and, as applicable, the terms of the other Fundamental Implementation Agreements).

133. Platinum means Platinum Equity Advisors, LLC and any of Platinum’s controlled Affiliates, managed funds and/or accounts.

134. “ Preferred Voting Share means a single (and only) share of Reorganized Key preferred stock issued to Platinum, which confers upon Platinum the right to nominate and elect certain directors of Reorganized Key. The certificate of designation for the Preferred Voting Share shall be consistent with the Corporate Governance Term Sheet.

135. Primary Rights Offering means the rights offering of Primary Rights Offering Common Stock for the Primary Rights Offering Amount, commenced by the Debtors prior to the Petition Date, pursuant to which (a) each Qualifying Noteholder had the opportunity to subscribe for its pro rata share of 95% of the Primary Rights Offering Common Stock and (b) each Qualifying Equity Holder had the opportunity to subscribe for up to 100% of the 5% of the Primary Rights Offering Common Stock allocated to the Qualifying Equity Holders (provided that, to extent of any oversubscription, each Equity Holder Rights Offering Participant will receive its pro rata share of the available amount calculated based upon its ownership of Equity Holder Rights Offering Record Date Shares), in each case at the Primary Rights Offering Share Price.

136. Primary Rights Offering Amount means $85 million.

137. Primary Rights Offering Common Stock means 7,022,859 shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock to be sold pursuant to the Primary Rights Offering and/or the Backstop Agreement on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date.

138. Primary Rights Offering Share Price means a price per share of Primary Rights Offering Common Stock equal to $12.10.

139. Priority Non-Tax Claim means any Claim, other than an Administrative Expense Claim or a Priority Tax Claim, entitled to priority in payment under section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

140. Priority Tax Claims means any Claim of a Governmental Unit entitled to priority in payment under sections 502(i) and 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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141. “Professional Fee Claim” means any Claim of a Retained Professional seeking an award by the Bankruptcy Court of compensation for services rendered or reimbursement of expenses incurred through and including the Effective Date under sections 330, 331, 503(b)(2), 503(b)(3), 503(b)(4) or 503(b)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

142. Professional Fee Claims Bar Date means the date that is 30 days after the Effective Date.

143. “ Professional Fee Escrow Account ” means an interest-bearing escrow account in an amount equal to the Professional Fee Reserve Amount funded and maintained by the Reorganized Debtors on and after the Effective Date solely for the purpose of paying all Allowed and unpaid Professional Fee Claims.

144. Professional Fee Reserve Amount means the aggregate Accrued Professional Compensation through the Effective Date as estimated in good faith by the Retained Professionals and approved by the Debtors, in consultation with the Required Consenting Noteholders, in accordance with Section II.B.3 hereof.

145. Proof of Claim means a written proof of Claim Filed against any of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases.

146. PSA Assumption Order means an order of the Bankruptcy Court, which may be the Confirmation Order, authorizing the Debtors’ assumption of and performance under the Plan Support Agreement, which order shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Creditors.

147. Put Premium has the meaning set forth in the Backstop Agreement.

148. Qualifying Equity Holder means a Holder of Equity Holder Rights Offering Record Date Shares that has identified itself to Key as an Accredited Investor with supporting documentation that has been reviewed by Key evidencing the fact that such Holder actually is an Accredited Investor.

149. Qualifying Noteholder means a Holder of Senior Notes Claims as of the Senior Notes Rights Offering Record Date that (a) has identified itself to Key as an Accredited Investor with supporting documentation that has been reviewed by Key evidencing the fact that such Holder actually is an Accredited Investor, and (b) is eligible to subscribe for at least $1,000 worth of Primary Rights Offering Common Stock based on its pro rata share of Senior Notes Claims as of the Senior Notes Rights Offering Record Date.

150. Reinstated means, with respect to Claims and Interests, the treatment provided for in section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

151. Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List means the list that shall be included in the Plan Supplement of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases (including any amendments or modifications thereto) that will be rejected by the Debtors pursuant to the provisions of Section V.A of the Plan, which list shall be determined by the Debtors and consented to by the Required Consenting Noteholders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and may be amended at any time prior to the Effective Date pursuant to the terms the Plan and the Plan Support Agreement.

152. Rejection Damages Claim means a Claim arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

153. Rejection Damages Claims Bar Date means, with respect to any given Rejection Damages Claim, the date that is 30 days after the date of entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court (including the Confirmation Order) approving such rejection.

154. Released Parties means each of: (a) the Debtors; (b) the Reorganized Debtors; (c) the Supporting Creditors; (d) the Non-Defaulting Backstop Participants; (e) the Equity Holder Rights Offering

 

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Participants (in each case, with respect to the foregoing clauses (c) through (e), other than a Holder of a Claim or Interest that has elected not to provide the releases under Section VIII.F of the Plan); and (f) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to each of the foregoing Entities in clauses (a) through (e), each such Entity’s predecessors, successors, and assigns, and Affiliates and its and their parents, subsidiaries, managed accounts, funds, and current and former officers, directors, principals, advisors, members, managers, limited partners, general partners, equity holders, controlling persons, employees, agents, representatives, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, management companies, fund advisors, advisory board members and other professionals, and each such Person’s respective heirs, executors, estates, servants and nominees, in each case solely in their capacity as such.

155. “ Releasing Parties ” means each of: (a) the Supporting Creditors; (b) the Non-Defaulting Backstop Participants; (c) the Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants and (d) without limiting the foregoing clauses (a) through (c), each other Holder of a Claim or Interest other than a Person or Entity that has elected not to provide the releases under Section VIII.F of the Plan; and (e) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to each of the foregoing parties under clauses (a) through (d), each such Entity’s predecessors, successors, and assigns, and Affiliates and its and their parents, subsidiaries, managed accounts, funds, and current and former officers, directors, principals, advisors, members, managers, limited partners, general partners, equity holders, controlling persons, employees, agents, representatives, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, management companies, fund advisors, advisory board members and other professionals, and each such Person’s respective heirs, executors, estates, servants and nominees, in each case solely in their capacity as such.

156. Reorganized Debtors means the Debtors, as reorganized pursuant to and under the Plan, or any successor thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on or after the Effective Date, including Reorganized Key.

157. Reorganized Key means Key, as reorganized pursuant to and under the Plan, or any successor thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on or after the Effective Date, it being understood that, as of the Effective Date, Reorganized Key shall be converted from a Maryland corporation to a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Delaware.

158. Reorganized Key Common Stock means the shares of common stock of Reorganized Key to be authorized, issued and/or reserved on the Effective Date, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, pursuant to or in connection with the Plan, as described in Schedule 1 to the Disclosure Statement.

159. Required Backstop Participants has the meaning set forth in the Backstop Agreement.

160. Required Consenting Creditors means (a) with respect to the Plan Support Agreement, the Plan, the New Term Loan Credit Agreement and the dates in the Restructuring Timeline set forth in Schedule 1 to the Plan Term Sheet, both (i) the Required Consenting Noteholders and (ii) the Required Consenting Term Lenders; and (b) with respect to the Backstop Agreement, the New ABL Credit Agreement, the Definitive Restructuring Documents (other than the New Term Loan Credit Agreement) and all Restructuring Transactions or documents in respect of such Restructuring Transactions not listed in clause (a), (i) the Required Consenting Noteholders and (ii) the Required Consenting Term Lenders, solely to the extent that a proposed action, modification, amendment, supplement or waiver adversely affects the Supporting Term Lenders; provided , that the foregoing definition shall not negate or limit any explicit amendment, consent or termination right granted to the Required Consenting Term Lenders in the Plan Support Agreement.

161. Required Consenting Noteholders means, as of any date of determination, those Supporting Noteholders holding at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes, unless the Supporting Noteholders collectively hold less than 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes, in which case those Supporting Noteholders holding at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes held by Supporting Noteholders; provided , however , that, for purposes of this definition, the term “Supporting Noteholders” excludes any Holder of Senior Notes Claims that, on the relevant date of determination, is in breach of any of its material obligations under the Plan Support Agreement.

 

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162. “Required Consenting Term Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, those Supporting Term Lenders holding at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan Claims held by Supporting Term Lenders. For purposes of this definition, the term “Supporting Term Lenders” excludes any Holder of Term Loan Claims that, on the relevant date of determination, is in breach of any of its material obligations under the Plan Support Agreement.

163. “Restricted Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section IV.E.

164. Restructuring Transaction means each action by the Reorganized Debtors necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate the Plan, including (a) the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation, restructuring, conversion, disposition, transfer, dissolution, or liquidation, certificates of incorporation, operating agreements, by-laws, or other documents containing terms that are consistent with the terms of the Plan and the Plan Support Agreement and that satisfy the applicable requirements of applicable law; (b) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption, or delegation of any asset, property, right, liability, debt or obligation on terms consistent with the terms of the Plan and the Plan Support Agreement; (c) the filing of appropriate certificates or articles of incorporation, reincorporation, merger, consolidation, conversion, or dissolution pursuant to applicable state law; (d) the execution and delivery of the applicable documents and instruments included in the Plan Supplement; and (e) all other actions the Reorganized Debtors determine to be necessary or appropriate, including making filings or recordings that may be required by applicable law.

165. Retained Professional means an Entity: (a) employed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to a Bankruptcy Court order in accordance with sections 327 and 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code and to be compensated for services rendered prior to the Effective Date, pursuant to sections 327, 328, 329, 330, or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code; or (b) for which compensation and reimbursement has been awarded by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to section 503(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

166. “ Rights Offering means the Primary Rights Offering and the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering.

167. Rights Offering Documents means, collectively, the Backstop Agreement and any other documents required thereby or necessary to effectuate the Rights Offering and the transactions contemplated by the Backstop Agreement Term Sheet, including subscription agreements, the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement and the Backstop Escrow Agreement, such documents incorporating the terms and conditions of the Rights Offering set forth in the Plan Term Sheet and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Backstop Participants.

168. “Rights Offering Escrow Agreement” means that certain Escrow Agreement, dated September 21, 2016, between Capital One, N.A., as Escrow Agent and Key, as amended from time to time, a form of which is attached as part of Exhibit F to the Disclosure Statement.

169. SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

170. Secured means: (a) secured by a Lien on property in which the Estate has an interest, which Lien is valid, perfected, and enforceable pursuant to applicable law or by reason of a Bankruptcy Court order, to the extent of the value of the creditor’s interest in the Estate’s interest in such property as determined pursuant to section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) that is subject to setoff pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent of the amount subject to setoff as determined pursuant to section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, or (c) Allowed as such pursuant to the Plan or any Final Order as a secured Claim.

171. Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77a-77aa, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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172. “Securities Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78a-78nn, as amended.

173. Security has the meaning assigned to that term in section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act.

174. Senior Notes means the 6.75% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 issued pursuant to the Senior Notes Indenture in the aggregate outstanding principal amount of $675 million plus all accrued prepetition interest, fees and other amounts due under the Senior Notes Documents.

175. Senior Notes Claim means any Claim for principal, interest and other amounts owed by the Debtors as provided in the Senior Notes Documents.

176. Senior Notes Documents means, collectively, the Senior Notes and the Senior Notes Indenture.

177. Senior Notes Guarantors means (a) KES, (b) KEM, (c) Misr Key Energy Investments, LLC, and (d) Misr Key Energy Services, LLC.

178. Senior Notes Indenture means that certain Indenture among Key, as issuer, the Senior Notes Guarantors and the Senior Notes Trustee as the same was restated in its entirety by that certain First Supplemental Indenture, dated March 4, 2011, and further amended by that certain Amended First Supplemental Indenture dated March 8, 2012, and as further modified or supplemented from time to time.

179. Senior Notes Rights Offering Cash-Out Amount means a Cash distribution on the Effective Date to each Non-Qualifying Noteholder in an amount equal to the product of (a) the resulting quotient of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes Claims beneficially owned by such Non-Qualifying Noteholder as of the Senior Notes Rights Offering Record Date divided by (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes Claims beneficially owned by all Non-Qualifying Noteholders as of the Senior Notes Rights Offering Record Date multiplied by (b) $25,000; provided , however , in no event shall the Senior Notes Rights Offering Cash-Out Amount received by any Non-Qualifying Noteholder exceed an amount equal to the product of (y) the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes Claims beneficially owned by such Non-Qualifying Noteholder, multiplied by (z) 5%.

180. Senior Notes Rights Offering Participant means any Qualifying Noteholder, including any Backstop Participant, that properly subscribes, pursuant to the terms of the Primary Rights Offering, for at least $1,000 worth of Primary Rights Offering Common Stock and funds such commitment in full on or prior to the expiration of the applicable deadline under the Rights Offering Documents.

181. Senior Notes Rights Offering Record Date means September 16, 2016.

182. Senior Notes Trustee means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Senior Notes Indenture.

183. Solicitation means the prepetition solicitation of votes on the Plan.

184. Solicitation Materials means the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the letters of transmittal and the ballots and other documents required to solicit votes from Holders in the Voting Classes.

185. Specified Asset Sales means those sales of certain assets and/or subsidiaries disclosed to counsel to the Supporting Creditors prior to the effective date of the Plan Support Agreement related to international operations and/or certain domestic business lines of Key and its subsidiaries, with respect to which the Debtors may execute definitive transaction documents only after receipt by Key of written consent from the Required Consenting Noteholders, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

186. Subordinated Claim means a Claim that is subordinated pursuant to section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable law.

 

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187. “Supporting Creditor Advisors” means certain advisors of the Supporting Noteholders and the Supporting Term Lenders as set forth in the Plan Support Agreement.

188. Supporting Creditors means, collectively, the Supporting Noteholders and the Supporting Term Lenders.

189. Supporting Noteholders means the Holders of Senior Notes Claims that are or become party to the Plan Support Agreement.

190. Supporting Term Lenders means the Term Loan Lenders that are or become party to the Plan Support Agreement.

191. Term Loan Agent means Cortland Capital Market Services LLC in its capacity as administrative agent for the lenders under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, or any successor agent appointed in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

192. Term Loan Claims means any Claim for principal, interest and other amounts owed by the Debtors as provided in the Term Loan Credit Documents.

193. Term Loan Credit Agreement means that certain Term Loan and Security Agreement dated as of June 1, 2015, among Key, as Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the Term Loan Lenders, the Term Loan Agent and Bank of America, N.A. in its capacity as sole Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, as amended from time to time.

194. Term Loan Credit Documents means the Term Loan Credit Agreement together with any other documents, schedules, instruments, or agreements related thereto.

195. Term Loan Lenders means the lender parties under the Term Loan Credit Documents.

196. Term Loan Payment means a payment in an amount equal to the sum of (a) the difference between (i) the Allowed Term Loan Principal Balance minus (ii) $250 million, plus (b) any accrued and unpaid interest (at the non-default rate) due and owing under the Term Loan Credit Documents as of (and including) the Effective Date.

197. TL Proceeds and Priority Collateral Account means account number 5S5-01A74-1-4-EJE (i) held by the Debtors prior to the consummation of the Plan, which account is subject to a deposit account control agreement and a perfected first-priority (subject to the security interests of the account bank and any other permitted Liens that have priority by operation of law) Lien in favor of the Term Loan Agent and (ii) to be held by the Reorganized Debtors upon and following the consummation of the Plan, which account is to be, upon and following consummation of the Plan, subject to a deposit account control agreement and a perfected first-priority (subject to the security interests of the account bank and any other permitted Liens that have priority by operation of law) Lien in favor of the agent under the New Term Loan Documents.

198. “Unclaimed Distribution” means any distribution under the Plan on account of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest to a Holder that has not: (a) accepted a particular distribution or, in the case of distributions made by check, negotiated such check; (b) given notice to the Reorganized Debtors of an intent to accept a particular distribution; (c) responded to the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ requests for information necessary to facilitate a particular distribution; or (d) taken any other action necessary to facilitate such distribution.

199. “Unexpired Lease” means a lease to which one or more of the Debtors is a party and that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

200. Unimpaired means, with respect to a Claim, Interest or Class of Claims or Interests, not “impaired” within the meaning of such term in section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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201. “Unrestricted Cash” means unrestricted Cash and cash equivalents held in U.S. bank accounts of the Debtors; provided , however , that Unrestricted Cash (1) shall be calculated prior to the payment of any fees or expenses to Platinum pursuant to the Corporate Advisory Services Agreement and (2) shall be reduced by any amount to be paid by the Reorganized Debtors for the extension of existing D&O Liability Insurance Policies or purchase of new director and officer liability insurance policies pursuant to Section IV.X hereof.

202. U.S. Trustee means the United States Trustee for the District of Delaware.

203. Voting Classes means Class 3 and Class 5.

 

B. Rules of Interpretation

Unless otherwise specified, all article, section or exhibit references in the Plan are to the respective article, section in or exhibit to the Plan, as the same may be amended, waived, or modified from time to time. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto,” “hereunder,” and other words of similar import refer to the Plan as a whole and not to any particular section, subsection, or clause contained herein and have the same meaning as “in the Plan,” “of the Plan,” “to the Plan,” and “under the Plan,” respectively. The words “includes” and “including” are not limiting. The headings in the Plan are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the provisions hereof. For purposes herein: (1) in the appropriate context, each term, whether stated in the singular or plural, shall include both the singular and plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine, and the neuter gender; (2) any reference herein to a contract, lease, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that the referenced document shall be substantially in that form or substantially on those terms and conditions; (3) the rules of construction set forth in section 102 of the Bankruptcy Code shall apply; and (4) any term used in capitalized form herein that is not otherwise defined but that is used in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, as the case may be.

 

C. Computation of Time

Unless otherwise specifically stated herein, the provisions of Federal Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply in computing any period of time prescribed or allowed herein.

 

D. Reference to Monetary Figures

All references in the Plan to monetary figures shall refer to currency of the United States of America, unless otherwise expressly provided.

ARTICLE II.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CLAIMS, PROFESSIONAL FEE CLAIMS, AND PRIORITY TAX CLAIMS

In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Expense Claims (including Professional Fee Claims and Cure Costs) and Priority Tax Claims have not been classified and, thus, are excluded from the Classes of Claims and Interests set forth in Article III hereof.

 

A. Administrative Expense Claims Other Than Professional Fee Claims

Except as provided below with respect to Administrative Expense Claims that are Professional Fee Claims or Cure Costs, and except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Administrative Expense Claim agrees with the applicable Debtor(s) and the Required Consenting Noteholders to a less favorable treatment with respect to such Holder, each Holder of an Allowed Administrative Expense Claim that is unpaid as of the Effective Date shall receive, on account and in full satisfaction of such Allowed Administrative Expense Claim, Cash in an amount equal to the Allowed amount of such Administrative Expense Claim, to be paid on or as soon as is reasonably practicable

 

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after the later of (1) the Effective Date or (2) the date that such Allowed Administrative Expense Claim becomes due and owing in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice and in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of any orders or agreements governing, instruments evidencing, or other documents establishing, such liabilities; provided , however , that any Administrative Expense Claim that is Disputed as of the time for payment of Allowed Administrative Expense Claims that is specified herein shall be paid on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the date such Administrative Expense Claim becomes Allowed.

 

B. Professional Fee Claims

 

  1. Final Fee Applications

Retained Professionals asserting a Professional Fee Claim for services rendered or expenses incurred on or before the Effective Date must File and serve on the Reorganized Debtors and such other Entities who are designated by the Bankruptcy Rules, the Confirmation Order, or any other applicable order of the Bankruptcy Court, an application for final allowance of such Professional Fee Claim no later than the Professional Fee Claims Bar Date. Any objections to Professional Fee Claims must be Filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors and the requesting party no later than 45 days after the Professional Fee Claims Bar Date. To the extent necessary, the Plan and the Confirmation Order shall amend and supersede any previously entered order regarding the payment of Professional Fee Claims.

 

  2. Professional Fee Escrow Account

On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall fund the Professional Fee Escrow Account with Cash equal to the aggregate Professional Fee Reserve Amount for all Retained Professionals. The Professional Fee Escrow Account shall be maintained in trust for the Retained Professionals. Such funds in the Professional Fee Escrow Account shall not constitute property of the Debtors’ Estates or property of the Reorganized Debtors, except as otherwise expressly set forth in the last sentence of this paragraph. The amount of Professional Fee Claims owing to the Retained Professionals on and after the Effective Date shall be paid in Cash to such Retained Professionals from funds held in the Professional Fee Escrow Account, without interest or other earnings therefrom, as soon as reasonably practicable after such Claims are Allowed by a Bankruptcy Court order. When all Allowed Professional Fee Claims have been paid in full, amounts remaining in the Professional Fee Escrow Account, if any, shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors.

 

  3. Professional Fee Reserve Amount

To receive payment for unbilled fees and expenses incurred through and including the Effective Date, the Retained Professionals shall estimate their Accrued Professional Compensation prior to and as of the Confirmation Date, along with an estimate of fees and expenses to be incurred through and including the Effective Date, and shall deliver such good-faith estimates to the Debtors (in consultation with the Required Consenting Noteholders) no later than 7 days after the Confirmation Date; provided , however , that such estimate shall not be considered an admission or limitation with respect to the fees and expenses of such Retained Professional. If a Retained Professional does not provide such estimate, the Debtors may estimate the unbilled fees and expenses of such Retained Professional. The total amount so estimated as of the Confirmation Date shall comprise the Professional Fee Reserve Amount. To the extent the Professional Fee Reserve Amount is not sufficient to pay all Allowed Professional Fee Claims in full, the remaining aggregate amount of the Allowed Professional Fee Claims shall be paid out of funds remaining in the Debtors’ Estates and, to the extent such funds are insufficient, by the Reorganized Debtors.

 

  4. Post-Effective Date Fees and Expenses

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, from and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall, in the ordinary course of business and without any further notice to or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, pay in Cash the legal, professional or other fees and expenses related to the implementation and consummation of the Plan incurred by the Reorganized Debtors following the Effective Date. Upon the Effective Date, any requirement that Retained Professionals comply with sections 327 through 331 and 1103 of the

 

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Bankruptcy Code in seeking retention or compensation for services rendered after such date shall terminate, and each Reorganized Debtor may employ and pay any Retained Professional for services rendered or expenses incurred after the Effective Date in the ordinary course of business without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

C. Priority Tax Claims

Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim agrees with the applicable Debtor(s) and the Required Consenting Noteholders to a less favorable treatment, the Holder of each Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall receive, on account and in full satisfaction of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim, equal annual Cash payments in an aggregate amount equal to the Allowed amount of such Priority Tax Claim, together with interest from and after the Effective Date at the applicable rate under section 511 of the Bankruptcy Code, over a period not to exceed five (5) years after the Petition Date; provided , however , that the Reorganized Debtors reserve the right to prepay all or a portion of any such amounts at any time with no prepayment penalty. All Allowed Priority Tax Claims that are not due and payable on or before the Effective Date shall be paid in the ordinary course of business or under applicable non-bankruptcy law as such obligations become due.

ARTICLE III.

CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

 

A. Classification of Claims and Interests

The categories of Claims and Interests listed below classify Claims and Interests for all purposes, including voting, Confirmation and distribution pursuant hereto and pursuant to sections 1122 and 1123(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Plan deems a Claim or Interest to be classified in a particular Class only to the extent that the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of that Class and shall be deemed classified in a different Class to the extent that any remainder of such Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of such different Class. A Claim or Interest is in a particular Class for purposes of distribution only to the extent that any such Claim or Interest is Allowed in that Class and has not been paid or otherwise settled prior to the Effective Date. In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code and as described in Article II, the Debtors have not classified Administrative Expense Claims (including Professional Fee Claims) and Priority Tax Claims.

 

B. Summary of Classification

The classification of Claims and Interests against each Debtor (as applicable) pursuant to the Plan is as set forth below. The Plan constitutes a separate chapter 11 plan of reorganization for each Debtor, and the classification of Claims and Interests set forth herein shall apply separately to each of the Debtors, to the extent applicable. All of the potential Classes for the Debtors are set forth herein. Certain of the Debtors may not have any Holders of Claims or Interests in a particular Class or Classes, and such Classes shall be treated as set forth in Section III.E hereof.

 

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The following chart summarizes the classification of Claims and Interests pursuant to the Plan:

 

Class

  

Claim/Interest

  

Status

  

Voting Rights

1    Priority Non-Tax Claims    Unimpaired    Deemed to Accept
2    Other Secured Claims    Unimpaired    Deemed to Accept
3    Term Loan Claims    Impaired    Entitled to Vote
4    ABL Credit Facility Claims    Unimpaired    Deemed to Accept
5    Senior Notes Claims    Impaired    Entitled to Vote
6    General Unsecured Claims    Unimpaired    Deemed to Accept
7    Intercompany Claims   

Impaired /

Unimpaired

   Deemed to Reject / Deemed to Accept
8    Existing Key Common Stock    Impaired    Deemed to Reject
9    Other Key Equity Interests    Impaired    Deemed to Reject
10    Intercompany Interests    Unimpaired    Deemed to Accept

 

 

 

C. Treatment of Claims and Interests

 

  1. Class 1 - Priority Non-Tax Claims

 

  (a) Classification: Class 1 consists of all Priority Non-Tax Claims.

 

  (b) Treatment: Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claim agrees with the applicable Debtor(s) and the Required Consenting Noteholders to a less favorable treatment, in exchange for full and final satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge of each Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claim, each Holder of such Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claim shall receive Cash in an amount equal to the Allowed amount of such Claim on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the latest of (i) the date such Priority Non-Tax Claim becomes due and owing, (ii) the Effective Date, or (iii) the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the date such Priority Non-Tax Claim becomes Allowed.

 

  (c) Voting: Class 1 is Unimpaired by the Plan, and each Holder of a Class 1 Priority Non-Tax Claim is conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, Holders of Class 1 Priority Non-Tax Claims are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

 

  2. Class 2 - Other Secured Claims

 

  (a) Classification: Class 2 consists of all Other Secured Claims.

 

  (b) Treatment: Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim agrees with the applicable Debtor(s) and the Required Consenting Noteholders to a less favorable treatment, in exchange for full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of each Allowed Other Secured Claim, each Holder of such Allowed Other Secured Claim shall, at the option of the applicable Debtor(s), with the consent of the Required Consenting Creditors, either have its Claim Reinstated or receive: (i) Cash in an amount equal to the Allowed Amount of such Holder’s Other Secured Claim, including the payment of any interest required to be paid under section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, or (ii) the collateral securing such Holder’s Allowed Other Secured Claim.

 

  (c) Voting: Class 2 is Unimpaired by the Plan, and each Holder of a Class 2 Other Secured Claim is conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, Holders of Class 2 Other Secured Claims are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

 

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  3. Class 3 Term Loan Claims

 

  (a) Classification: Class 3 consists of all Term Loan Claims. Only Key, KES and KEM have Classes populated by Class 3 Term Loan Claims.

 

  (b) Allowance: The Term Loan Claims shall be Allowed in the aggregate principal amount of $[289,663,498], 2 plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon payable at the applicable non-default interest rate in accordance with the Term Loan Credit Documents, and all other fees, costs, charges and other expenses provided for under the Term Loan Credit Documents, excluding any prepayment premium.

 

  (c) Treatment: On the Effective Date, each Holder of an Allowed Term Loan Claim shall receive, on account and in full satisfaction of its Allowed Term Loan Claim: (i) Cash in the amount of its pro rata share of the Term Loan Payment, and (ii) its pro rata share of the New Term Loan Facility.

 

  (d) Voting: Class 3 is Impaired and will receive a distribution under the Plan. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Class 3 Term Loan Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan with respect to Key, KES and KEM.

 

  4. Class 4 – ABL Credit Facility Claims

 

  (a) Classification: Class 4 consists of all ABL Credit Facility Claims. Only Key, KES and KEM have Classes populated by Class 4 ABL Credit Facility Claims.

 

  (b) Allowance: On the Effective Date, the ABL Credit Facility Claims shall be Allowed in the aggregate principal amount of $38,526,688 plus all interest, fees, and other expenses payable under the ABL Credit Facility Documents.

 

  (c) Treatment: On the Effective Date, (i) each Holder of an Allowed ABL Credit Facility Claim shall receive, on account and in full satisfaction of its Allowed ABL Credit Facility Claim, its pro rata share of payment in full in Cash of any amounts due and owing under the ABL Credit Facility, or treatment on such other less favorable terms as agreed between the Debtors, the Required Consenting Creditors and the Holder of such Allowed ABL Credit Facility Claim, and (ii) any letters of credit outstanding under the ABL Credit Facility shall be cash collateralized, backstopped and/or replaced with new letters of credit under the New ABL Credit Facility issued under the New ABL Credit Agreement.

 

  (d) Voting: Class 4 is Unimpaired by the Plan, and each Holder of Allowed Class 4 ABL Credit Facility Claims is conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan as to Key, KES and KEM pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Class 4 ABL Credit Facility Claims are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan as to Key, KES and KEM.

 

2   This amount reflects the outstanding principal amount of loans under the Term Loan Credit Agreement as of the date of this Plan and may be reduced by the principal payment contemplated by Section 5.2.1 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement to be made on or about September 30, 2016 in the amount of $787,500.

 

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  5. Class 5 – Senior Notes Claims

 

  (a) Classification: Class 5 consists of all Senior Notes Claims.

 

  (b) Allowance:  The Senior Notes Claims shall be Allowed in the aggregate principal amount of $675 million, plus any accrued but unpaid pre-petition interest thereon payable at the applicable non-default interest rate in accordance with the Senior Notes Documents, and all pre-petition other fees, costs, charges and other expenses provided for under the Senior Notes Documents.

 

  (c) Treatment: The Senior Notes shall be cancelled on the Effective Date and each Holder of an Allowed Senior Notes Claim shall receive, on the Effective Date or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, on account and in full satisfaction of its Allowed Senior Notes Claim, and subject to the rounding conventions set forth in Section VI.E.2 below, such Holder’s pro rata share of 7.5 million shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock (rounded up or down to the nearest whole share). The 7.5 million shares distributed to Holders of Allowed Senior Notes Claims shall account for 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock immediately prior to the issuance of any other shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock under or in connection with the Plan.

 

  (d) Voting: Class 5 is Impaired and will receive a distribution under the Plan. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Class 5 Senior Notes Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan with respect to each of the Debtors.

 

  6. Class 6 - General Unsecured Claims

 

  (a) Classification: Class 6 consists of General Unsecured Claims.

 

  (b) Treatment: The legal, equitable and contractual rights of the Holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims are unaltered by the Plan (subject to the Allowed amount of such Claims being “statutorily capped” under to section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, as applicable). Each Holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim shall receive one of the following treatments (i) on account and in full satisfaction of its Allowed General Unsecured Claim (A) Cash in the amount of its Allowed General Unsecured Claim (1) on the Effective Date or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable (to the extent not previously paid as authorized by the Bankruptcy Court during the Chapter 11 Cases), or (2) on the date that such Allowed General Unsecured Claim becomes due and owing in the ordinary course of the Debtors’ business, if after the Effective Date, or (B) such other less favorable treatment as may be agreed upon by the Holder thereof, the Applicable Debtor(s) and the Required Consenting Noteholders, or (ii) such other treatment as may be required to allow such Allowed General Unsecured Claim to be paid in the ordinary course of business after the Effective Date of the Chapter 11 Cases.

 

  (c) Voting: Class 6 is Unimpaired by the Plan, and each Holder of a Class 6 General Unsecured Claim is conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, Holders of Class 6 General Unsecured Claims are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

 

  7. Class 7 - Intercompany Claims

 

  (a) Classification: Class 7 consists of all Intercompany Claims.

 

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  (b) Treatment: On or after the Effective Date, all Intercompany Claims shall be paid, adjusted, continued, settled, reinstated, canceled, discharged, or eliminated, in each case to the extent determined to be appropriate by the Debtors and the Required Consenting Creditors.

 

  (c) Voting: Holders of Claims in Class 7 are conclusively deemed to have accepted or rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) or 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, respectively. Therefore, Holders of Class 7 Intercompany Claims are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

 

  8. Class 8 Existing Key Common Stock

 

  (a) Classification: Class 8 consists of all Existing Key Common Stock.

 

  (b) Treatment: On the Effective Date, all Existing Key Common Stock shall be discharged, cancelled, released and extinguished and shall be of no further force or effect, whether surrendered for cancellation or otherwise. On or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date, each Holder of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock shall receive, in exchange for the surrender or cancellation of such Holder’s Allowed Existing Key Common Stock and for (1) the releases given by such Holder to the Released Parties pursuant to Section VIII.F and (2) such Holder refraining from the actions listed below in sub-clauses (A) through (E), and subject to the rounding conventions set forth in Section VI.E.2 below, either: (i) such Holder’s Equity Holder Plan Securities (rounded up or down to the nearest whole share and whole New Warrant), or (ii) in such Holder’s sole and absolute discretion, pursuant to an election made on the Equity Holder Election Form, the Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount; provided , however , that any Holder of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock that opts not to grant the voluntary releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan, pursuant to an election made on the Equity Holder Election Form, shall not be entitled to the Equity Holder Plan Securities or the Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount in connection with the Plan; provided , further , that any Holder of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock that does not return a completed Equity Holder Election Form shall be deemed to grant the releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan and shall receive the Equity Holder Plan Securities; provided , further , that any Holder of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock that (A) opposes the Plan, including any portion of the Plan pertaining to the treatment of the Term Loan Claims, the treatment of the Senior Notes Claims or the treatment of Existing Key Common Stock; (B) seeks, solicits, supports, encourages or consents to, any restructuring or reorganization for any Debtor that is inconsistent with the Definitive Restructuring Documents and the Fundamental Implementation Agreements (including the Plan Support Agreement) in any respect; (C) commences or supports any action filed by any party in interest to appoint a trustee, conservator, receiver, or examiner for the Debtors, or to dismiss the Chapter 11 Cases, or to convert the Chapter 11 Cases to cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code; (D) commences or supports any action or proceeding to shorten or terminate the period during which only the Debtors may propose and/or seek confirmation of any plan of reorganization including the Plan; or (E) otherwise supports any plan, sale process or other transaction that is inconsistent with the Fundamental Implementation Agreements (including the Plan Support Agreement) or the Definitive Restructuring Documents, shall not be entitled to receive any Equity Holder Plan Securities or the Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount in connection with the Plan.

 

  (c) Voting: Class 8 is Impaired. Holders of Class 8 Existing Key Common Stock are conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, Holders of Class 8 Existing Key Common Stock are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

 

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  9. Class 9 – Other Key Equity Interests

 

  (a) Classification: Class 9 consists of Other Key Equity Interests.

 

  (b) Treatment: On the Effective Date, all Other Key Equity Interests shall be discharged, cancelled, released and extinguished and shall be of no further force or effect, whether surrendered for cancellation or otherwise. The Holders of Other Key Equity Interests shall not receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of such Other Key Equity Interests.

 

  (c) Voting: Class 9 is Impaired. Holders of Class 9 Other Key Equity Interests are conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, Holders of Class 9 Other Key Equity Interests are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

 

  10. Class 10 – Intercompany Interests

 

  (a) Classification: Class 10 consists of Intercompany Interests.

 

  (b) Treatment: On the Effective Date, Intercompany Interests shall be Reinstated and the legal, equitable and contractual rights to which Holders of Intercompany Interests are entitled shall remain unaltered to the extent necessary to implement the Plan.

 

  (c) Voting: Class 10 is Unimpaired and Holders of Class 10 Intercompany Interests are conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, Holders of Intercompany Interests are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

 

D. Special Provision Governing Claims

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, nothing under the Plan shall affect the Debtors’ or the Reorganized Debtors’ rights in respect of any Unimpaired or Reinstated Claims, including all rights in respect of legal and equitable defenses to or setoffs or recoupments against any such Claims.

 

E. Elimination of Vacant Classes

Any Class of Claims or Interests that does not have a Holder of any Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest or Claim or Interest temporarily Allowed by the Bankruptcy Court as of the date of the Confirmation Hearing shall be deemed eliminated from the Plan for purposes of voting to accept or reject the Plan and for purposes of determining acceptance or rejection of the Plan by such Class pursuant to section 1129(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

F. Acceptance or Rejection of the Plan

 

  1. Presumed Acceptance of the Plan

Claims in Classes 1, 2, 4, 6 and (to the extent Unimpaired) 7 and Interests in Class 10 are Unimpaired under the Plan. The Holders of such Claims and Interests are conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

 

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  2. Voting Classes

Claims in Classes 3 and 5 are Impaired under the Plan and the Holders of such Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan with respect to each Debtor against which they hold such Claims. If Holders of Claims in a particular Impaired Class of Claims were given the opportunity to vote to accept or reject the Plan, but no Holders of Claims in such Impaired Class of Claims voted to accept or reject the Plan, then such Class of Claims shall be deemed to have accepted the Plan.

 

  3. Deemed Rejection of Plan

Claims in Class 7 (to the extent Impaired) and Interests in Classes 8 and 9 are Impaired and Holders of such Claims and Interests are deemed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

 

  4. Dispute Concerning Impairment

If a dispute arises as to whether any Claims or Interests, or any Class thereof, is Impaired, the Bankruptcy Court shall, after notice and a hearing, adjudicate such dispute on or before the Confirmation Date.

 

G. Confirmation Pursuant to Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code

Section 1129(a)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be satisfied for purposes of Confirmation by acceptance of the Plan by an Impaired Class of Claims, determined without including any acceptances of the Plan by any insiders of the Debtors. The Debtors shall seek Confirmation pursuant to section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any rejecting Class of Claims or Interests.

 

H. Subordinated Claims

The Allowance, classification, and treatment of all Allowed Claims and Interests and the respective distributions and treatments under the Plan take into account and conform to the relative priority and rights of the Claims and Interests in each Class in connection with any contractual, legal and equitable subordination rights relating thereto, whether arising under general principles of equitable subordination, section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise.

ARTICLE IV.

MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

 

A. General Settlement of Claims and Interests

As discussed further in the Disclosure Statement and as otherwise provided herein, pursuant to section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019, and in consideration for the classification, distributions, releases, and other benefits provided under the Plan, upon the Effective Date, the provisions of the Plan shall constitute a good faith compromise and settlement of all Claims, Interests and controversies resolved pursuant to the Plan. Distributions and deliveries made to Holders of Allowed Claims and Interests in any Class are intended to be final.

 

B. Sources of Cash for Plan Distributions

All consideration necessary for the Reorganized Debtors to make Cash payments or distributions pursuant to the Plan shall be obtained from the proceeds of the Rights Offering, the Backstop Commitment, and the Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription, if applicable, or other Cash from the Debtors, including Cash from business operations; provided , however , that the New ABL Credit Facility will (1) provide any Cash necessary to pay any amounts due and owing under the ABL Credit Facility, and (2) cash collateralize, backstop and/or replace the letters of credit outstanding under the ABL Credit Facility.

 

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C. Corporate Existence and Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized Debtors

Except as otherwise provided herein, including as provided with respect to Reorganized Key in Section IV.V hereof, or as may be provided in the Plan Supplement or the Confirmation Order, each Debtor will, as a Reorganized Debtor, continue to exist after the Effective Date as a separate corporate entity, or limited liability company, as the case may be, with all the powers thereof, pursuant to the applicable law in the jurisdiction in which such Reorganized Debtor is incorporated or formed and pursuant to the applicable certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or other formation documents) in effect prior to the Effective Date, except to the extent such certificates of incorporation and by-laws (or other formation documents) are amended by the Plan, and to the extent such documents are amended, such documents are deemed to be amended pursuant to the Plan and require no further action or approval; provided , however , that, at any time prior to the Effective Date, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Required Consenting Creditors, with the prior written consent of the Debtors (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed), may elect to amend the Plan to provide for the liquidation of Debtor Misr Key Energy Investments, LLC and/or Debtor Misr Key Energy Services, LLC, whose sole assets are equity interests in subsidiaries organized and located outside of the United States.

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or any agreement, instrument, or other document incorporated in the Plan or the Plan Supplement, on the Effective Date, all property in each Estate, all Causes of Action in favor of any Debtor not otherwise waived, relinquished, exculpated, released, compromised, or settled under the Plan or any Final Order, and any property acquired by any of the Debtors pursuant to the Plan, except for the Professional Fee Escrow Account, shall vest in each respective Reorganized Debtor, free and clear of all Liens, Claims, charges, or other encumbrances. On and after the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided in the Plan, each Reorganized Debtor may operate its business and may use, acquire, or dispose of property and compromise or settle any Claims, Interests, or Causes of Action without supervision or approval by the Bankruptcy Court, or notice to any other Entity, and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules. Without limiting the foregoing, the Reorganized Debtors may pay the charges they incur on or after the Effective Date for the fees, disbursements and expenses of Retained Professionals without application to the Bankruptcy Court.

 

D. Authorization, Issuance and Distribution of Plan Securities

Issuance of Shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock . Shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock shall be authorized under the New Certificate of Incorporation. On the Effective Date Reorganized Key shall issue (1) the shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock to Holders of Allowed Senior Notes Claims in Class 5, (2) the Equity Holder Shares, (3) the Primary Rights Offering Common Stock, (4) the shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock necessary to satisfy the Put Premium, and (5) the Incremental Liquidity Shares to be issued under the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering (including pursuant to the Backstop Commitment, if applicable), if any, and, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, distribute or deliver such shares under or in connection with the Plan and the Rights Offering Documents as provided herein and therein.

Issuance of Warrants . On the Effective Date, or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable, Reorganized Key shall issue the New Warrants and deliver them to (1) the Holders in Class 8 receiving New Warrants as part of the Equity Holder Plan Securities or the Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount and (2) the Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants, if any, who properly subscribe for and fully-fund their commitment under the Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription.

Issuance of Preferred Voting Share . The Preferred Voting Share shall be authorized under the New Certificate of Incorporation. On the Effective Date, Reorganized Key shall issue the Preferred Voting Share to Platinum.

The Reorganized Debtors are authorized to issue all Plan Securities and related documents, and any options, stock appreciation rights, or other equity awards issued in connection with the New MIP, if any, without the need for any further corporate or limited liability company action. The Preferred Voting Share and all of the shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock issued pursuant to the Plan shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.

 

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Except as provided below, the Reorganized Key Common Stock and New Warrants will be issued in book-entry form through the direct registry system of the transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and, if eligibility requirements are met, DTC. The ownership interest of each holder of such shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock and/or New Warrants, as applicable, and transfers of ownership interests therein, will be recorded on the records of the transfer agent or warrant agent and, if applicable, the direct and indirect participants in DTC. Entities receiving shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock and/or New Warrants will have their interests issued in book-entry form on the register of the transfer agent or warrant agent; provided , however , that, except with respect to Primary Rights Offering Common Stock, Holders of Senior Notes Claims and Existing Key Common Stock that currently hold such Claims and Interests through DTC and that are entitled to receive shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock and/or New Warrants under the Plan are anticipated to receive their shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock and/or New Warrants via a “mandatory exchange” process; provided , further , that certain Entities receiving shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock that do not currently hold their Claims or Interests through DTC may also be permitted, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Debtors, to designate a direct or indirect participant in DTC with which such Holder has an account into which such Holder’s shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock may be deposited.

A schedule setting forth the number of shares, the price per share (if applicable) and the relative pro forma percentage of Reorganized Key Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Plan, including the Rights Offering and the Backstop Agreement, respectively, is attached as Schedule 1 to the Disclosure Statement. In the event of any discrepancy between share numbers, price per share (if applicable), or pro forma percentage with respect thereto as listed or described in this Plan and on Schedule 1 to the Disclosure Statement, Schedule 1 to the Disclosure Statement shall control, subject to adjustments made pursuant to the provisions of Section VI.E.2 of the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, Schedule 1 of the Disclosure Statement supersedes and shall replace schedule 4 of the Plan Term Sheet.

 

E. Exemption from Registration

Pursuant to section 1145(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Distribution of the Plan Securities under Article III of the Plan to Holders of Allowed Senior Notes Claims in Class 5 and Allowed Existing Key Common Stock in Class 8 and, with respect to the Preferred Voting Shares, Article IV of the Plan, as applicable, in exchange for such Claims and Interests shall be exempt from the registration requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act and other applicable law. The shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock issuable upon proper exercise of the New Warrants issued under the Plan shall also be exempt from the registration requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act and any other applicable law under section 1145(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The issuances of shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock and New Warrants offered, issued, distributed and/or sold pursuant to the Primary Rights Offering, the Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription, the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering, and the Backstop Commitment (including the Put Premium) (such shares, including the shares issued upon proper exercise of the New Warrants, collectively referred to as “ Restricted Shares ”) shall be issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration set forth in section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 thereunder. The Restricted Shares shall be “restricted securities” as defined under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and, if certificated, will contain the following legend:

THE ISSUANCE OF THESE SECURITIES HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS TRANSFER AGENT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT (PROVIDED THAT THE TRANSFEROR PROVIDES THE COMPANY WITH REASONABLE ASSURANCES (IN THE FORM OF A SELLER REPRESENTATION LETTER AND, IF APPLICABLE, A BROKER REPRESENTATION LETTER) THAT THE SECURITIES MAY BE SOLD PURSUANT TO SUCH RULE).

 

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F. SEC Reporting Requirements and Listing of Reorganized Key Common Stock

As of the Effective Date, Reorganized Key will be a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act. Reorganized Key will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the listing on NYSE or NASDAQ of the Reorganized Key Common Stock on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date.

 

G. Adjustment to Number of Shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock

Notwithstanding any other section or provision of the Plan, the Debtors may, with the consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders, increase or decrease, as applicable, the aggregate number of shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock to be issued and outstanding on the Effective Date pursuant to the Plan and adjust the applicable price per share for such shares herein such that the aggregate value of the shares received by any Person pursuant to the Plan is unaltered by such adjustments.

 

H. Primary Rights Offering and Backstop Commitment

On and after the Effective Date, Reorganized Key shall, and shall be authorized to, take all steps necessary to effectuate the Primary Rights Offering and implement the Backstop Commitment, all pursuant to and consistent with the terms of the Fundamental Implementation Agreements. Without limiting the foregoing, on the Effective Date or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable (as applicable), (1) each Senior Notes Rights Offering Participant shall receive any Primary Rights Offering Common Stock for which it properly subscribed pursuant to the terms of the Primary Rights Offering (and, in the case of Backstop Participants, the Backstop Agreement), (2) each Non-Qualifying Noteholder shall receive its Senior Notes Rights Offering Cash-Out Amount, (3) each Closing Backstop Participant shall receive any unsubscribed Primary Rights Offering Common Stock it purchased pursuant to the terms of the Backstop Agreement, and (4) each Equity Holder Rights Offering Participant shall receive any Primary Rights Offering Common Stock for which it properly subscribed pursuant to the terms of the Primary Rights Offering, subject to adjustment for any oversubscription. For the avoidance of doubt, each Senior Notes Rights Offering Participant (other than the Backstop Participants) and each Equity Holder Rights Offering Participant is required to fully fund its entire subscription for shares of Primary Rights Offering Common Stock (taking into account any applicable minimum subscription requirements pursuant to the terms of the Primary Rights Offering) prior to the expiration of the Primary Rights Offering in order to properly subscribe pursuant to the Primary Rights Offering.

On the Effective Date or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Backstop Agreement, the Closing Backstop Participants shall receive the Put Premium in the form of shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock.

 

I. Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering and Backstop Commitment

On the Minimum Liquidity Test Date, the financial advisors to the Debtors and the financial advisors to the Backstop Participants shall make a determination as to (1) whether the Minimum Liquidity Test is satisfied and (2) if not, whether the issuance of Incremental Liquidity Shares in any amount up to an aggregate of $25 million (in $1 million increments) would enable Reorganized Key to have Minimum Liquidity on the Effective Date. If a determination is made by the financial advisors to the Debtors and the financial advisors to the Backstop Participants that the issuance of Incremental Liquidity Shares is both necessary and sufficient to cause Reorganized Key to have Minimum Liquidity on the Effective Date, then the Debtors shall, on the next Business Day after the Minimum Liquidity Test Date, file with the Bankruptcy Court a notice (the form of which shall be consented to by the advisors to the Backstop Participants) indicating the results of such determination, the number of Incremental Liquidity Shares to be issued under the Plan and the applicable Incremental Liquidity Per Share Price(s) for such shares. If the financial advisors to the Debtors and the financial advisors to the Backstop Participants are unable to reach agreement on the Minimum Liquidity Test Date as to the determinations in (1) and (2) above, then the parties shall seek a determination as to any such dispute from the Bankruptcy Court on the next Business Day after the Minimum Liquidity Test Date, to be heard on an expedited basis such that the Effective Date shall not be delayed.

 

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If a determination is made by either the financial advisors to the Debtors and the financial advisors to the Backstop Participants, or by the Bankruptcy Court, pursuant to the preceding paragraph, that the issuance of Incremental Liquidity Shares is both necessary and sufficient to cause Reorganized Key to have Minimum Liquidity on the Effective Date, Reorganized Key shall issue Incremental Liquidity Shares in an aggregate amount equal to the minimum dollar amount (rounded up to the nearest $1 million increment) necessary for Reorganized Key to have Minimum Liquidity on the Effective Date, at the applicable Incremental Liquidity Per Share Price(s). For the avoidance of doubt, the Incremental Liquidity Shares shall be issued, sold and distributed pursuant to the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering only if the determination is made that the Minimum Liquidity Test is not satisfied.

The Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering shall be funded by (1) the Senior Notes Rights Offering Participants (other than the Backstop Participants) that have properly subscribed to the maximum number of shares of Primary Rights Offering Common Stock for which they are eligible and that properly subscribe for Incremental Liquidity Senior Notes-Allocated Shares, (2) the eligible Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants that properly subscribe for Incremental Liquidity Equity-Allocated Shares, and (3) subject to the terms and conditions of the Backstop Agreement, the Closing Backstop Participants pursuant to the Backstop Commitment. The Incremental Liquidity Shares properly subscribed for by the Senior Notes Rights Offering Participants (other than the Backstop Participants) and the Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants and purchased by the Closing Backstop Participants pursuant to the Backstop Commitment, as applicable, shall be delivered to such parties on the Effective Date or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date.

Pursuant to the terms of the Rights Offering, each Senior Notes Rights Offering Participant (other than the Backstop Participants) and each eligible Equity Holder Rights Offering Participant that elects to participate in the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering is required to fully fund its respective pro rata subscription for Incremental Liquidity Shares prior to the expiration of the Primary Rights Offering in order to properly subscribe pursuant to the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering. Each Backstop Participant is required to fully fund its respective pro rata subscription for Incremental Liquidity Shares subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Backstop Agreement.

 

J. Consensual Equity Holder Exchange

In connection with the settlement embodied in the Plan Support Agreement and the Debtors’ and the Supporting Creditors’ consensual pursuit of the Plan as a “prepackaged” chapter 11 plan of reorganization, the Senior Notes class, by voting to accept the Plan, shall be deemed to have consented to the delivery of part of the Class 5 recovery, in the form of the Equity Holder Shares and New Warrants, by the Reorganized Debtors to Holders of Existing Key Common Stock in exchange for the cancellation of such Holders’ Existing Key Common Stock and for such Holders (1) providing the releases set forth herein (as described in Section III.C.8 of the Plan) and (2) refraining from the actions set forth in sub-clauses (A) through (E) in Section III.C.8 above.

 

K. Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription

No later than the Minimum Liquidity Test Date, the Debtors shall determine the aggregate dollar amount of proceeds received from Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants under the Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription and aggregate Equity Holder Cash-Out Amounts elected by Holders in Class 8. On the Effective Date or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, Equity Holder Cash-Out Shares and Warrants that were properly subscribed for (and fully-funded) under the Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription shall be issued to the Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants that properly subscribed, and the Holders of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock that properly elected to receive the Equity Holder Cash-Out Amount will receive the corresponding Equity Holder Cash-Out Amounts in lieu of such Equity Holder Cash-Out Shares and Warrants. The Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription may be limited to the extent the Debtors, in consultation with the Required Consenting Noteholders, determine necessary to comply with one or more requirements for listing on NYSE or NASDAQ.

 

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L. Intercompany Interests

No Intercompany Interests shall be cancelled pursuant to the Plan, and all Intercompany Interests shall continue in place following the Effective Date, solely for the purpose of maintaining the existing corporate structure of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors.

 

M. Supporting Creditor Advisors Fees

The Debtors shall, on or prior to the Effective Date, pay the accrued and unpaid reasonable and documented professional fees and expenses of the Supporting Creditor Advisors incurred prior to the Effective Date (including prior to the Petition Date) pursuant to the Plan Support Agreement or any applicable fee reimbursement agreement with the Debtors.

 

N. Specified Asset Sales

The Debtors are authorized, with the prior written consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), to execute prior to the Effective Date definitive transaction documents with respect to Specified Asset Sales, which transactions may close with no further Bankruptcy Court approval required either prior to the Effective Date (so long as the interests of the Holders of Allowed Claims are not adversely affected thereby) or subsequent to the Effective Date.

 

O. Cancellation of Existing Indebtedness and Securities

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan (including Section IV.L of the Plan) or any agreement, instrument, or other document incorporated in the Plan or the Plan Supplement, on the Effective Date: (1) the obligations of the Debtors under any certificate, share, note, bond, indenture, purchase right, option, warrant, or other instrument or document directly or indirectly evidencing or creating any indebtedness or obligation of, or ownership interest in, the Debtors giving rise to any Claim or Interest (except such certificates, notes, or other instruments or documents evidencing indebtedness or obligations of the Debtors that are assumed or expressly Reinstated pursuant to the Plan) shall be cancelled solely as to the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, and the Reorganized Debtors shall not have any continuing obligations thereunder; and (2) the obligations of the Debtors pursuant, relating, or pertaining to any agreements, indentures, certificates of designation, by-laws, or certificate or articles of incorporation or similar documents governing the shares, certificates, notes, bonds, purchase rights, options, warrants, or other instruments or documents evidencing or creating any indebtedness or obligation of the Debtors (except such agreements, certificates, notes, or other instruments evidencing indebtedness or obligations of the Debtors that are assumed or expressly Reinstated pursuant to the Plan) shall be released and discharged in full and the Reorganized Debtors shall not have any continuing obligations thereunder; provided , however , that notwithstanding Confirmation or the occurrence of the Effective Date, any such indenture or agreement that governs the rights of the Holder of a Claim or Interest shall continue in effect solely for purposes of enabling Holders of Allowed Claims and Interests to receive distributions under or in conjunction with the Plan as provided herein, and Holders of Claims and Interests not yet Allowed to pursue the Allowance of their Claims or Interests; provided , further , however , that the preceding proviso shall not affect the discharge of Claims or Interests pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, the Confirmation Order, or the Plan or result in any expense or liability to the Reorganized Debtors, except to the extent set forth in, or provided for under, the Plan.

 

P. Cancellation of Certain Existing Security Interests

Upon the full payment or other satisfaction of an Allowed Other Secured Claim, or promptly thereafter, the Holder of such Allowed Other Secured Claim shall deliver to the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) any termination statements, instruments of satisfaction, or releases of all security interests with respect to its Allowed Other Secured Claim that may reasonably be required in order to terminate any related financing statements, mortgages, mechanic’s liens, or lis pendens and take any and all other steps reasonably requested by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or any administrative agent under the New Term Loan Documents or the New ABL Credit Facility Documents that are necessary to cancel and/or extinguish any Liens or security interests securing such Holder’s Other Secured Claim.

 

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Q. New Term Loan Facility

Confirmation of the Plan shall be deemed to constitute approval of the New Term Loan Facility and the New Term Loan Documents and, subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, authorization for the Reorganized Debtors to enter into and perform their obligations under the New Term Loan Documents. As described in Section III.C.3, the New Term Loan Facility shall constitute a portion of the distribution to Holders of Allowed Term Loan Claims in Class 3.

On the Effective Date, the New Term Loan Documents shall constitute legal, valid, binding, and authorized obligations of the Reorganized Debtors, enforceable in accordance with their terms. The financial accommodations to be extended pursuant to the New Term Loan Documents are being extended, and shall be deemed to have been extended, in good faith, for legitimate business purposes, and on reasonable terms. On the Effective Date, all of the Liens and security interests to be granted in accordance with the New Term Loan Documents (1) shall be legal, binding, and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the collateral granted thereunder in accordance with the terms of the New Term Loan Documents and (2) shall be deemed automatically perfected on the Effective Date, subject only to such Liens and security interests as may be permitted under the New Term Loan Documents. The Reorganized Debtors and the Entities granted such Liens and security interests are authorized to make all filings and recordings, and to obtain all governmental approvals and consents necessary to establish and perfect such Liens and security interests under the provisions of the applicable state, provincial, federal, or other law (whether domestic or foreign) that would be applicable in the absence of the Plan and the Confirmation Order (it being understood that perfection shall occur automatically by virtue of the entry of the Confirmation Order, and any such filings, recordings, approvals, and consents shall not be required), and will thereafter cooperate to make all other filings and recordings that otherwise would be necessary under applicable law to give notice of such Liens and security interests to third parties.

 

R. New ABL Credit Facility

Confirmation of the Plan shall be deemed to constitute approval of the New ABL Credit Facility and the New ABL Credit Facility Documents and, subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, authorization for the Reorganized Debtors to enter into and perform their obligations under the New ABL Credit Facility Documents. Any letters of credit outstanding under the ABL Credit Facility shall be cash collateralized, backstopped and/or replaced with new letters of credit under the New ABL Credit Facility issued under the New ABL Credit Agreement.

On the Effective Date, the New ABL Credit Facility Documents shall constitute legal, valid, binding, and authorized obligations of the Reorganized Debtors, enforceable in accordance with their terms. The financial accommodations to be extended pursuant to the New ABL Credit Facility Documents are being extended, and shall be deemed to have been extended, in good faith, for legitimate business purposes, and on reasonable terms. On the Effective Date, all of the Liens and security interests to be granted in accordance with the New ABL Credit Facility Documents (1) shall be legal, binding, and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the collateral granted thereunder in accordance with the terms of the New ABL Credit Facility Documents and (2) shall be deemed automatically perfected on the Effective Date, subject only to such Liens and security interests as may be permitted under the New ABL Credit Facility Documents. The Reorganized Debtors and the Entities granted such Liens and security interests are authorized to make all filings and recordings, and to obtain all governmental approvals and consents necessary to establish and perfect such Liens and security interests under the provisions of the applicable state, provincial, federal, or other law (whether domestic or foreign) that would be applicable in the absence of the Plan and the Confirmation Order (it being understood that perfection shall occur automatically by virtue of the entry of the Confirmation Order, and any such filings, recordings, approvals, and consents shall not be required), and will thereafter cooperate to make all other filings and recordings that otherwise would be necessary under applicable law to give notice of such Liens and security interests to third parties.

 

S. Indenture Trustee Fees

On the Effective Date or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, the Reorganized Debtors shall pay all reasonable and documented fees and expenses (including reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Senior Notes Trustee through and including the Effective Date to the extent required by the Senior Notes Indenture. The Senior Notes Trustee shall not be required to file any application under sections 330 or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise with regard to the allowance of its fees and expenses.

 

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T. Corporate Action

Upon the Effective Date, all actions contemplated by or necessary to effectuate the Plan shall be deemed authorized and approved in all respects, including: (1) assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, except as otherwise provided in the Plan Supplement or any order of the Bankruptcy Court; (2) installation of the New Key Board and New Subsidiary Boards and officers for the other Reorganized Debtors as set forth in the Plan Supplement; (3) execution and entry into the Definitive Restructuring Documents, the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, the New Warrant Agreement(s), the Corporate Advisory Services Agreement and the Rights Offering Documents; (4) implementation of the Primary Rights Offering and, if applicable, the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering and the Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription; (5) issuance and distribution or delivery of the Plan Securities as provided herein and in the Rights Offering Documents; (6) adoption and implementation of the New MIP; (7) entry into the New Key Constituent Documents and the Investor Rights Agreement(s); (8) implementation of the Restructuring Transactions contemplated by the Plan (including by way of (a) the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation, restructuring, conversion, disposition, transfer, dissolution or liquidation containing terms that are consistent with the terms of the Plan and that satisfy the requirements of applicable law, (b) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption or delegation of any asset, property, right, liability, debt or obligation on terms consistent with the Plan and having other terms to which the applicable parties agree, and (c) the filing of appropriate certificates of incorporation and memoranda and articles of association and amendments thereto, reincorporation, merger, consolidation, conversion or dissolution pursuant to applicable law); and (9) all other actions contemplated by the Plan (whether occurring before on or after the Effective Date). Except as provided in Section IV.U hereof, all matters provided for in the Plan involving the corporate structure of the Reorganized Debtors, and any corporate action required by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have occurred and shall be in effect, without any requirement of further action by the Security holders, directors or officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors.

 

U. Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions

On and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors and the officers and members of the New Key Board and New Subsidiary Boards shall be authorized and (as applicable) directed to issue, execute, deliver, file, or record such agreements, Securities, instruments, releases, and other documents and take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement, and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Restructuring Transactions, including the New Term Loan Documents, the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, the New Key Constituent Documents, and the New Warrant Agreement(s) in the name of and on behalf of one or more of the Reorganized Debtors, without the need for any approvals, authorization, or consents except those expressly required pursuant to the Plan. The authorizations and approvals contemplated by this Section IV.U shall be effective notwithstanding any requirements under non-bankruptcy law.

 

V. New Certificate of Incorporation, New By-Laws and Investor Rights Agreement(s)

On or promptly after the Effective Date, Reorganized Key will file Articles of Conversion with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, a Certificate of Conversion with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and its New Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State in Delaware and/or file any other documents necessary to be executed and/or filed with the Secretary of State and/or other applicable authorities in Maryland and/or Delaware to convert Key from a Maryland corporation to a Delaware corporation. Pursuant to section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, the New Certificate of Incorporation prohibits the issuance of non-voting equity securities. After the Effective Date, Reorganized Key may amend and restate the New Certificate of Incorporation and New By-Laws and other New Key Constituent Documents as permitted by the laws of Delaware (or any subsequent state of incorporation) and the New Key Constituent Documents. The other Reorganized Debtors will file new constituent documents in their respective jurisdictions to the extent necessary.

On or promptly after the Effective Date, the Investor Rights Agreement(s) filed with the Plan Supplement shall become effective pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth therein.

 

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W. Directors and Officers of the Reorganized Debtors

On the Effective Date, the term of each member of the current boards of directors of the Debtors shall expire, and the New Key Board and the New Subsidiary Boards, as well as the officers of each of the Reorganized Debtors, shall consist of those individuals that will be identified in the Plan Supplement. The New Key Board shall initially consist of ten (10) members, provided that the CEO Director Seat is filled. During its initial two (2) year term, the New Key Board shall be comprised of five (5) directors selected by Platinum (including the CEO Director Seat), two (2) directors selected by the other Backstop Participants (excluding Platinum), and three (3) initial independent directors, of whom one (1) shall be selected by Platinum, one (1) by the other Backstop Participants (excluding Platinum), and one (1) to be mutually agreed upon by Platinum and the other Backstop Participants (excluding Platinum). During the initial two-year term of the New Key Board, three (3) of the directors appointed by Platinum will have two (2) votes each and all other members of the New Key Board will have one (1) vote each, provided that one of the single-vote directors will be the CEO Director. Certain matters shall require the approval of a supermajority of director votes of the New Key Board or a supermajority of the shareholder votes of Reorganized Key, as set forth in the New Key Constituent Documents and (to the extent applicable) the Investor Rights Agreement.

 

X. Director and Officer Liability Insurance

To the extent that the D&O Liability Insurance Policies are considered to be Executory Contracts, notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, effective as of the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall be deemed to have assumed all D&O Liability Insurance Policies whose policy periods have not expired. Entry of the Confirmation Order will constitute the Court’s approval of the Reorganized Debtors’ assumption of each of the unexpired D&O Liability Insurance Policies.

If the Debtors have not, prior to the Petition Date, obtained standard tail coverage ( i.e. , director, manager, and officer insurance coverage that extends beyond the end of the policy period) under a D&O Liability Insurance Policy covering the current and former directors, officers, and managers of the Debtors as of the Effective Date for at least six years after the Effective Date, then the Debtors shall, with the consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders, obtain such coverage. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if not already obtained or arranged for prior to the Effective Date by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors shall obtain a six-year extension of the time after the Effective Date in which Claims can be reported under the D&O Liability Insurance Policies with respect to otherwise covered acts taking place prior to the end of the policy period(s) of the D&O Liability Insurance Policies.

 

Y. Incentive Compensation Plans

On the Effective Date, Reorganized Key shall be authorized to grant awards under the New MIP, which shall authorize the grant of compensation described in the following sentence comprised of stock or economic rights tied to the value of stock collectively representing up to 7% of the fully diluted shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock as of the Effective Date (without regard to shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the New Warrants). The New MIP may provide for awards of restricted stock, restricted stock units, options and stock appreciation rights struck at a to-be-determined premium to the Effective Date Per Share Price and cash-based awards, for distribution to officers, directors and employees of the Reorganized Debtors as determined by the New Key Board. On or following the Effective Date, the New Key Board or an authorized committee thereof shall be authorized, without further approval of Reorganized Key equity holders, to execute and deliver all agreements, documents, instruments and certificates relating to the New MIP and to perform their obligations thereunder in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of the New MIP. As of the Effective Date, all employee equity or equity-based incentive plans, and any provisions set forth in the Compensation and Benefits Programs that provide for rights to acquire any Interests in Key shall be cancelled.

Subject to the terms of this Section IV.Y and Section V.H.1, upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, all equity components of any existing agreements, plans or programs of the Debtors, including the existing prepetition incentive programs will be cancelled, any cash components of such plans will be honored by Reorganized Key, and Reorganized Key shall have no obligation to provide equity-based compensation to employees except as may be provided pursuant to the New MIP. Decisions with respect to amounts to be paid to employees on account of the existing prepetition incentive programs (including the 2016 annual cash incentive plan generally available to the Debtors’ employees) will be made following the Effective Date at the discretion of the New Key Board. The maximum aggregate amount payable under the 2016 annual cash incentive plan shall not exceed $10.3 million.

 

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Z. Senior Management

Except as expressly provided in the Plan Supplement, members of the Debtors’ existing senior management shall remain in their current capacities as officers of the Reorganized Debtors.

 

AA. Corporate Advisory Services Agreement

On the Plan Effective Date, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, Reorganized Key shall enter into the Corporate Advisory Services Agreement.

 

BB. Exemption from Certain Taxes and Fees

Pursuant to section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, any issuance, transfer, or exchange of any security or other property pursuant hereto, as well as any sale transactions consummated by the Debtors in accordance with the Plan on and after the Confirmation Date through and including the Effective Date, shall not be subject to any stamp, real estate transfer, mortgage recording or other similar tax or governmental assessment in the United States, and the Confirmation Order shall direct and be deemed to direct the appropriate state or local governmental officials or agents to forgo the collection of any such tax or governmental assessment and to accept for filing and recordation instruments or other documents pursuant to such transfers of property without the payment of any such tax or governmental assessment. Such exemption specifically applies, without limitation, to (1) the creation of any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, or other security interest, (2) the making or assignment of any lease or sublease, (3) any Restructuring Transaction, or (4) the making or delivery of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of or in connection with the Plan, including: (a) any merger agreements; (b) agreements of consolidation, restructuring, disposition, liquidation or dissolution; (c) deeds; (d) bills of sale; or (e) assignments executed in connection with any Restructuring Transaction occurring under the Plan.

 

CC. Preservation of Causes of Action

In accordance with section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except where such Causes of Action have been expressly released (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the Debtor Release provided by Section VIII.E hereof), the Reorganized Debtors shall retain and may enforce all rights to commence and pursue, as appropriate, any and all Causes of Action in their favor, whether arising before or after the Petition Date, and the Reorganized Debtors’ rights to commence, prosecute or settle such Causes of Action shall be preserved notwithstanding the occurrence of the Effective Date. The Reorganized Debtors may pursue such Causes of Action, as appropriate, in accordance with the best interest of the Reorganized Debtors. No Entity may rely on the absence of a specific reference in the Plan, the Plan Supplement or the Disclosure Statement to any Cause of Action against them as any indication that the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, will not pursue any and all available Causes of Action. Except with respect to Causes of Action as to which the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors have expressly released any Person or Entity on or prior to the Effective Date (pursuant to the Debtor Release provided by Section VIII.E hereof or otherwise), the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, expressly reserve all rights to prosecute any and all Causes of Action against any Entity, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan. Unless any Causes of Action against an Entity are expressly waived, relinquished, exculpated, released, compromised or settled in the Plan or a Bankruptcy Court order, the Reorganized Debtors expressly reserve all Causes of Action, for later adjudication, and, therefore, no preclusion doctrine, including the doctrines of res judicata , collateral estoppel, issue preclusion, claim preclusion, estoppel (judicial, equitable or otherwise) or laches, shall apply to such Causes of Action upon, after or as a consequence of the Confirmation or consummation of the Plan.

 

DD. No Change of Control

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, none of (1) the facts or circumstances giving rise to the commencement of, or occurring in connection with, the Chapter 11 Cases, (2) the issuance of shares of the Plan Securities pursuant to the Plan, or (3) implementation or consummation of any other transaction pursuant to the Plan

 

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shall constitute a “change in ownership” or “change of control” (or a change in working control) of, or in connection with, any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor that requires the consent of any Person other than the Debtors or the Bankruptcy Court or triggers a default or right of termination, including in connection with any local municipal licensing arrangement, any Executory Contract or other agreement (whether entered into before or after the Petition Date) between any Debtor and any third party, or violates any law (including the common law), statute, rule or any other regulation otherwise applicable to any Debtor.

ARTICLE V.

TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES; EMPLOYEE BENEFITS; AND INSURANCE POLICIES

 

A. Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases not previously assumed or rejected pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court will be deemed assumed as of the Effective Date in accordance with the provisions and requirements of sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code except any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease (1) identified on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List (which shall be filed with the Bankruptcy Court in the Plan Supplement on or before the Plan Supplement Filing Date) as an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease designated for rejection, (2) which is the subject of a separate motion or notice to reject filed by the Debtors and pending as of the Confirmation Hearing, or (3) that previously expired or terminated pursuant to its own terms.

Entry of the Confirmation Order by the Bankruptcy Court shall constitute an order approving the assumptions or rejections of such Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases as set forth in the Plan, all pursuant to sections 365(a) and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code and effective on the occurrence of the Effective Date. Each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease assumed pursuant to the Plan or by Bankruptcy Court order, and not assigned to a third party on or prior to the Effective Date, shall re-vest in and be fully enforceable by the applicable contracting Reorganized Debtor in accordance with its terms, except as such terms may have been modified by the Debtors and the applicable counterparty with the consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders, or by order of the Bankruptcy Court. To the maximum extent permitted by law, to the extent any provision in any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease assumed pursuant to the Plan restricts or prevents, or purports to restrict or prevent, or is breached or deemed breached by, the assumption of such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease (including any “change of control” provision), then such provision shall be deemed modified such that the transactions contemplated by the Plan shall not entitle the non-Debtor party thereto to terminate such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or to exercise any other default-related rights with respect thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, reserve the right to alter, amend, modify, or supplement the Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases identified on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List in their discretion, prior to the Effective Date on no less than three (3) Business Days’ notice to the non-Debtor Entity party thereto, subject to the prior written consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders to the rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease.

 

B. Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

To the extent a monetary default exists under an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease proposed to be assumed pursuant to the Plan, such monetary default shall be satisfied, pursuant to section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, by payment of the applicable Cure Cost in Cash on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, subject to the limitations described below, or, subject to the consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders, on such other terms as the parties to such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease may otherwise agree.

At least 14 days before the Confirmation Hearing, the Debtors shall serve on the non-Debtor counterparties to the Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases proposed to be assumed pursuant to the Plan, a notice of assumption and procedures for objecting to the assumption of, and/or the proposed Cure Costs for, such party’s Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease and for the resolution of disputes by the Bankruptcy Court. To the extent the Debtors identify one or more Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases for which the applicable Cure Cost is an

 

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amount other than $0, the Debtors shall identify the proposed Cure Cost for each such Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease in the notice of assumption served on the applicable counterparty. Any objection by a counterparty to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to a proposed assumption or proposed Cure Cost must be Filed, served and actually received by the Debtors at least seven (7) days before the Confirmation Hearing. Any counterparty to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that fails to object timely to the proposed assumption of its Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to the Plan or the proposed Cure Cost applicable thereto will be deemed to have consented to such assumption and Cure Cost. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is removed from the Schedule of Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases after the 14-day deadline referenced above, a notice of assumption and proposed Cure Cost with respect to such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease will be sent promptly to the counterparty thereof and a noticed hearing set to consider whether such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease can be assumed and, if so, the applicable Cure Cost.

Any objection to a proposed assumption or Cure Cost will be heard by the Bankruptcy Court at the Confirmation Hearing or, at the election of the Debtors, at a later hearing; provided , however , that at any time following the Confirmation Date but prior to the Effective Date, the Debtors, subject to the consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), may settle any dispute regarding the assumption of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease and/or the amount of any Cure Cost without any further notice to any party or any action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. If the Bankruptcy Court determines that the Cure Cost with respect to any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is greater than the amount set forth in the applicable notice of assumption and cure cost, the Debtors, subject to the consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, will have the right to add such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to the Schedule of Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, in which case such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease will be deemed rejected as of the Effective Date.

Assumption of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to the Plan or otherwise shall result in the full release and satisfaction of any Claims against, or defaults, whether monetary or nonmonetary, including defaults of provisions restricting the change in control or ownership interest composition or other bankruptcy-related defaults, by the applicable Debtor(s) arising under any assumed Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease at any time prior to the effective date of the assumption.

 

C. Modifications, Amendments, Supplements, Restatements, or Other Agreements

Unless otherwise provided in the Plan, each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that is assumed shall include all modifications, amendments, supplements, restatements, or other agreements that in any manner affect such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, including easements, licenses, permits, rights, privileges, immunities, options, rights of first refusal, and any other interests, unless any of the foregoing agreements has been previously rejected or repudiated or is rejected or repudiated under the Plan.

Modifications, amendments, supplements, and restatements to prepetition Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases that have been executed by the Debtors during the Chapter 11 Cases shall not be deemed to alter the prepetition nature of the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, or the validity, priority, or amount of any Claims that may arise in connection therewith.

 

D. Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

Unless otherwise provided by an order of the Bankruptcy Court, any Holder of a Claim arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to the Plan or otherwise must File a Proof of Claim with the Notice and Claims Agent on or before the Rejection Damages Claims Bar Date. Any Claim arising from the rejection or repudiation of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease for which a Proof of Claim is not timely Filed shall not be Allowed, shall be forever barred from assertion, and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, or property of the foregoing parties, without the need for any objection by the Debtors or further notice to, or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Entity, and any Claim arising out of the rejection of the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be deemed fully satisfied, released, and discharged, notwithstanding anything in a Proof of Claim to the contrary. All Allowed Claims arising from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases shall constitute General Unsecured Claims and shall be treated in accordance with Section III.C.6 hereof.

 

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E. Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date

Any contract or lease entered into after the Petition Date by any Debtor, including any Executory Contract or Unexpired Leases assumed by a Debtor, will be performed by the applicable Debtor(s) or Reorganized Debtor(s) liable thereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Accordingly, such contracts and leases (including any assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases) will survive and remain unaffected by entry of the Confirmation Order.

 

F. Insurance Policies

The Reorganized Debtors shall not take any action to cancel any of the Debtors’ insurance policies, including the D&O Liability Insurance Policies, that are in existence as of the Effective Date unless such cancellation is for the purpose of obtaining replacement coverage with equal or more favorable coverage terms, and all members, managers, directors, and officers of the Debtors who served in such capacity at any time prior to the Effective Date shall be entitled to the full benefits of any such policies for the full term of such policies regardless of whether such members, managers, directors or officers remain in such positions after the Effective Date. If and to the extent necessary to effectuate this obligation, such insurance policies, including the D&O Liability Insurance Policies, shall be treated as and deemed to be Executory Contracts assumed by the Debtors under the Plan.

 

G. Indemnification and Reimbursement Obligations

On and from the Effective Date, and except as prohibited by applicable law or subject to the limitations set forth herein, the Reorganized Debtors shall be deemed to have assumed all indemnification obligations currently in place for the Debtors’ directors, officers, managers, employees and their attorneys, other professionals and agents, whether in the by-laws, certificates of incorporation (or other formation documents), board resolutions, employment contracts or other agreements of the Debtors.

 

H. Employee Compensation and Benefits

 

  1. Compensation and Benefit Programs

Subject to the provisions set forth below and except as provided in Section IV.Y above, all Compensation and Benefits Programs shall be treated as Executory Contracts under the Plan and deemed assumed on the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, all existing employment, retention and change of control agreements by and between the Debtors and employees of the Debtors as of the Petition Date (the “ Assumed Employee Agreements ”) shall be assumed by the Debtors in accordance with the terms of this Section V.H.1, and any future cash payments or distributions contemplated thereunder shall (to the extent not paid in the ordinary course during the Chapter 11 Cases) remain outstanding and payable in full in cash by Reorganized Key after the Effective Date; provided , that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, any provisions in any of the Compensation and Benefits Programs, including in such Assumed Employee Agreements that provide rights to purchase or receive Existing Key Common Stock (including vested and unvested (a) restricted stock and (b) restricted stock units) shall be given effect and treated as Existing Key Common Stock for purposes of the Rights Offering and the consensual treatment described in Section III.C.8 above under the Plan (and will be null and void and have no effect with respect to shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock after the Effective Date); provided , further , that notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan or Confirmation Order, any change of control provisions in the Assumed Employee Agreements may be triggered by the Plan and Confirmation Order pursuant to the terms set forth in such Assumed Employee Agreements, and the existing Key board has made no determination as to whether or not such provisions will be triggered pursuant to the terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, if any Assumed Employee Agreement contains a provision or provisions allowing Key to convert a cash payment or distribution into equity, such provision(s) shall be null and void as to such conversion feature, and any future cash payments or distributions will be paid in cash by Reorganized Key after the Effective Date in accordance with the foregoing sentence.

 

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Cash obligations of the Reorganized Debtors on and after the Effective Date pursuant to the prior paragraph shall not exceed a maximum of $8.75 million of which approximately (x) $4.6 million relates to retention payments approved by the existing Key board of directors; (y) $3.4 million relates to current contractual severance obligations; and (z) up to $750,000 relates to retention or separation-related payments that may become due on or after the Effective Date; provided , however , that the $8.75 million cap on cash obligations shall exclude (i) any obligations in the nature of wages, expense reimbursements, or other non-incentive based amounts or benefits; and (ii) any other obligations that may become due as a result of a termination under the terms of contractual obligations in place as of the date of the Plan Support Agreement, whether or not following a change of control, up to a maximum amount of $11.75 million; provided further , that any individual severance obligation as to former employees terminated prior to the Effective Date will be resolved in a manner satisfactory to the Required Consenting Noteholders and the Debtors, other than individual severance obligations for less than one year’s salary and for less than $500,000 in the aggregate for all severance obligations, which may be resolved by the Debtors in consultation with the Required Consenting Noteholders.

 

  2. Workers’ Compensation Programs

As of the Effective Date, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors shall continue to honor their obligations under: (a) all applicable workers’ compensation laws in states in which the Reorganized Debtors will operate; and (b) the Debtors’ written contracts, agreements, agreements of indemnity, self-insured workers’ compensation bonds, policies, programs, and plans for workers’ compensation and workers’ compensation insurance; provided , however , that nothing in the Plan shall limit, diminish, or otherwise alter the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ defenses, Causes of Action in their favor, or other rights under applicable non-bankruptcy law with respect to any such contracts, agreements, policies, programs, and plans; provided , further , that nothing herein shall be deemed to impose any obligations on the Debtors in addition to what is provided for under applicable state law. Any Proofs of Claims on account of workers’ compensation shall be deemed withdrawn automatically and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

I. Reservation of Rights

Neither the exclusion nor inclusion of any contract or lease on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, nor anything contained in the Plan, nor the Debtors’ delivery of a notice of proposed assumption and proposed Cure Costs to applicable contract and lease counterparties, shall constitute an admission by the Debtors that any such contract or lease is in fact an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that any Reorganized Debtor would have any liability thereunder. If there is a dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or unexpired at the time of assumption or rejection, the Debtors, with the consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders, or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have 45 days following entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute to alter their treatment of such contract or lease.

The Debtors reserve their right to assert that rejection or repudiation of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to the Plan or otherwise shall not constitute a termination of preexisting obligations owed to the Debtors under such contract or lease. Notwithstanding any non-bankruptcy law to the contrary, the Debtors expressly reserve and do not waive any right to receive, or any continuing obligation of a counterparty to provide, warranties or continued maintenance obligations on goods previously purchased, or services previously received, by the contracting Debtors from counterparties to rejected or repudiated Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases.

ARTICLE VI.

PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS

 

A. Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date (or, if a Claim or Interest is not Allowed on the Effective Date, as set forth in Section VI.C of the Plan), each Holder

 

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of an Allowed Claim or Interest against the Debtors shall receive the full amount of the distributions that the Plan provides for Allowed Claims or Interests in the applicable Class and in the manner provided herein. In the event that any payment or act under the Plan is required to be made or performed on a date that is not a Business Day, then the making of such payment or the performance of such act may be completed on the next succeeding Business Day, but shall be deemed to have been completed as of the required date. Except as otherwise provided herein, Holders of Claims and Interests shall not be entitled to interest, dividends or accruals on the distributions provided for herein, regardless of whether such distributions are delivered on or at any time after the Effective Date.

 

B. Distribution Agent

Except as otherwise provided herein, all distributions under the Plan shall be made by the Reorganized Debtors as Distribution Agent or by such other Entity designated by the Reorganized Debtors as a Distribution Agent on or after the Effective Date. A Distribution Agent shall not be required to give any bond or surety or other security for the performance of its duties unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court. In the event that a Distribution Agent is so ordered, all costs and expenses of procuring any such bond or surety shall be borne by the Distribution Agent.

 

  1. Powers of Distribution Agent

The Distribution Agent shall be empowered to: (a) effect all actions and execute all agreements, instruments and other documents necessary to perform its duties under the Plan; (b) make all distributions contemplated hereunder or made in connection herewith; (c) employ professionals to represent it with respect to its responsibilities; and (d) exercise such other powers as may be vested in the Distribution Agent by order of the Bankruptcy Court, pursuant to the Plan or as deemed by the Distribution Agent to be necessary and proper to implement the provisions hereof.

In addition to the services authorized by any order of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing the retention and employment of Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, as Notice and Claims Agent for the Debtors, Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC is authorized and empowered to perform the following services: (x) assist the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors and their advisors with the administrative management, reconciliation and resolution of Claims and Interests; and (y) facilitate or perform distributions on account of Allowed Claims and Interests.

 

  2. Expenses Incurred on or After the Effective Date

Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the amount of any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Distribution Agent on or after the Effective Date (including taxes) and any reasonable compensation and expense reimbursement claims (including reasonable attorney fees and expenses) made by the Distribution Agent shall be paid in Cash by the Reorganized Debtors.

 

C. Distributions on Account of Claims Allowed After the Effective Date

Distributions made after the Effective Date to Holders of Disputed Claims that are not Allowed Claims as of the Effective Date but which later become Allowed Claims shall be made on the date that is no later than ten (10) Business Days after such Claim becomes an Allowed Claim and shall be deemed to have been made on the Effective Date.

 

D. Distributions to Holders of Disputed Claims

Notwithstanding any provision otherwise in the Plan and except as may be agreed to by the Debtors (subject to the consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) or the Reorganized Debtors, on the one hand, and the Holder of a Disputed Claim, on the other hand, no partial payments and no partial distributions shall be made with respect to any Disputed Claim until all Disputed Claims held by the Holder of such Disputed Claim have become Allowed Claims or have otherwise been resolved by settlement or Final Order.

 

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E. Delivery of Distributions

 

  1. Delivery of Distributions in General

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Distribution Agent shall make distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims at the address for such Holder as indicated on the Debtors’ books and records as of the date of any such distribution (or, if a Proof of Claim has been Filed by or on behalf of such Holder, at the address set forth in such Proof of Claim Filed); provided , however , that the manner of such distributions shall be determined at the discretion of the Reorganized Debtors and the Distribution Agent.

 

  2. Minimum Distributions

In the case of Equity Holder Plan Securities to be delivered to Holders of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock, any such Holder who would be entitled to less than half of an Equity Holder Share based on its holdings will receive no Equity Holder Plan Securities. The fractional shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock and the associated New Warrants or fractional New Warrants that would otherwise be allocated to such Holders of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock entitled to less than half of an Equity Holder Share based on their respective holdings will instead be aggregated and reallocated to Holders in Class 8 entitled to half or more than half a share of Reorganized Key Common Stock, and delivered to such Holders as part of their Equity Holder Plan Securities.

 

  3. Unclaimed and Undeliverable Distributions

 

  (a) Holding of Certain Undeliverable Distributions

If any distribution to a Holder of an Allowed Claim made in accordance herewith is returned to the Reorganized Debtors (or their Distribution Agent) as undeliverable, no further distributions shall be made to such Holder; provided , however , that, following any such Holder’s proper and timely notification to the Reorganized Debtors of its then current address as described in Section VI.E.3(b) hereof, the Distribution Agent shall make one additional attempt to deliver the distribution to the Holder at such address; provided, further , however , that if no such proper and timely notification is made by the Holder or if, following a proper and timely notification, the Debtor makes one additional attempt to deliver the distribution but the distribution is again returned as undeliverable, the returned check(s) shall be null and void and the distribution(s) attempted pursuant to such check(s) shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors. Undeliverable distributions shall remain in the possession of the Reorganized Debtors, subject to Section VI.E.3(b) hereof, until such time as any such distributions become deliverable. Undeliverable distributions shall not be entitled to any additional interest, dividends, or other accruals of any kind on account of their distribution being undeliverable.

 

  (b) Failure to Claim Undeliverable Distributions

No later than 60 days after an initial distribution has been made to each Class entitled to receive a distribution under the Plan, the Reorganized Debtors shall File with the Bankruptcy Court a list of the Holders of undeliverable distributions. This list shall be maintained and updated periodically in the sole discretion of the Reorganized Debtors or the Distribution Agent for as long as the Chapter 11 Cases stay open. Any Holder of an Allowed Claim, irrespective of when a Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, that does not notify the Distribution Agent of such Holder’s then current address in accordance with the procedures indicated in the Filed document containing the list of Holders of undeliverable distributions within 60 days after the Filing thereof shall have its Claim for such undeliverable distribution discharged and shall be forever barred, estopped and enjoined from asserting any such Claim against the Reorganized Debtors or their property. Nothing contained herein shall require the Reorganized Debtors to attempt to locate any Holder of an Allowed Claim.

 

  (c) Failure to Present Checks

In an effort to ensure that all Holders of Allowed Claims receive their allocated distributions, the Reorganized Debtors shall File with the Bankruptcy Court a list of the Holders of any unnegotiated checks no later than 70 days after the date printed on such checks. This list shall be maintained and updated periodically in the sole discretion of the Reorganized Debtors for as long as the Chapter 11 Cases stay open.

 

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Checks issued by the Reorganized Debtors (or their Distribution Agent) on account of Allowed Claims shall be null and void if not negotiated within 90 days after the date printed on such checks, and the distributions attempted pursuant to such checks shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors. Any request for reissuance of a check shall be made directly to the Distribution Agent. Any Holder holding an unnegotiated check that does not request reissuance of such unnegotiated check within 110 days after the Filing of a list of unnegotiated checks on which such check first appears (as described in the preceding paragraph) shall have its Claim for such unnegotiated check discharged and shall be forever barred, estopped and enjoined from asserting any such Claim against the Reorganized Debtors or their property. Nothing contained herein shall require the Reorganized Debtors to attempt to locate any Holder of an unnegotiated check.

 

  (d) Unclaimed Distributions

Any distribution under the Plan that is an Unclaimed Distribution for a period of six months after it has been delivered (or attempted to be delivered) shall be deemed unclaimed property under section 347(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and such Unclaimed Distribution shall revest in the applicable Reorganized Debtor and, to the extent such Unclaimed Distribution is Reorganized Key Common Stock, shall be deemed cancelled. Upon such revesting, the Claim or Interest of any holder or its successors with respect to such property shall be cancelled, discharged, and forever barred notwithstanding any applicable federal or state escheat, abandoned, or unclaimed property laws, or any provisions in any document governing the distribution that is an Unclaimed Distribution, to the contrary.

 

F. Compliance with Tax Requirements/Allocations

In connection with the Plan, to the extent applicable, the Reorganized Debtors shall comply with all tax withholding and reporting requirements imposed on them by any Governmental Unit, and all distributions pursuant hereto shall be subject to such withholding and reporting requirements. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Reorganized Debtors and the Distribution Agent shall be authorized to take all actions necessary or appropriate to comply with such withholding and reporting requirements, including liquidating a portion of a distribution to be made under the Plan to generate sufficient funds to pay applicable withholding taxes, withholding distributions pending receipt of information necessary to facilitate such distributions, or establishing any other mechanisms they believe are reasonable and appropriate. The Reorganized Debtors reserve the right to allocate all distributions made under the Plan in compliance with all applicable wage garnishments, alimony, child support and other spousal awards, liens and encumbrances. For tax purposes, distributions in full or partial satisfaction of Allowed Claims shall be allocated first to the principal amount of Allowed Claims, with any excess allocated to unpaid interest on such Claims.

 

G. Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities

On the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, each Holder of a certificate or instrument evidencing a Claim or Interest that is discharged by the Plan shall be deemed to have surrendered such certificate to the Distribution Agent. Such surrendered certificate or instrument shall be cancelled solely with respect to the Debtors, and such cancellation shall not alter the obligations or rights of any non-Debtor third parties vis-à-vis one another with respect to such certificate or instrument, including with respect to any indenture or agreement that governs the rights of the Holder of a Claim, which shall continue in effect for purposes of allowing Holders to receive distributions under the Plan, charging liens, priority of payment, and indemnification rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this paragraph shall not apply to certificates or instruments evidencing Claims that are Unimpaired under the Plan.

 

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H. Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties

 

  1. Claims Paid by Third Parties

The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall reduce in full a Claim, and such Claim shall be disallowed without a Claim objection having to be Filed and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, to the extent that the Holder of such Claim receives payment in full on account of such Claim from a party that is not a Debtor or a Reorganized Debtor, as applicable. To the extent a Holder of a Claim receives a distribution under the Plan on account of such Claim and receives payment from a party that is not a Debtor or a Reorganized Debtor, as applicable, on account of such Claim, such Holder shall, within two weeks of receipt thereof, repay or return the distribution to the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor to the extent the Holder’s total recovery on account of such Claim from the third party and under the Plan exceeds the Allowed amount of such Claim as of the date of any such distribution under the Plan. The failure of such Holder to timely repay or return such distribution shall result in the Holder owing the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor annualized interest at the federal judgment rate (as in effect on the Petition Date) on such amount owed for each Business Day after the two-week grace period specified above until the amount is repaid.

 

  2. Claims Payable by Insurance

No distributions under the Plan shall be made on account of an Allowed Claim that is payable pursuant to one of the Debtors’ insurance policies until the Holder of such Allowed Claim has exhausted all remedies with respect to such insurance policy. To the extent that one or more of the Debtors’ insurers agrees to satisfy in full or in part a Claim, then immediately upon such insurers’ agreement, the applicable portion of such Claim may be expunged without a Claim objection having to be Filed and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

  3. Applicability of Insurance Policies

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims shall be in accordance with the provisions of any applicable insurance policy. Nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any Cause of Action that the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or any Entity may hold against any other Entity, including insurers under any policies of insurance, nor shall anything contained herein constitute or be deemed a waiver by such insurers of any defenses, including coverage defenses, held by such insurers.

ARTICLE VII.

PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING DISPUTED, CONTINGENT, AND

UNLIQUIDATED CLAIMS

 

A. Allowance of Claims

Except as expressly provided in the Plan or in any order entered in the Chapter 11 Cases prior to the Effective Date (including the Confirmation Order), no Claim shall become an Allowed Claim unless and until such Claim is deemed Allowed under the Plan or the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Court has entered a Final Order (including the Confirmation Order) in the Chapter 11 Cases Allowing such Claim. Except as otherwise provided herein, Holders of Claims shall not be required to File a Proof of Claim; provided , however , that the Debtors, and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, reserve all rights to object to any Claim for which a Proof of Claim is Filed and to otherwise dispute, object to or assert any defense with respect to any Claim. After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall have and retain any and all rights and defenses the Debtors had with respect to any Claim immediately prior to the Effective Date, except with respect to any Claim deemed Allowed under the Plan, including the Allowed Term Loan Claims, Allowed ABL Credit Facility Claims, and the Allowed Senior Notes Claims. For the avoidance of doubt, the Allowed Term Loan Claims, the Allowed ABL Credit Facility Claims, and the Allowed Senior Notes Claims will not be subject to any avoidance, reductions, set off, offset, recharacterization, subordination (whether equitable, contractual or otherwise), counterclaims, cross-claims, defenses, disallowance, impairment, objection or any other challenges under any applicable law or regulation by any person or Entity.

 

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B. Prosecution of Objections to Claims

The Debtors, subject to the consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have the exclusive authority to: (1) File, withdraw or litigate to judgment, objections to Claims or Interests; (2) settle or compromise any Disputed Claim (including, after the Effective Date, without any further notice to or action, order or approval by the Bankruptcy Court); and (3) administer and adjust the Claims Register to reflect any such settlements or compromises (including, after the Effective Date, without any further notice to or action, order or approval by the Bankruptcy Court); provided , however , that, for the avoidance of doubt, the U.S. Trustee shall have standing to object to Professional Fee Claims. All settled Claims approved prior to the Effective Date pursuant to a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 or otherwise shall be binding on all parties.

The Reorganized Debtors are authorized to serve upon a Holder of a Disputed Claim an offer to allow judgment to be taken on account of such Claim, and, pursuant to Bankruptcy Rules 7068 and 9014, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 shall apply to such offer of judgment. To the extent the Holder of a Claim must pay the costs incurred by the Reorganized Debtors after the making of such offer, the Reorganized Debtors are entitled to setoff such amounts against the amount of any distribution to be paid to such Holder without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

C. Estimation of Claims

Before or after the Effective Date, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may (but are not required to) at any time request that the Bankruptcy Court estimate any Disputed Claim that is contingent or unliquidated pursuant to section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code for any reason, regardless of whether any party previously has objected to such Claim or whether the Bankruptcy Court has ruled on any such objection; and the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction to estimate any such Claim, including during the litigation of any objection to any Claim or during the appeal relating to such objection; provided , however , that if the Bankruptcy Court resolves the Allowed amount of a Claim, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall not be permitted to seek an estimation of such Claim. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan, a Claim that has been expunged from the Claims Register, but that either is subject to appeal or has not been the subject of a Final Order, shall be deemed to be estimated at zero dollars, unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court. In the event that the Bankruptcy Court estimates any contingent or unliquidated Claim, that estimated amount shall constitute a maximum limitation on such Claim for all purposes under the Plan (including for purposes of distributions) until the Allowed amount of such Claim is determined by a Final Order of a court of competent jurisdiction, and the relevant Reorganized Debtor may elect to pursue any supplemental proceedings to object to any ultimate distribution on such Claim.

 

D. Disallowance of Certain Claims

Any Claims held by Entities from which property is recoverable under section 542, 543, 550, or 553 of the Bankruptcy Code or that is a transferee of a transfer avoidable under section 522(f), 522(h), 544, 545, 547, 548, 549 or 724(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be deemed disallowed pursuant to section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, and Holders of such Claims may not receive any distributions on account of such Claims, until such time as such Causes of Action against that Entity have been settled or an order of the Bankruptcy Court with respect thereto has been entered and all sums due, if any, to the Debtors by that Entity have been turned over or paid to the Reorganized Debtors. All Claims filed on account of an indemnification obligation to a director, officer or employee shall be deemed satisfied and expunged from the Claims Register as of the Effective Date, and all such indemnification obligations shall be assumed (or honored or reaffirmed, as the case may be) pursuant to the Plan, without any further notice to or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. Subject to and in accordance with Section V.H of the Plan, all Claims filed on account of an employee benefit shall be deemed satisfied and expunged from the Claims Register as of the Effective Date, and the Reorganized Debtors shall honor any such employee benefits, without any further notice to or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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E. Prepetition Litigation

On the Effective Date, the automatic stay provided under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code shall be lifted as to all litigation concerning General Unsecured Claims against the Debtors, and each such litigation will resume in its pre-petition forum, unless the Debtors, in consultation with the Required Consenting Noteholders, or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, seek to remove any such litigation pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9027 prior to the entry of a final decree in all of the Chapter 11 Cases.

ARTICLE VIII.

SETTLEMENT, RELEASE, INJUNCTION, AND RELATED PROVISIONS

 

A. Discharge of Claims, Termination of Interests in Key, and Reinstatement of Intercompany Interests

Pursuant to section 1141(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, the distributions, rights and treatment that are provided in the Plan shall be in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge, effective as of the Effective Date, of all Claims, Interests and Causes of Action of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on Claims from and after the Petition Date, whether known or unknown, against, liabilities of, Liens on, obligations of, rights against and Interests in the Debtors or any of their assets or properties, regardless of whether any property shall have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims and Interests, including demands, liabilities and Causes of Action that arose before the Effective Date, any contingent or non-contingent liability on account of representations or warranties issued on or before the Effective Date and all debts of the kind specified in sections 502(g), 502(h) or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, in each case whether or not: (1) a Proof of Claim or Interest based upon such Claim, debt, right or Interest is Filed or deemed Filed pursuant to section 501 of the Bankruptcy Code; (2) a Claim or Interest based upon such Claim, debt, right or Interest is Allowed pursuant to section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code; or (3) the Holder of such a Claim voted, or was deemed, to accept the Plan. The Confirmation Order shall be a judicial determination of the discharge of all Claims and Interests subject to the Effective Date occurring, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan.

 

B. Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Interests, and Controversies

Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and in consideration for the distributions and other benefits provided pursuant to the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall constitute a good faith compromise of all Claims, Interests, and controversies relating to the contractual, legal, and subordination rights that a Holder of a Claim or Interest may have with respect to any Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest, or any distribution to be made on account of such Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest. The entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the compromise or settlement of all such Claims, Interests, and controversies, as well as a finding by the Bankruptcy Court that such compromise or settlement is in the best interests of the Debtors, their Estates, and Holders of Claims and Interests and is fair, equitable, and reasonable. In accordance with the provisions of the Plan, pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019, without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may compromise and settle Claims against the Debtors and their Estates and Causes of Action against other Entities.

 

C. Setoffs and Recoupment

Except as otherwise provided herein, each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor may, pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code (including section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code) or other applicable bankruptcy or non-bankruptcy law, or as may be agreed by the Holder of an Allowed Claim, set off or recoup against any Allowed Claim and the distributions to be made pursuant to the Plan on account of such Allowed Claim, any Claims, rights, and Causes of Action of any nature that the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor may hold against the Holder of such Allowed Claim, to the extent such Claims, rights, or Causes of Action have not been otherwise compromised or settled on or prior to the Effective Date (whether pursuant to the Plan, a Final Order or otherwise); provided , however , that neither the failure to effect such a setoff or recoupment nor the Allowance of any Claim pursuant to the Plan shall constitute a waiver or release by such Reorganized Debtor of any such Claims, rights, and Causes of Action.

 

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D. Release of Liens

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in any contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable distributions made pursuant to the Plan and, in the case of a Secured Claim, satisfaction in full of the portion of the Secured Claim that is Allowed as of the Effective Date, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests against any property of the Estates shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title, and interest of any Holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors.

 

E. Debtor Release

PURSUANT TO SECTION 1123(B) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN THE PLAN, FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, INCLUDING THE SERVICE OF THE RELEASED PARTIES TO FACILITATE THE EXPEDITIOUS REORGANIZATION OF THE DEBTORS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESTRUCTURING CONTEMPLATED BY THE PLAN, PURSUANT TO THE CONFIRMATION ORDER AND ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE, THE RELEASED PARTIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE PROPERTY ARE CONCLUSIVELY, ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY, AND FOREVER DEEMED RELEASED, ACQUITTED AND DISCHARGED BY THE DEBTORS, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS AND THE ESTATES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FROM ANY AND ALL CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING ON OR PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE, INCLUDING ANY DERIVATIVE CLAIMS ASSERTED OR ASSERTABLE ON BEHALF OF THE DEBTORS, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, FORESEEN OR UNFORESEEN, MATURED OR UNMATURED, EXISTING OR HEREINAFTER ARISING, IN LAW, EQUITY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, BY STATUTE, VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR OTHERWISE THAT THE DEBTORS, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, THE ESTATES OR THEIR AFFILIATES WOULD HAVE BEEN LEGALLY ENTITLED TO ASSERT IN THEIR OWN RIGHT (WHETHER INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY) OR ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER OF ANY CLAIM OR INTEREST OR OTHER ENTITY, BASED ON OR RELATING TO, OR IN ANY MANNER ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, THE DEBTORS, THEIR AFFILIATES, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE DEBTORS’ RESTRUCTURING, THE PURCHASE, SALE OR RESCISSION OF THE PURCHASE OR SALE OF ANY SECURITY OF THE DEBTORS OR THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, THE SUBJECT MATTER OF, OR THE TRANSACTIONS OR EVENTS GIVING RISE TO, ANY CLAIM OR INTEREST THAT IS TREATED IN THE PLAN, THE BUSINESS OR CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE DEBTORS AND ANY RELEASED PARTY, THE RESTRUCTURING OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS PRIOR TO OR IN THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE NEGOTIATION, FORMULATION OR PREPARATION OF THE PLAN, THE PLAN SUPPORT AGREEMENT, THE PLAN SUPPLEMENT, THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, THE NEW KEY CONSTITUENT DOCUMENTS, THE DEFINITIVE RESTRUCTURING DOCUMENTS, THE RIGHTS OFFERING DOCUMENTS, THE NEW ABL CREDIT FACILITY DOCUMENTS, THE NEW WARRANT AGREEMENT(S), THE CORPORATE ADVISORY SERVICES AGREEMENT, AND ANY RELATED AGREEMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, TERM SHEETS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS, ANY OTHER ACT OR OMISSION, TRANSACTION, AGREEMENT, EVENT, OR OTHER OCCURRENCE TAKING PLACE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE (INCLUDING, FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, ANY ACTIONS TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE ALLEGED DEFAULTS, INCLUDING THE NEGOTIATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENTS THERETO AND ANY REAPPRAISAL OF ASSETS PURSUANT TO SECTION 10.1.2(m) OF THE TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT).

THE FOREGOING RELEASE (1) SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY EXPRESS CONTRACTUAL OR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OR ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS ARISING UNDER OR THAT ARE PART OF THE PLAN OR ANY AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO, IN CONNECTION WITH OR CONTEMPLATED BY THE PLAN OR TO ANY CONTINUING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION OWED BY ANY RELEASED PARTY TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF

 

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ANY DEBTOR OR REORGANIZED DEBTOR, AND (2) SHALL HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE LIABILITY OF, OR ANY CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST, ANY ENTITY THAT RESULTS FROM ANY ACT OR OMISSION THAT IS DETERMINED IN A FINAL ORDER TO HAVE CONSTITUTED FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, BAD FAITH, OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTIONS TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE ALLEGED DEFAULTS, THE NEGOTIATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENTS THERETO AND ANY REAPPRAISAL OF ASSETS PURSUANT TO SECTION 10.1.2(m) OF THE TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT).

 

F. Third Party Release

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE, EACH OF THE RELEASING PARTIES (REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A RELEASING PARTY IS A RELEASED PARTY) SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONCLUSIVELY, ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND FOREVER RELEASED AND ACQUITTED EACH OF THE RELEASED PARTIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE PROPERTY FROM ANY AND ALL CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING ON OR PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE, INCLUDING ANY DERIVATIVE CLAIMS ASSERTED OR ASSERTABLE ON BEHALF OF A DEBTOR, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, FORESEEN OR UNFORESEEN, MATURED OR UNMATURED, EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, IN LAW, EQUITY, CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, BY STATUTE, VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR OTHERWISE THAT SUCH ENTITY WOULD HAVE BEEN LEGALLY ENTITLED TO ASSERT (WHETHER INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY) OR ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER OF ANY CLAIM OR INTEREST OR OTHER ENTITY, BASED ON OR RELATING TO, OR IN ANY MANNER ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, THE DEBTORS, THEIR AFFILIATES, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, THE DEBTORS’ RESTRUCTURING, THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE PURCHASE, SALE OR RESCISSION OF THE PURCHASE OR SALE OF ANY SECURITY OF THE DEBTORS OR THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, THE SUBJECT MATTER OF, OR THE TRANSACTIONS OR EVENTS GIVING RISE TO, ANY CLAIM OR INTEREST THAT IS TREATED IN THE PLAN, THE BUSINESS OR CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE DEBTORS AND ANY RELEASED PARTY, THE RESTRUCTURING OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS PRIOR TO OR DURING THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE NEGOTIATION, FORMULATION, OR PREPARATION OF THE PLAN, THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, THE PLAN SUPPLEMENT, THE PLAN SUPPORT AGREEMENT, THE NEW KEY CONSTITUENT DOCUMENTS, THE DEFINITIVE RESTRUCTURING DOCUMENTS, THE RIGHTS OFFERING DOCUMENTS, THE NEW ABL CREDIT FACILITY DOCUMENTS, THE NEW WARRANT AGREEMENT(S), THE CORPORATE ADVISORY SERVICES AGREEMENT, AND ANY RELATED AGREEMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, TERM SHEETS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS, ANY OTHER ACT OR OMISSION, TRANSACTION, AGREEMENT, EVENT, OR OTHER OCCURRENCE TAKING PLACE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE (INCLUDING, FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, ANY ACTIONS TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE ALLEGED DEFAULTS, THE NEGOTIATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENTS THERETO AND ANY REAPPRAISAL OF ASSETS PURSUANT TO SECTION 10.1.2(m) OF THE TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT).

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THE FOREGOING, THE RELEASE SET FORTH ABOVE DOES NOT RELEASE ANY OBLIGATIONS OF ANY PARTY OR ENTITY UNDER THE PLAN OR ANY DOCUMENT, INSTRUMENT OR AGREEMENT (INCLUDING THOSE SET FORTH IN THE PLAN SUPPLEMENT) EXECUTED TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE DEBTORS OR THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS ON ACCOUNT OF AN ALLOWED CLAIM AGAINST OR INTEREST IN THE DEBTORS PURSUANT TO THE PLAN. THE FOREGOING RELEASE ALSO SHALL HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE LIABILITY OF, OR ANY CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST, ANY ENTITY THAT RESULTS FROM ANY ACT OR OMISSION THAT IS DETERMINED IN A FINAL ORDER TO HAVE CONSTITUTED FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, BAD FAITH, OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTIONS TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE ALLEGED DEFAULTS, THE NEGOTIATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENTS THERETO AND ANY REAPPRAISAL OF ASSETS PURSUANT TO SECTION 10.1.2(m) OF THE TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT).

 

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G. Exculpation

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTS OR OMISSIONS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN AND PRESERVED BY THE PLAN, THE PLAN SUPPLEMENT, OR RELATED DOCUMENTS, THE EXCULPATED PARTIES SHALL NEITHER HAVE, NOR INCUR ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR OTHERWISE TO ANY ENTITY FOR ANY PREPETITION OR POSTPETITION ACT TAKEN OR OMITTED TO BE TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH, RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE FORMULATION, NEGOTIATION, PREPARATION, DISSEMINATION, FILING, IMPLEMENTATION, ADMINISTRATION, CONFIRMATION, EFFECTUATION OR TERMINATION OF ANY FUNDAMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT OR DEFINITIVE RESTRUCTURING DOCUMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, ANY CONTRACT, INSTRUMENT, RELEASE OR OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENTS (INCLUDING PROVIDING ANY LEGAL OPINION REQUESTED BY ANY ENTITY REGARDING ANY TRANSACTION, CONTRACT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR OTHER AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATED BY THE PLAN OR THE RELIANCE BY ANY EXCULPATED PARTY ON THE PLAN OR THE CONFIRMATION ORDER IN LIEU OF SUCH LEGAL OPINION) CREATED OR ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT OR THE PLAN, THE FILING OF THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE PURSUIT OF CONFIRMATION, THE ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN, INCLUDING THE ISSUANCE OF ANY SECURITIES PURSUANT TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLAN (INCLUDING THE SECURITIES ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE PRIMARY RIGHTS OFFERING, THE INCREMENTAL LIQUIDITY RIGHTS OFFERING, THE EQUITY HOLDER CASH-OUT SUBSCRIPTION AND THE BACKSTOP AGREEMENT), OR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY UNDER THE PLAN OR ANY OTHER RELATED AGREEMENT, EXCEPT FOR CLAIMS RELATED TO ANY ACT OR OMISSION THAT IS DETERMINED IN A FINAL ORDER TO HAVE CONSTITUTED FRAUD, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, BUT IN ALL RESPECTS SUCH ENTITIES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RELY REASONABLY UPON THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES PURSUANT TO THE PLAN.

THE EXCULPATED PARTIES HAVE, AND UPON CONFIRMATION, SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE, PARTICIPATED IN GOOD FAITH AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE APPLICABLE LAWS WITH REGARD TO THE SOLICITATION OF, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONSIDERATION PURSUANT TO, THE PLAN AND, THEREFORE, ARE NOT, AND ON ACCOUNT OF SUCH DISTRIBUTIONS SHALL NOT BE, LIABLE AT ANY TIME FOR THE VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION GOVERNING THE SOLICITATION OF ACCEPTANCES OR REJECTIONS OF THE PLAN OR SUCH DISTRIBUTIONS MADE PURSUANT TO THE PLAN.

 

H. Injunction

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE PLAN OR THE CONFIRMATION ORDER, ALL ENTITIES WHO HAVE HELD, HOLD, OR MAY HOLD CLAIMS, INTERESTS, CAUSES OF ACTION, OR LIABILITIES THAT: (1) ARE SUBJECT TO COMPROMISE AND SETTLEMENT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE PLAN; (2) HAVE BEEN RELEASED PURSUANT TO SECTION VIII.E HEREOF; (3) HAVE BEEN RELEASED PURSUANT TO SECTION VIII.F HEREOF, (4) ARE SUBJECT TO EXCULPATION PURSUANT TO SECTION VIII.G HEREOF (BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT OF THE EXCULPATION PROVIDED IN SECTION VIII.G HEREIN), OR (5) ARE OTHERWISE DISCHARGED, SATISFIED, STAYED OR TERMINATED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE PLAN, ARE PERMANENTLY ENJOINED AND PRECLUDED, FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE, FROM COMMENCING OR CONTINUING IN ANY MANNER, ANY ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING, INCLUDING ON ACCOUNT OF ANY CLAIMS, INTERESTS, CAUSES OF ACTION, OR LIABILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED OR SETTLED AGAINST THE

 

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DEBTORS, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, OR ANY ENTITY SO RELEASED OR EXCULPATED (OR THE PROPERTY OR ESTATE OF ANY ENTITY, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, SO RELEASED OR EXCULPATED) ON ACCOUNT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO, ANY DISCHARGED, RELEASED, SETTLED, COMPROMISED, OR EXCULPATED CLAIMS, INTERESTS, CAUSES OF ACTION, OR LIABILITIES.

ARTICLE IX.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN

 

A. Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date

The Effective Date shall not occur unless each of the following conditions precedent to the Effective Date has been satisfied or waived by the applicable party:

1. The Debtors shall have Filed the Plan Supplement on or prior to the Plan Supplement Filing Date, and the Plan Supplement shall have included: the New Key Constituent Documents, the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, the New Warrant Agreement(s), the New Term Loan Credit Agreement, the New ABL Credit Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement(s), the New MIP, and the list of members of the New Key Board and the New Subsidiary Boards.

2. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order (which may be the Confirmation Order) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Creditors approving the Disclosure Statement as containing “adequate information” within the meaning of section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, and such order shall have become a Final Order.

3. The Plan and all documents contained in the Plan Supplement, including any exhibits, schedules, amendments, modifications or supplements thereto, and all other Definitive Restructuring Documents and the Backstop Agreement shall have been negotiated, executed, delivered and filed with the Bankruptcy Court or other applicable government authority in substantially final form, consistent with the terms and conditions of the Plan Term Sheet, the Definitive Restructuring Documents or the Plan Support Agreement, as applicable.

4. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Confirmation Order confirming the Plan on terms consistent with the Plan Term Sheet and the Definitive Restructuring Documents, as applicable, and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Creditors, on or before the applicable date set forth on the Restructuring Timeline set forth in Schedule 1 to the Plan Term Sheet, unless otherwise agreed by the Debtors and the Required Consenting Creditors in a manner consistent with the Plan Support Agreement and the Confirmation Order shall have become a Final Order.

5. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the PSA Assumption Order, the PSA Assumption Order shall not have been terminated, reversed or vacated and shall be a Final Order, and the Plan Support Agreement shall not have been terminated and shall be in full force and effect.

6. All governmental and material third-party notifications, filings, consents, waivers and approvals required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Fundamental Implementation Agreements, including the Backstop Agreement, shall have been made or received, including approval under applicable Antitrust Laws.

7. The Debtors shall not have commenced an insolvency (or similar) proceeding in any foreign jurisdiction without the consent of the Required Consenting Creditors.

8. The reasonable and documented professional fees and expenses of the Supporting Creditor Advisors incurred prior to the Petition Date and thereafter shall have been paid in full by the Debtors, which payment may occur on or prior to the Effective Date.

 

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9. The Debtors shall have complied with the FCPA Resolution, including having completed all acts required to be completed by the Debtors thereunder (excluding any acts not yet required to be completed), and the FCPA Resolution shall be in full force and effect.

10. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Backstop Order, the Backstop Order shall be a Final Order, and the Backstop Agreement shall not have been validly terminated with respect to all parties thereto.

11. The New Term Loan Credit Agreement and the New ABL Credit Agreement shall have become effective.

12. The Debtors shall (a) have timely complied with all reporting obligations under applicable securities laws (giving effect to any extensions granted pursuant to the filing of a Form 12b-25 with the SEC), (b) not have become a delinquent filer (giving effect to any extensions granted pursuant to the filing of a Form 12b-25 with the SEC), and (c) in cooperation with counsel to the Required Consenting Noteholders, have used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a listing on the NYSE or NASDAQ as promptly as possible following the Effective Date.

13. Each of the Closing Conditions set forth in the Backstop Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived pursuant to the terms of the Backstop Agreement.

14. The proceeds from the Primary Rights Offering and the proceeds of the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering, if any, and all amounts funded pursuant to the Backstop Agreement shall have been released from the applicable escrow account(s) pursuant to the terms of the Rights Offering Documents (including the Backstop Agreement, the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement and the Backstop Escrow Agreement, as applicable) and such proceeds are available to fund the Distributions hereunder and to be otherwise used by the Reorganized Debtors for general corporate purposes.

15. No final judgment, injunction, decree or other material legal restraint shall have been, and remains, enacted, adopted or issued by a Governmental Unit of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of the Plan, the Rights Offering or the transactions contemplated by the Fundamental Implementation Agreements, including the Backstop Agreement, and/or the Definitive Restructuring Documents substantially on the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan Support Agreement.

16. The Professional Fee Escrow Account shall have been established and funded in the Professional Fee Reserve Amount.

17. The Effective Date shall be no later than the applicable date set forth on the Restructuring Timeline set forth in Schedule 1 to the Plan Term Sheet, unless otherwise agreed by the Debtors and the Required Consenting Creditors in a manner consistent with the Plan Support Agreement.

 

B. Waiver of Conditions

Each of the conditions precedent to the occurrence of the Effective Date may be waived in writing by the Debtors, with the written consent of the Required Consenting Creditors (and, where applicable, the Required Backstop Participants), at any time, without any notice to parties in interest and without any further notice to or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, and without any formal action other than proceeding to confirm the Plan. If any such condition precedent is waived pursuant to this Section IX.B and the Effective Date occurs, the waiver of such condition precedent shall benefit from the “equitable mootness” doctrine, and the occurrence of the Effective Date shall foreclose any ability to challenge the Plan in any court.

 

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ARTICLE X.

MODIFICATION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN

 

A. Modification and Amendments

Subject to the limitations contained in the Fundamental Implementation Agreements including this Plan and except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the Debtors reserve the right, in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules to amend or modify the Plan prior to the entry of the Confirmation Order, including any amendments or modifications needed to satisfy section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, without additional disclosure pursuant to section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code. After the entry of the Confirmation Order and prior to substantial consummation of the Plan, in accordance with the Fundamental Implementation Agreements, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may amend or modify the Plan (1) in accordance with section 1127(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or (2) to remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan in such manner as may be necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan either with the Bankruptcy Court approval or, so long as the interests of the Holders of Allowed Claims are not adversely affected thereby in any material respect, without Bankruptcy Court approval.

 

B. Effect of Confirmation on Modifications

Entry of a Confirmation Order shall mean that all modifications or amendments to the Plan since the solicitation thereof are approved pursuant to section 1127(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and do not require additional disclosure or re-solicitation under Federal Bankruptcy Rule 3019 or that any additional disclosure or re-solicitation performed was sufficient.

 

C. Revocation or Withdrawal of Plan; Termination of Plan Support Agreement

The Debtors reserve the right, subject to the terms of the Plan Support Agreement or, otherwise, with the prior written consent of the Required Consenting Creditors, to revoke or withdraw the Plan prior to the entry of the Confirmation Order and to file subsequent plans of reorganization. If the Debtors revoke or withdraw the Plan in accordance with the Fundamental Implementation Agreements or with the prior consent of the Required Consenting Creditors, or if entry of the Confirmation Order or the Effective Date does not occur, or if the Plan Support Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, then: (1) the Plan shall be null and void in all respects; (2) any settlement or compromise embodied in the Plan, assumption or rejection of executory contracts or leases effected by the Plan, and any document or agreement executed pursuant hereto shall be deemed null and void; and (3) nothing contained in the Plan shall: (a) constitute a waiver or release of any claims by or against, or any Interests in, such Debtor or any other Entity; (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors or any other Entity; or (c) constitute an admission of any sort by the Debtors or any other Entity.

ARTICLE XI.

RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

Notwithstanding the entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, on and after the Effective Date, including after the Chapter 11 Cases are closed, except as set forth in the Plan, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over all matters arising out of, or related to, the Chapter 11 Cases and the Plan pursuant to sections 105(a) and 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code, including jurisdiction to:

1. Allow, disallow, determine, liquidate, classify, estimate, or establish the priority, Secured or unsecured status, or amount of any Claim or Interest, including the resolution of any request for payment of any Administrative Expense Claim and the resolution of any and all objections to the Secured or unsecured status, priority, amount, or Allowance of Claims or Interests;

2. Decide and resolve all matters related to the determination of a whether a Claim shall be deemed subordinated in connection with the Plan;

 

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3. Decide and resolve all matters related to the granting and denying, in whole or in part, of any applications for allowance of compensation or reimbursement of expenses to Retained Professionals (including Professional Fee Claims) authorized pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or the Plan;

4. Resolve any matters related to: (a) the assumption, assumption and assignment, or rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to which a Debtor is party or with respect to which a Debtor may be liable, and to hear, determine and, if necessary, liquidate, any Claims arising therefrom, including any Rejection Damages Claims pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) any potential contractual obligation under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that is assumed, or assumed and assigned, including any Cure Cost; and (c) any dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory, expired, or terminated;

5. Ensure that distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims and Interests, as applicable, are accomplished pursuant to the provisions of the Plan;

6. Adjudicate, decide, or resolve any motions, adversary proceedings, contested or litigated matters, and any other matters, and grant or deny any applications involving a Debtor, or the Estates that may be pending on the Effective Date;

7. Adjudicate, decide, or resolve any and all matters related to section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code;

8. Adjudicate, decide, and resolve any and all Causes of Action arising under the Bankruptcy Code or related to the Chapter 11 Cases;

9. Enter and implement such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to execute, implement, or consummate the provisions of the Plan and all contracts, instruments, releases, indentures, and other agreements or documents created in connection with the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or the Disclosure Statement;

10. Enter and enforce any order for the sale of property pursuant to sections 363, 1123, or 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code;

11. Resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes, or Causes of Action that may arise in connection with Consummation, including interpretation or enforcement of the Plan or any Entity’s obligations incurred in connection with the Plan;

12. Issue injunctions, enforce the injunctions contained herein, enter and implement other orders, or take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference by any Entity with consummation or enforcement or implementation of the Plan;

13. Resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes, or Causes of Action with respect to the releases, injunctions, and other provisions contained in the Plan, and enter such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to implement and/or enforce such releases, injunctions, and other provisions;

14. Resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes, or Causes of Action with respect to the repayment or return of distributions and the recovery of additional amounts owed by the Holder of a Claim for amounts not timely repaid;

15. Enter and implement such orders as are necessary or appropriate if the Confirmation Order is for any reason modified, stayed, reversed, revoked, or vacated;

16. Determine any other matters that may arise in connection with or relate to the Plan, any of the other Definitive Restructuring Documents, the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, the New Warrant Agreement(s), the Corporate Advisory Services Agreement and the Rights Offering Documents, or any contract, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document created in connection with the Plan or the Disclosure Statement;

 

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17. Enter an order or Final Decree concluding or closing any of the Chapter 11 Cases;

18. Adjudicate any and all disputes arising from or relating to distributions under the Plan;

19. Consider any modifications of the Plan, to cure any defect or omission or to reconcile any inconsistency in any Bankruptcy Court order, including the Confirmation Order;

20. Determine requests for the payment of Claims entitled to priority pursuant to section 507 of the Bankruptcy Code;

21. Hear and determine disputes arising in connection with the interpretation, implementation, or enforcement of the Plan or the Confirmation Order, including disputes arising under or in connection with the implementation of the agreements, documents, or instruments executed in connection with the Plan;

22. Hear and determine matters concerning state, local, and federal taxes in accordance with sections 346, 505, and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code;

23. Hear and determine all disputes involving the existence, nature, scope, or enforcement of the exculpations, discharges, injunctions, and releases granted in connection with and under the Plan;

24. Enforce all orders previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court;

25. Resolve any cases, controversies, suits, or disputes that may arise in connection with any Entity’s rights arising from or obligations incurred in connection with the Plan; and

26. Hear any other matter not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy Code.

ARTICLE XII.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

A. Immediate Binding Effect

Notwithstanding Federal Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(h), or 7062 or otherwise, upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the terms of the Plan and the documents and instruments contained in the Plan Supplement shall be immediately effective and enforceable and deemed binding upon the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and any and all Holders of Claims or Interests (irrespective of whether their Claims or Interests are deemed to have accepted the Plan), all Entities that are parties to or are subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, discharges, and injunctions described in the Plan, each Entity acquiring property under the Plan, and any and all non-Debtor parties to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. The Confirmation Order shall contain a waiver of any stay of enforcement otherwise applicable, including pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) and 7062.

 

B. Additional Documents

On or before the Effective Date, the Debtors, with the consent of the Required Consenting Creditors, may File with the Bankruptcy Court such agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and all Holders receiving distributions pursuant to the Plan and all other parties in interest shall, from time to time, prepare, execute, and deliver any agreements or documents and take any other actions as may be necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions and intent of the Plan.

 

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C. Payment of Statutory Fees

All fees payable pursuant to section 1930(a) of the Judicial Code, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court at the Confirmation Hearing shall be paid on or prior to the Effective Date. On and after the Effective Date, each Reorganized Debtor (individually or collectively with the other Reorganized Debtors) shall pay all such fees when due and payable, and shall file with the Bankruptcy Court quarterly reports in a form reasonably acceptable to the U.S. Trustee, until that particular Reorganized Debtor’s case has been closed, converted or dismissed, whichever occurs first.

 

D. Reservation of Rights

The Plan shall have no force or effect unless the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation Order. None of the Filing of the Plan, any statement or provision contained in the Plan, or the taking of any action by any Debtor with respect to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, or the Plan Supplement shall be or shall be deemed to be an admission or waiver of any rights of any Debtor with respect to the Holders of Claims or Interests prior to the Effective Date.

 

E. Successors and Assigns

The rights, benefits, and obligations of any Entity named or referred to in the Plan shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of any heir, executor, administrator, successor, assign, Affiliate, officer, director, agent, representative, attorney, beneficiaries, or guardian, if any, of such Entity.

 

F. Notices

After the Effective Date, any pleading, notice, or other document required by the Plan to be served on or delivered to the Reorganized Debtors, the Supporting Noteholders or the Supporting Term Lenders shall be served at the following addresses (as applicable):

To the Reorganized Debtors :

Key Energy Services, Inc.

1301 McKinney Street, Suite 1800

Houston, Texas 77010

Attention: General Counsel

E-mail address: khargis@keyenergy.com

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Sidley Austin LLP

One South Dearborn Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: Larry J. Nyhan

E-mail address: lnyhan@sidley.com

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Sidley Austin LLP

555 West 5 th Street, Suite 4000

Los Angeles, California 90013

Attention: Jeffrey E. Bjork

E-mail address: jbjork@sidley.com

 

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Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP

Rodney Square

1000 North King Street

Wilmington, DE 19801

Attention: Robert S. Brady

E-mail address: rbrady@ycst.com

To the Supporting Noteholders :

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, New York 10006

Attention: Michael H. Torkin

E-mail address: torkinm@sullcrom.com

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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York, NY 10006

Attention: Sean A. O’Neal

E-mail address: soneal@cgsh.com

To the Supporting Term Loan Lenders :

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attention: Eli J. Vonnegut, Damian S. Schaible

E-mail address: eli.vonnegut@davispolk.com, damian.schaible@davispolk.com

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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York, NY 10006

Attention: Sean A. O’Neal

E-mail address: soneal@cgsh.com

After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may, in their sole discretion, notify Entities that, in order to continue to receive documents pursuant to Federal Bankruptcy Rule 2002, such Entity must File a renewed request to receive documents pursuant to Federal Bankruptcy Rule 2002. After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors are authorized to limit the list of Entities receiving documents pursuant to Federal Bankruptcy Rule 2002 to those Entities who have Filed such renewed requests.

In accordance with Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 3020(c), within ten (10) Business Days of the Effective Date, the Debtors shall serve a combined Notice of Confirmation and Effective Date by United States mail, first class postage prepaid, by hand, or by overnight courier service to all parties served with the Confirmation Hearing Notice; provided that no notice or service of any kind shall be required to be mailed or made upon any Entity to whom the Debtors mailed a Confirmation Hearing Notice, but received such notice returned marked “undeliverable as addressed,” “moved, left no forwarding address” or “forwarding order expired,” or similar reason, unless the Debtors have been informed in writing by such Entity, or are otherwise aware, of that Entity’s new address. Mailing of the Notice of Confirmation in the time and manner set forth in the this paragraph shall be good and sufficient notice under the particular circumstances and in accordance with the requirements of Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 3020(c), and no further notice is necessary.

 

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G. Term of Injunctions or Stays

Unless otherwise provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, all injunctions or stays in effect in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 105 or 362 of the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Bankruptcy Court, and extant on the Confirmation Date (excluding any injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the Confirmation Order) shall remain in full force and effect through the Effective Date. All injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the Confirmation Order shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

 

H. Entire Agreement

Except as otherwise indicated in an order of the Bankruptcy Court, the Plan and the Plan Supplement supersede all previous and contemporaneous negotiations, promises, covenants, agreements, understandings, and representations on such subjects, all of which shall become merged and integrated into the Plan on the Effective Date.

 

I. Governing Law

Unless a rule of law or procedure is supplied by federal law (including the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules) or unless otherwise specifically stated, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws, shall govern the rights, obligations, construction, and implementation of the Plan and any agreements, documents, instruments, or contracts executed or entered into in connection with the Plan (except as otherwise set forth in those agreements, in which case the governing law of such agreement shall control); provided , however , that corporate governance matters relating to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, not incorporated in New York shall be governed by the laws of the state of incorporation of the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable.

 

J. Exhibits

All exhibits and documents included in the Plan (including the Plan Supplement and the documents incorporated therein) are incorporated into and are a part of the Plan as if set forth in full in the Plan. After the exhibits and documents are Filed, copies of such exhibits and documents shall be available upon written request to the Debtors’ counsel at the address above or by downloading such exhibits and documents from the website of the Notice and Claims Agent at http://dm.epiq11.com/KeyEnergy or the Bankruptcy Court’s website at http://www.deb.uscourts.gov.

 

K. Nonseverability of Plan Provisions

If, prior to Confirmation, any term or provision of the Plan is held by the Bankruptcy Court to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the Bankruptcy Court shall have the power to alter and interpret such term or provision to make it valid or enforceable to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of the term or provision held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, and such term or provision shall then be applicable as altered or interpreted; provided , however , that any such alteration or interpretation must be reasonably acceptable to the Debtors and the Required Consenting Creditors. Notwithstanding any such holding, alteration, or interpretation, the remainder of the terms and provisions of the Plan will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated by such holding, alteration, or interpretation. The Confirmation Order shall constitute a judicial determination and shall provide that each term and provision of the Plan and the other Definitive Restructuring Documents, the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, the New Warrant Agreement(s), the Corporate Advisory Services Agreement and the Rights Offering Documents, as any of such documents may have been altered or interpreted in accordance with the foregoing, is: (1) valid and enforceable; (2) integral to the Plan and may not be amended, deleted, modified or supplemented except as provided therein and herein; and (3) non-severable and mutually dependent.

 

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L. Closing of Chapter 11 Cases

The Reorganized Debtors shall, promptly after the full administration of each Chapter 11 Case (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may occur at different times, including on the Effective Date), File with the Bankruptcy Court all documents required by Federal Bankruptcy Rule 3022 and a proposed form of any applicable order necessary to close the Chapter 11 Cases.

 

M. Conflicts

In the event of an inconsistency between the Plan and any document or instrument Filed in the Plan Supplement, the terms of the relevant document or instrument in the Plan Supplement shall control unless otherwise specified in such document or instrument. In the event of an inconsistency between the Plan and the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Term Sheet or the Plan Support Agreement, the Plan shall control. The provisions of the Plan and of the Confirmation Order shall be construed in a manner consistent with each other so as to effectuate the purposes of each; provided , however , that if there is determined to be any inconsistency between any provision of the Plan and any provision of the Confirmation Order that cannot be so reconciled, then, solely to the extent of such inconsistency, the provisions of the Confirmation Order shall govern, and any such provisions of the Confirmation Order shall be deemed a modification of the Plan.

 

N. Dissolution of the Committee

In the event a statutory committee is appointed by the U.S. Trustee, such official committee shall dissolve, and the members thereof shall be released and discharged from all rights and duties arising from, or related to, the Chapter 11 Cases on the Effective Date; provided , that such official committee shall be deemed to remain in existence solely with respect to, and shall not be heard on any issue except, applications filed by the Retained Professionals pursuant to sections 330 and 331 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

O. Section 1125(e) Good Faith Compliance

The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and each of the Exculpated Parties, and each of their respective current and former officers, directors, members (including ex officio members), managers, employees, partners, advisors, attorneys, professionals, accountants, investment bankers, investment advisors, actuaries, Affiliates, financial advisors, consultants and agents, shall be deemed to have acted in “good faith” under section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, including in connection with the offer, sale and issuance of Plan Securities, the implementation of the Rights Offering and the issuance and distribution of the rights pursuant thereto.

 

P. Further Assurances

The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, all Holders of Claims and Interests receiving distributions hereunder and all other parties in interest shall, from time to time, prepare, execute and deliver any agreements or documents and take any other actions as may be necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions and intent of the Plan or the Confirmation Order.

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Dated:   September 21, 2016      
  Wilmington, Delaware      
      KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC., on behalf of itself and each of the other Debtors
      By:  

/s/ J. Marshall Dodson

      Name:   J. Marshall Dodson
      Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
COUNSEL:      

/s/ Robert S. Brady

     

James F. Conlan

Larry J. Nyhan

Andrew F. O’Neill

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

One South Dearborn Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Telephone: (312) 853-7000

Facsimile: (312) 853-7036

Jeffrey E. Bjork

Christina M. Craige

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

555 West Fifth Street

Los Angeles, CA 90013

Telephone: (213) 896-6000

Facsimile: (213) 896-6600

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Robert S. Brady

Edwin J. Harron

Ryan M. Bartley

YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP

Rodney Square

1000 North King Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19801

Telephone: (302) 571-6600

Facsimile: (302) 571-1253

Exhibit 10.1

TWENTY-FOURTH AMENDMENT TO OFFICE LEASE

THIS TWENTY-FOURTH AMENDMENT TO OFFICE LEASE (this “ Amendment ”) is entered into effective as of the “Modification Effective Date” (as defined in Paragraph   13(a) below) between CRESCENT 1301 MCKINNEY, L.P. , a Delaware limited partnership (“ Landlord ”), and KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC. , a Maryland corporation (“ Tenant ”), with reference to the following:

A. Landlord and Tenant entered into that certain Office Lease dated effective as of January 20, 2005; that certain First Amendment to Office Lease dated March 15, 2005; that certain Second Amendment to Office Lease dated June 24, 2005; that certain Commencement Letter dated as of September 28, 2005; that certain Third Amendment to Office Lease dated November 30, 2005; that certain Fourth Amendment to Office Lease dated March 30, 2006; that certain Fifth Amendment to Office Lease dated March 31, 2006; that certain Sixth Amendment to Office Lease dated June 7, 2006; that certain Seventh Amendment to Office Lease dated August 9, 2006; that certain Eighth Amendment to Office Lease dated October 31, 2006; that certain Commencement Letter dated January 16, 2007; that certain Ninth Amendment to Office Lease dated January 11, 2008; that certain Tenth Amendment to Office Lease dated March 27, 2008; that certain Eleventh Amendment to Office Lease dated April 9, 2008; that certain Twelfth Amendment to Office Lease dated May 12, 2008; that certain Thirteenth Amendment to Office Lease dated June 20, 2008; that certain Fourteenth Amendment to Office Lease dated October 20, 2011; that certain Fifteenth Amendment to Office Lease dated October 25, 2011; that certain Sixteenth Amendment to Office Lease dated March 6, 2012; that certain Seventeenth Amendment to Office Lease dated April 23, 2012; that certain Eighteenth Amendment to Office Lease dated July 23, 2012; that certain Nineteenth Amendment to Office Lease dated August 31, 2012; that certain Twentieth Amendment to Office Lease dated December 17, 2012; that certain Twenty-First Amendment to Office Lease dated April 3, 2014 (the “ Twenty-First Amendment ”); that certain Twenty-Second Amendment to Office Lease dated May 7, 2015; and that certain Twenty-Third Amendment to Office Lease (the “ Twenty-Third Amendment ”) dated November 16, 2015 (as amended, the “ Lease ”), currently covering approximately 89,758 square feet of Rentable Square Footage on floors 15, 16, 17 and 18 (the “ Premises ”) of the building located at 1301 McKinney, Houston, Texas (the “ Building ”), of which approximately 223 square feet of Rentable Square Footage on floor 15 is used exclusively for telecommunications purposes (the “ Telecom Space ”), within the Building.

B. Landlord and Tenant now desire to further amend the Lease as set forth below. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Amendment, capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the same meanings as in the Lease.

FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

1. Space Reduction . Effective as of December 31, 2016 (the “ Surrender Date ”) (a) that portion of the Premises located on floor 16 of the Building and containing approximately 24,657 square feet of Rentable Square Footage (the “ Reduction Space ”) shall be subtracted from the Premises, and (b) the term, “ Premises ,” as used in the Lease shall mean and include approximately 65,101 square feet of Rentable Square Footage (the “ Remaining Premises ”),

 

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consisting of (x) approximately 15,307 square feet of Rentable Square Footage on floor 15 of the Building as shown on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, (y) approximately 24,657 square feet of Rentable Square Footage on floor 17 of the Building as shown on Exhibit A-1 attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and (z) approximately 25,137 square feet of Rentable Square Footage on floor 18 of the Building as shown on Exhibit A-2 attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. As of the Surrender Date, (i) Tenant shall no longer have any right to occupy and/or use the Reduction Space, (ii) the Lease shall be deemed terminated with respect to the Reduction Space, and (iii) neither Tenant nor Landlord shall have any further liability or obligation to the other with respect to the Reduction Space, except for those items that survive the termination of the Lease pursuant to its terms and except as specifically set forth in this Amendment.

(a) On the Surrender Date, the Reduction Space shall be surrendered by Tenant to Landlord as required under the Lease, including without limitation Article 29 of the Lease, and thereafter Landlord shall release and discharge Tenant from any obligations or liabilities with respect to such Reduction Space, except for those that expressly survive the termination of the Lease and except as expressly provided for herein. Tenant shall fully comply with all obligations under the Lease respecting the Reduction Space through the Surrender Date, including without limitation, those provisions relating to the condition of the Reduction Space and payment of any and all rent and other known amounts owed to Landlord through and including the Surrender Date, upon which Tenant will ensure removal of all persons occupying and using the Reduction Space, removal of Tenant’s personal property therefrom, and return of all suite keys and security cards issued to Tenant and used solely in connection with the Reduction Space.

(b) Landlord may prohibit access by Tenant to the Reduction Space after the Surrender Date by changing the locks to the Reduction Space or by any other means permitted by the Lease, at law or in equity.

(c) Commencing on the day after the Surrender Date, Tenant’s Pro Rata Share of Operating Expenses payable under Article 4 of the Lease shall be decreased to take the surrender of the Reduction Space into consideration; if such decrease is not effective on the first day of a month, Tenant’s Pro Rata Share of Operating Expenses will be adjusted and prorated as of the Surrender Date.

2. Reduction of Term of Lease . Effective as of the Surrender Date, the Term of the Lease is reduced such that the Expiration Date of the Lease shall be the last day of the thirty-sixth (36 th ) full calendar month following the Surrender Date. The Term of the Lease commencing as of the Surrender Date and ending as of the Expiration Date as hereinabove amended is referred to herein as the “ Reduced Term ”.

 

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3. Base Rent.   Effective as of the Surrender Date, the rent schedule set forth in Paragraph   2 of the Twenty-Third Amendment is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following rent schedule, plus any applicable tax thereon:

REMAINING PREMISES

[65,101 square feet

of Rentable Square Footage]

 

FROM

   THROUGH    ANNUAL BASE
RENT RATE PER
SQUARE FOOT
     MONTHLY
BASE RENT
 

Surrender Date

   Expiration Date*    $ 9.00       $ 48,825.75   

 

* Expiration Date as amended pursuant to Paragraph 2 above.

4. Operating Expenses . For the Reduced Term, Tenant shall continue to pay Tenant’s Pro Rata Share of Operating Expenses payable under Article 4 of the Lease. Landlord projects (but does not guarantee or warrant) that the Operating Expenses of the Building for calendar year 2016 shall total $14.41 per square foot of total Rentable Square Footage of the Building.

5. Parking . Effective as of the Surrender Date, and in place of the parking permits currently provided under Paragraph   1 of the Parking Agreement attached as Exhibit   E to the Lease, Tenant may elect to take and Landlord shall provide, (i) up to nineteen (19) unreserved permits allowing access to unreserved spaces in the Fulbright Tower Garage, and (ii) up to forty-six (46) unreserved permits allowing access to unreserved spaces in the Houston Center Garage 1. During the Reduced Term (and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Lease), Tenant shall pay Landlord’s quoted monthly contract rate (as set from time to time) for each such permit, plus any taxes thereon. Additional unreserved month to month parking spaces are available in the Houston Center Complex garages at Landlord’s quoted rates for each garage; Tenant shall have priority to such spaces over non-Houston Center tenant parkers. The current monthly contract rates for such permits are (i) $210.00 per permit for unreserved permits in the Fulbright Tower Garage and (ii) $195.00 per permit for unreserved permits in the Houston Center Garage 1.

6. Reimbursement Allowance . Effective as of the Surrender Date, any unfunded amount of the Reimbursement Allowance provided under the Twenty-First Amendment shall be forfeited and shall not be available for application either to leasehold improvements or credit against rent.

7. Option to Extend . Effective as of the Modification Effective Date, Tenant’s option to extend set forth in Rider No. 1 attached to the Twenty-First Amendment is deleted in its entirety. Tenant acknowledges that it has no further extension or renewal rights or options under the Lease.

8. Preferential Right to Lease . Effective as of the Modification Effective Date, Tenant’s preferential right to lease set forth in Rider No. 4 attached to the Twenty-First Amendment is deleted in its entirety.

9. Signage Rights . Effective as of the Modification Effective Date, Tenant’s rights to maintain Tenant’s sign panel of the Building’s monument sign located at the corner of McKinney Street and Austin Street (“ Monument Sign ”) pursuant to Paragraph   7 of the Fifteenth Amendment (as amended by Paragraph   8 of the Twenty-First Amendment), are terminated and shall be of no further force or effect. Within thirty (30) days following the

 

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Modification Effective Date, Landlord shall remove Tenant’s sign panel from the Monument Sign and, pursuant to Paragraph   7 of the Fifteenth Amendment, Tenant shall pay Landlord all expenses incurred in connection with the removal and disposition of the sign panel and the repair of any damage to the Monument Sign caused by the sign panel or its removal, within thirty (30) days after receipt of Landlord’s invoice therefor.

10. Contraction Option . Effective as of the Modification Effective Date, Tenant’s contraction option regarding space on floor 15 of the Building as set forth in Rider   No.   5 attached to the Twenty-First Amendment is deleted in its entirety.

11. Real Estate Taxes Refund . As further consideration for the execution of this Amendment, Tenant hereby waives, relinquishes and assigns to Landlord all of Tenant’s right, title and interest in and to any refund or reconciliation payment owing or that may be owing to Tenant respecting Tenant’s Pro Rata Share of real estate taxes for the Property for all years prior to tax year 2016.

12. Furniture . Effective as of the Surrender Date, Tenant shall grant, convey, sell, and assign to Landlord all of the furniture and office furnishings located on floor 16 of the Premises (the “ Furniture ”). Contemporaneously with the execution of this Amendment, Landlord and Tenant shall execute a Bill of Sale substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B , to memorialize the conveyance of the Furniture from Tenant to Landlord.

13. Bankruptcy-Related Provisions .

(a) Tenant filed a voluntary petition for relief (the “ Bankruptcy ”) under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”), in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “ Bankruptcy Court ”), and, as of the date hereof, Tenant continues to operate its business as a debtor in possession pursuant to Sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code. The terms of this Amendment shall be effective upon the earlier of (i) Bankruptcy Court approval of this Amendment and (ii) the date of full execution of this Amendment by Landlord and Tenant (“ Modification Effective Date ”), provided that it shall be a condition subsequent to the effectiveness of this Amendment that the Bankruptcy Court enter an order (the “ Approval Order ”) (which may be included in the order confirming Tenant’s filed plan of reorganization (the “ Plan ”)) approving assumption of the Lease as amended by this Amendment, which Approval Order has become final and non-appealable.

(b) Upon Bankruptcy Court approval of this Amendment, Tenant shall immediately pay to Landlord any and all Rental amounts due and owing under the Lease as may be outstanding as of the date of such Bankruptcy Court approval; provided that Tenant and Landlord agree that no such Rental amounts are due and owing as of the date of execution of this Amendment (inasmuch as on such date Bankruptcy Court approval of this Amendment has not been obtained).

(c) Tenant hereby declares that, subject to approval of the Bankruptcy Court of assumption of the Lease as modified by this Amendment, for so long as the Bankruptcy Court retains jurisdiction over Tenant, all amounts due and payable by Tenant under, pursuant to or in connection with the Lease as modified by this Amendment shall be treated as an administrative expense of Tenant and its estate pursuant to Sections 503(b)(1) and 507(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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(d) Landlord shall reasonably assist and cooperate with Tenant in obtaining approval by the Bankruptcy Court of assumption of the Lease as modified herein.

(e) Landlord further agrees (i) not to oppose assumption of the Lease as amended herein pursuant to the Plan or court order, and (ii) that no cure amount shall be due and owing in respect of such amended Lease so long as Tenant is current on its obligations under the Lease as amended.

14. Prohibited Persons and Transactions . Tenant represents to Landlord: (a) that neither Tenant nor any person or entity that directly owns a ten percent (10%) or greater equity interest in it, nor any of its officers, directors or managing members, is a person or entity with whom U.S. persons or entities are restricted from doing business under regulations of the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“ OFAC ”) of the Department of the Treasury (including those named on OFAC’s Specially Designated and Blocked Persons List) or under Executive Order 13224 (the “ Executive Order ”) signed on September 24, 2001, and entitled “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism”, or other Laws, (b) that Tenant’s activities do not violate the International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001, or the regulations or orders promulgated thereunder, as they may be amended from time to time, or other anti-money laundering Laws (the “ Anti-Money Laundering Laws ”), and (c) that throughout the Term of the Lease Tenant shall comply with the Executive Order and with the Anti-Money Laundering Laws.

15. ERISA Matters . Tenant represents that (a) neither Tenant nor any entity controlling or controlled by Tenant owns a five percent (5%) or more interest (within the meaning of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14) in JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“ JPMorgan ”) or any of JPMorgan’s affiliates, and (b) neither JPMorgan, nor any of its affiliates, owns a five percent (5%) or more interest in Tenant or any entity controlling or controlled by Tenant.

16. No Broker . Tenant represents and warrants that it has not been represented by any broker or agent in connection with the execution of this Amendment. Tenant shall indemnify and hold harmless Landlord and its designated property management, construction and marketing firms, and their respective partners, members, affiliates and subsidiaries, and all of their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, servants, partners, members, representatives, insurers and agents from and against all claims (including costs of defense and investigation) of any broker or agent or similar party claiming by, through or under Tenant in connection with this Amendment.

17. Time of the Essence . Time is of the essence with respect to Tenant’s execution and delivery to Landlord of this Amendment. If Tenant fails to execute and deliver a signed copy of this Amendment to Landlord by 5:00 p.m. (in the city in which the Premises is located) on December 1, 2016, this Amendment shall be deemed null and void and shall have no force or effect, unless otherwise agreed in writing by Landlord. Landlord’s acceptance, execution and return of this Amendment shall constitute Landlord’s agreement to waive Tenant’s failure to meet such deadline.

 

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18. Miscellaneous . This Amendment shall become effective only upon full execution and delivery of this Amendment by Landlord and Tenant. This Amendment contains the parties’ entire agreement regarding the subject matter covered by this Amendment, and supersedes all prior correspondence, negotiations, and agreements, if any, whether oral or written, between the parties concerning such subject matter. There are no contemporaneous oral agreements, and there are no representations or warranties between the parties not contained in this Amendment. Except as modified by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Lease shall remain in full force and effect, and the Lease, as modified by this Amendment, shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their successors and permitted assigns.

19. Ratification . Tenant hereby ratifies and confirms its obligations under the Lease as modified herein, and represents and warrants to Landlord that it has no defenses thereto. Additionally, Tenant further confirms and ratifies that, as of the date hereof, (a) the Lease is and remains in good standing and full force and effect, and (b) Tenant has no claims, counterclaims, set-offs or defenses against Landlord arising out of the Lease as modified herein or in any way relating thereto or arising out of any other transaction between Landlord and Tenant.

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LANDLORD AND TENANT enter into this Amendment on December 1, 2016.

 

LANDLORD :
CRESCENT 1301 MCKINNEY, L.P. ,
a Delaware limited partnership
By:   Crescent 1301 GP, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company,
  its General Partner
  By:  

/s/ Dianna A. Russo

    Dianna A. Russo
    President

 

TENANT :

KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC. ,

a Maryland corporation

By:

 

/s/ Katherine I. Hargis

 

Name:

 

Katherine I. Hargis

 

Title:

 

Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

 

LOGO

 

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EXHIBIT A-1

 

 

LOGO

 

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Exhibit A-1-i


EXHIBIT A-2

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

BILL OF SALE

 

STATE OF TEXAS    §   
   §    KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
COUNTY OF HARRIS    §   

That KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC. , a Maryland corporation (“ Seller ”), for and in consideration of the sum of Ten and 00/100 Dollars ($10.00) and other valuable consideration, grants, conveys, sells, assigns and delivers unto CRESCENT 1301 MCKINNEY, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Buyer ”), its successors and assigns, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the furniture and office furnishings (the “ Furniture ”) located on floor 16 of the Premises, in the building situated at 1301 McKinney, Houston, Texas, in “AS-IS” condition, without warranty, whether statutory, express or implied, including without limitation any IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE . Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Bill of Sale, capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meanings as in the Office Lease dated effective as of January 26, 2005, as heretofore amended including without limitation the Twenty-Fourth Amendment thereto (the “ Twenty-Fourth Amendment ”) (as so amended, the “ Lease ”).

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE FURNITURE unto Buyer forever.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller and Buyer have caused this instrument to be duly executed this 1st day of December, 2016, to be effective as of the “Surrender Date” (as defined in the Twenty-Fourth Amendment).

 

SELLER :
KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC. ,
a Maryland corporation
By:  

/s/ Katherine I. Hargis

  Name:  

Katherine I. Hargis

  Title:  

Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

BUYER :
CRESCENT 1301 MCKINNEY, L.P. ,
a Delaware limited partnership
By:   Crescent 1301 GP, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company,
  its General Partner
  By:  

/s/ Dianna A. Russo

    Dianna A. Russo
    President

 

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Exhibit B-ii

Exhibit 99.1

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

In re:

 

KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC., et al. 1

 

Debtors.

  

Chapter 11

 

Case No. 16-12306 (BLS)

 

(Jointly Administered)

 

Ref. Docket Nos. 18, 19, 21, 179

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER (I) APPROVING THE DEBTORS’ (A) DISCLOSURE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 1125 AND 1126(b) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, (B) SOLICITATION OF VOTES AND SOLICITATION PROCEDURES, (C) FORMS OF BALLOTS, (D) RIGHTS OFFERING PROCEDURES AND RIGHTS OFFERING MATERIALS, AND (E) ENTRY INTO THE BACKSTOP ESCROW AGREEMENT; (II) AUTHORIZING (A) THE DEBTORS’ ASSUMPTION OF THE BACKSTOP AGREEMENT, THE RIGHTS OFFERING ESCROW AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES OTHER THAN THOSE IDENTIFIED FOR REJECTION AND (B) THE DEBTORS’ REJECTION OF THOSE EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES IDENTIFIED ON THE REJECTED EXECUTORY CONTRACT AND UNEXPIRED LEASE LIST; AND (III) CONFIRMING THE JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC., ET AL. UNDER CHAPTER 11 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE

Key Energy Services, Inc. (“ Key ”) and its affiliated debtors in the above-captioned chapter 11 cases (the “ Chapter 11 Cases ”), as debtors and debtors in possession (collectively, the “ Debtors ”), having proposed and filed:

 

  (A) that certain Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Key Energy Services, Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code , dated September 21, 2016 (Dkt. No. 18) and filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “ Court ”) on October 24, 2016, (as supplemented by the Plan Supplement (as defined below), and as otherwise modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the terms thereof and this Order, the “ Plan ”), 2 annexed hereto as Exhibit A ;

 

1   The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases, together with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, are as follows: Misr Key Energy Investments, LLC (4528), Key Energy Services, Inc. (8081), Key Energy Services, LLC (5567), and Misr Key Energy Services, LLC (7527). The mailing address for each Debtor is 1301 McKinney Street, Suite 1800, Houston, Texas 77010.
2   Capitalized terms used but not otherwise herein defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan.


  (B) that certain supplement to the Plan, dated and filed with the Court on November 21, 2016 and December 5, 2016 (Dkt. Nos. 196, 239) (as the documents contained therein have been or may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “ Plan Supplement ”);

 

  (C) that certain Disclosure Statement for the Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Key Energy Services, Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code , dated September 21, 2016 and filed with the Court on October 24, 2016 (Dkt. No. 19) (the “ Disclosure Statement ”);

 

  (D) that certain Memorandum of Law and Omnibus Reply in Support of (I) Approval of the Debtors’ (A) Disclosure Statement Pursuant to Sections 1125 and 1126(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, (B) Solicitation of Votes and Solicitation Procedures, and (C) Forms of Ballots; (II) Authorization of (A) the Debtors’ Assumption of All Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Other Than Those Identified for Rejection and (B) the Debtors’ Rejection of Those Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Identified on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List; and (III) Confirmation of the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Key Energy Services, Inc., Et Al. Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code filed with the Court on December 2, 2016 (the “ Confirmation Brief ”);

 

  (E) appropriate ballots (the “ Ballots ”) for voting on the Plan, in the forms attached as Exhibits B1, B2 and B3 to the Debtors’ Motion for Entry of an Order (I) Scheduling Combined Hearing on (A) Adequacy of Disclosure Statement, (B) Confirmation of Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization, and (C) the Assumption of Executory Contracts and Cure Costs; (II) Fixing the Deadlines to Object to Disclosure Statement, Prepackaged Plan, and Proposed Assumption or Rejection of Executory Contracts and Cure Costs; (III) Approving (A) Prepetition Solicitation Procedures, (B) Form and Manner of Notice of Commencement, Combined Hearing, Assumption of Executory Contracts and Cure Costs Related Thereto, and Objection Deadlines, and (C) Form and Manner of Notice of Equity Holder Election Forms; (IV) Conditionally (A) Directing the United States Trustee not to Convene Section 341(a) Meeting of Creditors and (B) Waiving Requirement of Filing Statements of Financial Affairs and Schedules of Assets and Liabilities; and (V) Granting Related Relief , dated October 24, 2016 (Dkt. No. 17) (the “ Scheduling Motion ”), with such Ballots having been duly transmitted to the Holders of Claims in compliance with the procedures (the “ Solicitation Procedures ”) set forth in the Scheduling Motion, as evidenced by that certain Declaration of Jane Sullivan on Behalf of Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, Regarding Service of Solicitation Packages and Rights Offering Materials and Tabulation of Ballots Cast on the Joint Prepackaged Plan of Key Energy Services, Inc., et al. Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code , dated October 24, 2016 (Dkt. No. 20) (the “ Voting Affidavit ”);

 

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  (F) forms of the Election Form for Holders of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock in Accordance with Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Key Energy Services, Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code: For Beneficial Owners Who Hold Their Stock Through a Nominee and the Election Form for Holders of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock in Accordance with Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Key Energy Services, Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code: For Registered Holders on the Books of the Transfer Agent (collectively, the “ Equity Holder Election Forms ”), copies of which were attached as Exhibits 3 and 4 to the Order (i) Scheduling Combined Hearing on (a) Adequacy of Disclosure Statement, (b) Confirmation of Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization, and (c) the Assumption of Executory Contracts and Cure Costs; (ii) Fixing the Deadlines to Object to Disclosure Statement, Prepackaged Plan, and Proposed Assumption or Rejection of Executory Contracts and Cure Costs; (iii) Approving (a) Prepetition Solicitation Procedures, (b) Form and Manner of Notice of Commencement, Combined Hearing, Assumption of Executory Contracts and Cure Costs Related Thereto, and Objection Deadlines, and (c) Form and Manner of Notice of Equity Holder Election Forms; (iv) Conditionally (a) Directing the United States Trustee Not to Convene Section 341(a) Meeting of Creditors and (b) Waiving Requirement of Filing Statements of Financial Affairs and Schedules of Assets And Liabilities; and (v) Granting Related Relief , on October 25, 2016 (Dkt. No. 76) (the “ Scheduling Order ”);

 

  (G) the Notice of Filing of Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List and List of Assumed Contracts as to Which Cure Costs Are Other Than $0.00 in Connection With the Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Key Energy Services, Inc. and Its Debtor Affiliates pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the “ Executory Contract Notice ”), filed with the Court on November 14, 2016 (Dkt. No. 174);

 

  (H) materials sent to Holders of Senior Notes Claims and Existing Key Common Stock to facilitate the participation of Qualifying Noteholders and Qualifying Equity Holders in the prepetition Rights Offering, including the Qualifying Noteholder Rights Offering Procedures and the Qualifying Equity Holder Rights Offering Procedures (collectively, the “ Rights Offering Procedures ”), the Qualifying Noteholder Rights Exercise Form , the Qualifying Equity Holder Rights Exercise Form , the Pre-Qualification and Certification Form for Qualifying Equity Holders , and the Pre-Qualification and Certification Form for Registered Qualifying Equity Holders (collectively, the “ Rights Offering Materials ”), copies of which were attached as Exhibits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 to the Debtors’ Motion for Entry of an Order (I) Approving the Rights Offering Procedures and Related Forms; (II) Authorizing the Debtors to Assume the Backstop Agreement and Pay the Backstop Obligations; (III) Authorizing the Debtors to Assume the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement; (IV) Approving the Debtors’ Entry Into the Backstop Escrow Agreement; and (V) Granting Related Relief (the “ Rights Offering and Backstop Motion ”), filed with the Court on November 15, 2015 (Dkt. No. 179);

 

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  (I) that certain Backstop Commitment Agreement, dated September 21, 2016, by and among Key and the Backstop Participants party thereto (the “ Backstop Agreement ”), a copy of which was attached as Exhibit 7 to the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion;

 

  (J) that certain Escrow Agreement, dated September 21, 2016, by and between Key and Capital One, N.A. (the “ Rights Offering Escrow Agreement ”), a copy of which was attached as Exhibit 8 to the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion;

 

  (K) that certain Backstop Escrow Agreement, dated November 17, 2016, by and among Key, Capital One, N.A., and the Backstop Participants party thereto (the “ Backstop Escrow Agreement ” and, together with the Rights Offering Escrow Agreements the “ Escrow Agreements ”), a copy of which was attached as Exhibit 9 to the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion; and

 

  (L) that certain Plan Support Agreement, dated August 24, 2016 (including all exhibits attached thereto and as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “ Plan Support Agreement ”), a copy of which was attached as Exhibit B to the Debtors’ Motion for Entry of an Order Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 105(a) and 365(a) and Bankruptcy Rule 6006(I) Authorizing the Assumption of the Plan Support Agreement, and (II) Granting Related Relief (Dkt. No. 21) (the “ PSA Motion ”), the Debtors’ assumption of which was authorized by, and deemed effective upon, the Court’s entry of the Order Pursuant to Sections 105(a) and 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code Authorizing the Assumption of the Plan Support Agreement and Granting Related Relief (Dkt. No. 225) (the “ PSA Order ”);

and the Court having entered the Scheduling Order, which, among other things, scheduled the combined hearing to approve the Disclosure Statement and consider confirmation of the Plan and any objections to the assumption (or related Cure Costs) or rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases for December 6, 2016 (the “ Combined Hearing ”); and due, proper, timely and adequate notice of the Combined Hearing (the “ Combined Notice ”) having been given to Holders of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors and other parties in interest in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the “ Bankruptcy Rules ”), the Local Rules of Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “ Local Rules ”), the Scheduling Order, and the Solicitation

 

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Procedures, as established by (i) the Affidavit of Service regarding the service of the Combined Notice, dated November 1, 2016, 2016 (Dkt. No. 111) (the “ Combined Notice Affidavit ”) and (ii) the Affidavit of Publication Re: Notice of (A) Commencement of Prepackaged Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases, (B) Combined Hearing on the Disclosure Statement, Confirmation of the Joint Plan of Reorganization, and Related Matters, (C) Assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases and Cure Costs, and (D) Objection Deadlines, and Summary of the Plan of Reorganization , filed with the Court on November 28, 2016 (Dkt. No. 216) (the “ Publication Notice Affidavit ”), and such notice being sufficient under the circumstances and no further notice being required; and the Equity Holder Election Forms having been served on Holders of Existing Key Common Stock or their nominees on November 4, 2016, as established by the Affidavit of Service regarding the service of the Equity Holder Election Forms, dated November 28, 2016 (Dkt. No. 215) (the “ Election Form Affidavit ”); and due, proper, timely and adequate notice of the Executory Contract Notice having been given to non-Debtor parties to the Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases identified on either the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List (as defined below) or the Non-Zero Cure Cost List (as defined below) contained in the Executory Contract Notice, as established by the Affidavit of Service regarding the service of the Executory Contract Notice, dated November 21, 2016, 2016 (Dkt. No. 188) (the “ Executory Contract Notice Affidavit ”); and due, proper, timely and adequate notice of the Plan Supplement having been given to Holders of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors and other parties in interest in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Solicitation Procedures, as established by the Affidavit of Service regarding the service of the Notice of Filing of Plan Supplement to the Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Key Energy Services, Inc. and Its Debtor Affiliates (the “ Plan Supplement Notice ”), dated November 30,

 

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2016 (Dkt. No. 221) and the Affidavit of Service regarding the service of the Notice of Filing of First Amendment to Plan Supplement for the Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Key Energy Services, Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates , dated December 5, 2016 (Dkt. No. 240) (collectively, the “ Plan Supplement Affidavits ” and, together with the Combined Notice Affidavit, the Publication Notice Affidavit, the Election Form Affidavit and the Executory Contract Notice Affidavit, the “ Notice Affidavits ”), and such filings and notices thereof being sufficient under the circumstances and no further notice being required; and based upon and after full consideration of the entire record of the Combined Hearing, including (A) the Disclosure Statement, (B) the Plan (including the Plan Supplement), (C) the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion, (D) the Declaration of J. Marshall Dodson in Support of the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Petitions and First Day Pleadings (Dkt. No. 4), (E) the Voting Affidavit, (F) the Declaration of Michael J. Genereux in Support of the Debtors’ (a) Motion for Entry of an Order (I) Approving the Rights Offering Procedures and Related Forms, (II) Authorizing the Debtors to Assume the Backstop Agreement and Pay the Backstop Obligations, (III) Authorizing the Debtors to Assume the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement, (IV) Approving the Debtors’ Entry Into the Backstop Escrow Agreement, and (V) Granting Related Relief; and (b) Request for Entry of an Order, Inter Alia , (I) Approving the Disclosure Statement and (II) Confirming the Debtors Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization , filed with the Court on December 2, 2016 (the “ Genereux Declaration ”), (G) the Declaration of J. Marshall Dodson in Support of the Debtors’ Request for an Order (I) Approving the Debtors’ (A) Disclosure Statement Pursuant to Sections 1125 and 1126(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, (B) Solicitation of Votes and Voting Procedures, (C) Forms of Ballots, and (D) Rights Offering Procedures, and (E) Entry Into the Backstop Escrow Agreement; (II) Authorizing (A) the Debtors’ Assumption of the Backstop Agreement, the Rights

 

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Offering Escrow Agreement and All Other Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Other Than Those Identified for Rejection and (B) the Debtors’ Rejection of Those Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Identified on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List; and (III) Confirming the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Key Energy Services, Inc., et al. Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code , filed with the Court on December 2, 2016 (the “ Dodson Declaration ”), (H) the Declaration of Jane Sullivan on Behalf of Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, Regarding Results of Prepetition Rights Offering and Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription , filed with the Court on December 2, 2016 (the “ Epiq Rights Offering Affidavit ”), and (I) the Confirmation Brief; and any objections or responses to the approval of the Disclosure Statement, confirmation of the Plan, the Solicitation and Solicitation Procedures, the assumption or rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases or the Cure Costs associated with any such assumption, the Debtors’ assumption of the Backstop Agreement or the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement, and/or the Court’s approval of the Rights Offering Procedures and the Debtors’ entry into the Backstop Escrow Agreement all having been withdrawn, resolved or otherwise overruled by the Court; and the Court being familiar with the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Backstop Agreement, the Rights Offering Procedures, the Escrow Agreements, the Solicitation, the Solicitation Procedures, and other relevant factors affecting the Chapter 11 Cases (including the Plan Support Agreement); and the Court being familiar with, and having taken judicial notice of, the entire record of the Chapter 11 Cases; and upon the arguments of counsel and the evidence proffered and adduced at the Combined Hearing; and the Court having found and determined that the relief set forth herein should be granted as reflected by the Court’s rulings made herein and at the Combined Hearing; and after due deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor; the Court hereby FINDS, DETERMINES, AND CONCLUDES that:

 

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FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

A. Findings and Conclusions . The findings and conclusions set forth herein and in the record of the Combined Hearing constitute the Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as made applicable herein by Bankruptcy Rules 7052 and 9014. To the extent any of the following findings of fact constitute conclusions of law, they are adopted as such. To the extent any of the following conclusions of law constitute findings of fact, they are adopted as such.

B. Jurisdiction, Venue, Core Proceeding (28 U.S.C. §§   157(b)(2), 1334(a)) . The Court has jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334, and the Amended Standing Order of Reference from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware dated February 29, 2012. Approval of the Disclosure Statement and confirmation of the Plan are core proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b) and this Court has jurisdiction to enter a final order with respect thereto. The Debtors are eligible debtors under section 109 of the Bankruptcy Code. Venue is proper before this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409. The Debtors are proper plan proponents under section 1121(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Court has exclusive jurisdiction (i) to determine whether the Plan complies with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and should be confirmed and (ii) to enter a final order with respect thereto.

C. Chapter 11 Petitions and Joint Administration of the Chapter 11 Cases . On October 24, 2016 (the “ Petition Date ”), each Debtor commenced with this Court a voluntary case under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Since the Petition Date, the Debtors have operated their businesses and managed their properties and are authorized to continue to operate and manage their businesses and properties, respectively, as debtors in possession pursuant to

 

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sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code. No trustee or examiner has been appointed pursuant to section 1104 of the Bankruptcy Code. No statutory committee of unsecured creditors has been appointed pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code. Further, in accordance with the Order Directing Joint Administration of Related Chapter 11 Cases , dated October 25, 2016 (Dkt. No. 63), the Chapter 11 Cases have been consolidated for procedural purposes only and are being jointly administered pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 1015(b).

D. Judicial Notice . The Court takes judicial notice of the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases maintained by the Clerk of the Court, including all pleadings and other documents filed, all orders entered, all hearing transcripts, and all evidence and arguments made, proffered, or adduced at the hearings held before the Court during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases.

E. Burden of Proof . Each of the Debtors has met the burden of proving the elements of sections 1129(a) and (b) of the Bankruptcy Code by a preponderance of the evidence, the applicable evidentiary standard for confirmation.

F. Adequacy of Disclosure Statement . The Disclosure Statement (a) contains sufficient information of a kind necessary to satisfy the disclosure requirements of all applicable non-bankruptcy law, including the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), (b) contains “adequate information” (as such term is defined in section 1125(a)(1) and used in section 1126(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code) with respect to the Debtors, the Plan, and the transactions set forth therein, and (c) is approved in all respects. The filing of the Disclosure Statement with the clerk of the Court satisfied Bankruptcy Rule 3016(b).

G. Voting . As evidenced by the Voting Affidavit, votes to accept or reject the Plan have been solicited and tabulated fairly, in good faith, and in a manner consistent with

 

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the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, and applicable non-bankruptcy law. As described more fully in the Voting Affidavit, the Plan has been accepted by 100% in amount and 100% in number of the Term Loan Claims (Class 3) and 99.89% in amount and 93.88% in number of the Senior Notes Claims (Class 5).

H. Solicitation . Prior to the Petition Date, the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Ballots, and a cover letter from the Debtors (collectively, the “ Solicitation Materials ”), were transmitted and served in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code, including sections 1125 and 1126 thereof, the Bankruptcy Rules, including Bankruptcy Rules 3017 and 3018, the Local Rules, and any applicable non-bankruptcy law, as applicable. The Ballots addressed the particular needs of these Chapter 11 Cases and were appropriately tailored to afford Holders of Claims in Class 3 (Term Loan Claims) and Class 5 (Senior Notes Claims) – the Classes of Claims entitled under the Plan to vote to accept or reject the Plan – an opportunity to vote on the Plan and elect whether or not to grant the release set forth in Section VIII.F of the Plan. The period during which the Debtors solicited acceptances to the Plan complied with applicable non-bankruptcy law and was a reasonable period of time for voting Holders to make an informed decision to accept or reject the Plan. The Debtors were not required to solicit votes from the Holders of claims in Class 1 (Priority Non-Tax Claims), Class 2 (Other Secured Claims), Class 4 (ABL Credit Facility Claims), Class 6 (General Unsecured Claims), Class 7 (Intercompany Claims), and Interests in Class 10 (Intercompany Interests) as each of such Classes is Unimpaired under the Plan. The Debtors also were not required to solicit votes from the Holders of Interests in Class 8 (Existing Key Common Stock) and Class 9 (Other Key Equity Interests), as each of such Classes is not entitled to receive or retain any property on account of their Interests under the Plan and is deemed to reject the Plan. As described in and as evidenced by

 

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the Voting Affidavit, the transmittal and service of the Solicitation Materials was timely, adequate, sufficient, and appropriate under the circumstances. No other or further notice is required. The prepetition solicitation of votes on the Plan (the “ Solicitation ”) complied with the Solicitation Procedures, was appropriate and satisfactory based upon the circumstances of the Chapter 11 Cases, was conducted in good faith, and was in compliance with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, and the Local Rules, and any other applicable rules, laws and regulations (including sections 3(a)(9) and 18(b)(4)(E) of the Securities Act). As set forth in the Voting Affidavit, the Solicitation Materials were distributed to the Classes of Claims entitled under the Plan to vote to accept or reject the Plan, as of September 16, 2016 (the date specified in such documents for the purpose of voting) (the “ Voting Record Date ”). The establishment and notice of the Voting Record Date were reasonable and sufficient.

I. Notice . As is evidenced by the applicable Notice Affidavits, the transmittal and service of the Combined Notice, the Equity Holder Election Forms, and the Executory Contract Notice (the “ Notice Materials ”) were timely, adequate, sufficient, and appropriate under the circumstances and complied with the Scheduling Order. All parties required to be given notice of the Combined Hearing (including the deadlines for filing and serving objections to the adequacy of the Disclosure Statement, confirmation of the Plan, the release provisions therein, the assumption (and related Cure Costs) and rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, and the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion) have been given due, proper, timely and adequate notice thereof in accordance with the Scheduling Order and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, and applicable non-bankruptcy law, and such parties have had an opportunity to appear and be heard with respect thereto. No other or further notice is required.

 

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J. Plan Supplement . On November 21, 2016, and December 5, 2016, the Debtors filed the Plan Supplement containing forms of the following documents: (i) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Reorganized Key Energy Services, Inc. (the “ Parent Certificate ”); (ii) the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Reorganized Key Energy Services, Inc.; (iii) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of Reorganized Key Energy Services, LLC (the “ OpCo Certificate ”); (iv) the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Reorganized Key Energy Services, LLC; (v) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of Reorganized Misr Key Energy Investments, LLC (the “ MKEI Certificate ”); (vi) the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Reorganized Misr Key Energy Investments, LLC; (vii) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of Reorganized Misr Key Energy Services, LLC (the “ MKES Certificate ” and, together with the Parent Certificate, the OpCo Certificate, and the MKEI Certificate, the “ New Certificates ”); (viii) the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Reorganized Misr Key Energy Services, LLC; (ix) the New Warrant Agreement; (x) the List of Reorganized Debtors’ Board Members and Officers; (xi) the Investor Rights Agreement; (xii) the Platinum Letter Agreement between Key and Platinum Equity Advisors filed as Exhibit L to the Plan Supplement (the “ Platinum Letter Agreement ”); (xiii) certain New ABL Credit Documents (including, that certain Commitment for Senior Credit Exit Facility Letter dated November 20, 2016 (the “ New ABL Commitment Letter ”) and attached term sheet (the “ New ABL Term Sheet ”)) setting forth the material terms of the New ABL Credit Facility Documents; (xiv) the New Term Loan Credit Agreement; (xv) the New MIP and the Terms of the New MIP; (xvi) a List of Retained Causes of Action; and (xvii) the Executory Contract Notice containing the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List (as such list has been or may hereafter,

 

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until the Effective Date, be altered, amended, modified or supplemented by the Debtors on no less than three (3) Business Days’ notice to the non-Debtor parties thereto, subject to the prior written consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders to the amendment thereof, the “ Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List ”) and the List of Assumed Contracts as to Which Cure Costs Are Other Than $0.00 (as such list has been or may hereafter, until the Effective Date, be altered, amended, modified or supplemented by the Debtors on no less than three (3) Business Days’ notice to the non-Debtor parties thereto, subject to the prior written consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders to the amendment thereof, the “ Non-Zero Cure Cost List ”). As set forth in the Plan Supplement Affidavits, the Plan Supplement Notice was served on those parties entitled to receive notice under Bankruptcy Rule 2002 on November 21, 2016, and December 5, 2016. The Plan Supplement complies with the Bankruptcy Code and the terms of the Plan, and the filing and notice of such documents are good and proper in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, the Solicitation Procedures and applicable non-bankruptcy law and no other or further notice is required. All documents included in the Plan Supplement are integral to, part of, and incorporated by reference into the Plan. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Debtors’ right to alter, amend, update, or modify the Plan Supplement, as well as the documents set forth therein, before the Effective Date is reserved. All parties required to be given notice were provided adequate, sufficient and appropriate notice of the Plan Supplement.

K. Plan Compliance with the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(1)) . The Plan complies with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including sections 1122 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, and, as required by Bankruptcy Rule 3016(a) , the Plan is dated and identifies the Debtors as proponents, thereby satisfying section 1129(a)(1) of the

 

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Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors appropriately filed the Disclosure Statement and the Plan with the Court, thereby satisfying Bankruptcy Rule 3016(b). The injunction, release and exculpation provisions in the Disclosure Statement and Plan describe, in bold font and with specific and conspicuous language, all acts to be enjoined and identify the entities that will be subject to the injunction, thereby satisfying Bankruptcy Rule 3016(c).

(a) Proper Classification (11 U.S.C. §§   1122, 1123(a)(1)) . In addition to Administrative Expense Claims (including Professional Fee Claims) and Priority Tax Claims, which need not be classified, Sections III.B and III.C of the Plan classify seven (7) Classes of Claims against, and three (3) Classes of Interests in, the Debtors. The Claims or Interests placed in each Class are substantially similar to the other Claims or Interests, as the case may be, in such Class. Valid business, factual, and legal reasons exist for separately classifying the various Classes of Claims and Interests created under the Plan, the classifications were not promulgated for any improper purpose, and such Classes do not unfairly discriminate between Holders of Claims and Interests. The Plan therefore satisfies sections 1122 and 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(b) Specified Unimpaired Classes (11 U.S.C. §   1123(a)(2)) . Sections III.B and III.C of the Plan specify that Class 1 (Priority Non-Tax Claims), Class 2 (Other Secured Claims), Class 4 (ABL Credit Facility Claims), Class 6 (General Unsecured Claims), Class 7 (Intercompany Claims), and Class 10 (Intercompany Interests) are unimpaired under the Plan within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(c) Specified Treatment of Impaired Classes (11 U.S.C. §   1123(a)(3)) . Sections III.B and III.C of the Plan designate Class 3 (Term Loan Claims), Class 5 (Senior Notes

 

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Claims), Class 8 (Existing Key Common Stock), and Class 9 (Other Key Equity Interests) as impaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code and specify the treatment of the Claims and Interests in those Classes, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(d) No Discrimination (11 U.S.C. §   1123(a)(4)) . The Plan provides for the same treatment by the Debtors for each Claim or Interest in each respective Class unless the Holder of a particular Claim or Interest has agreed to a less favorable treatment of such Claim or Interest, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(e) Implementation of the Plan (11 U.S.C. §   1123(a)(5)) . The Plan and the various documents and agreements set forth in the Plan Supplement provide adequate and proper means for the implementation of the Plan, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, including, without limitation, (i) the continued corporate existence of the Reorganized Debtors, (ii) all corporate action as set forth more fully in Section IV.T of the Plan, (iii) funding of the Plan, (iv) the cancellation of certain securities and agreements, (v) the cancellation of certain existing security interests, and (vi) the taking of all necessary or appropriate actions by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to effectuate the Restructuring under and in connection with the Plan.

(f) Non-Voting Equity Securities / Allocation of Voting Power (11 U.S.C. §   1123(a)(6)) . The New Certificates prohibit the issuance of non-voting equity securities, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code. The issuance of Reorganized Key Common Stock, the Preferred Voting Share, and membership interests in the remaining Reorganized Debtors complies with section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code. Section V.D of the Plan provides that on the Effective Date, the New Key Board and the New Subsidiary Boards

 

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shall be deemed to have adopted, as applicable, the New Key Constituent Documents and any new or amended formation documents for Reorganized Key Energy Services, LLC, Reorganized Misr Key Energy Investments, LLC, and Reorganized Misr Key Energy Services, LLC (collectively, the “ New Organizational Documents ”). The New Organizational Documents for each of the Reorganized Debtors, forms of which have been filed in exhibits to the Plan Supplement and each of which shall be duly filed with the applicable Secretary of State and/or other applicable authorities on or promptly after the Effective Date, prohibit the issuance of non-voting equity securities in each of the Reorganized Debtors, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(g) Designation of Directors and Officers (11 U.S.C. §   1123(a)(7)) . The New Organizational Documents and Section IV.W of the Plan contain provisions with respect to the manner of selection of directors and officers of the Reorganized Debtors that are consistent with the interests of creditors, equity security holders, and public policy, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code. Except as provided in the Plan Supplement or in another disclosure made prior to or at the Combined Hearing, the officers of the respective Debtors immediately before the Effective Date shall serve as the initial officers of each of the corresponding Reorganized Debtors upon the Effective Date and in accordance with any Assumed Employee Agreement and applicable non-bankruptcy law.

(h) Debtors Are Not Individuals (11 U.S.C. §§   1123(a)(8), 1123(c)) . The Debtors are not individuals, and accordingly, sections 1123(a)(8) and 1123(c) of the Bankruptcy Code are inapplicable in these Chapter 11 Cases.

(i) Impairment/Unimpairment of Classes of Claims and Interests (11 U.S.C. §   1123(b)(1)) . Pursuant to Sections III.B and III.C of the Plan, as set forth in section 1123(b)(1)

 

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of the Bankruptcy Code, Class 1 (Priority Non-Tax Claims), Class 2 (Other Secured Claims), Class 4 (ABL Credit Facility Claims), Class 6 (General Unsecured Claims), Class 7 (Intercompany Claims) and Class 10 (Intercompany Interests) are unimpaired, and Class 3 (Term Loan Claims), Class 5 (Senior Notes Claims), Class 8 (Existing Key Common Stock), and Class 9 (Other Key Equity Interests) are impaired.

(j) Assumption and Rejection (11 U.S.C. §   1123(b)(2)) . Article V of the Plan addresses the assumption and rejection of executory contracts and unexpired leases, and meets the requirements of section 365(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. Pursuant to Section V.A of the Plan, as of and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, all Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to which any of the Debtors are parties shall be deemed assumed with a proposed Cure Cost of $0.00, except for any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease (a) identified on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, (b) identified on the Non-Zero Cure Cost List, (c) which is the subject of a separate motion or notice to reject filed by the Debtors and pending as of the Combined Hearing, (d) that expired or was terminated prior to the date of entry of this Confirmation Order, or (e) which previously has been assumed or rejected pursuant to an order of the Court. In accordance with the Scheduling Order and Section IV.B of the Plan, the Debtors have filed and served, as set forth in the Affidavit of Service regarding the service of the Combined Notice, dated November 1, 2016 (Dkt. No. 111), the Combined Notice on all non-Debtor parties to the Debtors’ Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases notifying each such party (i) that its Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease would be assumed with a proposed Cure Cost of $0.00 unless it (a) is identified on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, (b) is identified on the Non-Zero Cure Cost List; (c) has been previously assumed or rejected pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court, (d) is the

 

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subject of a separate motion or notice to reject filed by the Debtors and pending as of the Combined Hearing, or (e) has expired or terminated pursuant to its own terms and (ii) of the procedures for objecting to the assumption or rejection of, and/or the proposed Cure Cost for, such party’s Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease and for the resolution of disputes by the Court. Pursuant to the Scheduling Order, the Debtors have filed the Executory Contract Notice and served it on all non-Debtor Parties to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases listed on (i) the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List and (ii) the Non-Zero Cure Cost List, as set forth in the Affidavit of Service regarding the service of the Executory Contract Notice, dated November 21, 2016, 2016 (Dkt. No. 188). The Debtors have provided timely, adequate, sufficient and appropriate notice to each non-Debtor counterparty to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease assumed or rejected by the Debtors during the Chapter 11 Cases. Any and all objections to the Debtors’ assumption or rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, or to any Cure Costs associated therewith, pursuant to Article V of the Plan, have been resolved or are hereby overruled as set forth in this Order, other than (i) the letter objection filed by John Albertson and Marilyn Albertson as Representatives of the owners of the Susan Salt Water Disposal Well (Dkt. No. 217) and (ii) the Objection and Reservation of Rights of Cooper Management, LLC to Notice of Rejection and Confirmation of Plan (Dkt. No. 218), as supplemented (Dkt. No. 224) which are overruled as to any objection to confirmation of the Plan, but otherwise reserved for further resolution by this Court to the extent not resolved by the Debtors in consultation with the Required Consenting Noteholders.

(k) Retention of Causes of Action and Reservation of Rights (11 U.S.C. §   1123(b)(3)) . Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, including Section VIII.E of the Plan and Exhibit P of the Plan Supplement, pursuant to section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code,

 

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the Reorganized Debtors shall retain and may enforce, sue on, settle or compromise (or decline to do any of the foregoing), solely to the extent not released under the Plan, all claims, rights, Causes of Action, defenses, rights of setoff or recoupment, suits and proceedings, whether in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, that the Debtors or their estates may hold against any Entity without the approval of the Court as fully as if the Chapter 11 Cases had not been commenced, including, without limitation, those Causes of Action identified on the List of Retained Causes of Action included in the Plan Supplement. The Reorganized Debtors or their successor(s) may pursue such retained claims, rights, or Causes of Action, suits or proceedings, including any and all legal and equitable rights in respect of any Unimpaired Claim, as appropriate, in accordance with the best interest of the Reorganized Debtors or any successor(s) who hold such rights.

(l) Unaffected Rights of Holders of Claims and Interests (11 U.S.C. §   1123(b)(5)) . The Plan leaves unaffected the rights of Holders of Claims and Interests in Class 1 (Priority Non-Tax Claims), Class 2 (Other Secured Claims), Class 4 (ABL Credit Facility Claims), Class 6 (General Unsecured Claims), Class 7 (Intercompany Claims) and Class 10 (Intercompany Interests). Thus, the Plan complies with section 1123(b)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(m) Additional Plan Provisions (11 U.S.C. §   1123(b)(6)) . The provisions of the Plan are appropriate and consistent with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, thereby satisfying section 1123(b)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(n) Cure of Defaults (11 U.S.C. §   1123(d)) . Section V.B of the Plan provides for the satisfaction of default claims, if any, associated with each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease to be assumed pursuant to the Plan in accordance with section 365(b)(1) of

 

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the Bankruptcy Code. The Cure Costs associated with each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease assumed pursuant to the Plan and this Order shall be $0, except that the Cure Cost for that certain Master Service Contract dated September 14, 2012 by and between Key Energy Services, LLC and Halcón Operating Co., Inc. (as amended to include that certain Addendum to Master Services Contract dated November 21, 2016 by and between Key Energy Services, LLC and Halcón Operating Co., Inc., the “ Halcón Master Service Contract ”) shall be $546,464.14, and except as may otherwise be explicitly provided herein. Thus, the Plan complies with section 1123(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.

L. The Debtors’ Compliance with the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(2)) . The Debtors have complied with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. Specifically:

(a) Each of the Debtors is an eligible debtor under section 109 of the Bankruptcy Code; and

(b) The Debtors have complied with applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, except as otherwise provided or permitted by orders of the Court, and in transmitting the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Disclosure Statement, the Ballots, and related documents and notices, including the Combined Notice, and in soliciting and tabulating the votes on the Plan, the Debtors have complied with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including sections 1125 and 1126(b), the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, applicable non-bankruptcy law, the Scheduling Order, and all other applicable law.

M. Plan Proposed in Good Faith (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(3)) . The Debtors have proposed the Plan (and all documents necessary to effectuate the Plan) in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law, thereby satisfying section 1129(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code. The

 

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Debtors’ good faith is evident from the facts and record of these Chapter 11 Cases, the Disclosure Statement, and the record of the Combined Hearing, and other proceedings held in these Chapter 11 Cases. The Plan was proposed with the legitimate and honest purpose of maximizing the value of the Debtors’ Estates and to effectuate a successful reorganization of the Debtors that will allow the Debtors to emerge from bankruptcy with capital and organizational structures that will enable them to conduct their businesses and satisfy their obligations with sufficient liquidity and capital resources. The Plan (including all documents necessary to effectuate the Plan) was negotiated at arm’s length and in good faith among representatives of the Debtors, the Supporting Creditors, and their respective professionals. Each of the Supporting Creditors party to the Plan Support Agreement, supports confirmation of the Plan. Further, the Plan’s classification, indemnification, exculpation, release, and injunction provisions have been negotiated in good faith and at arm’s length, are consistent with sections 105, 1122, 1123(b)(3)(A), 1123(b)(6), 1129, and 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code, and are each necessary for the Debtors’ successful reorganization.

N. Payment for Services or Costs and Expenses (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(4)) . The Plan complies with section 1129(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code. The payments for services or costs and expenses in or in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, or in connection with the Plan and incidental to the Chapter 11 Cases, including Claims for professional fees that have been or will be paid by a Debtor, have been, hereby are, or will be, authorized by order of the Bankruptcy Court or are otherwise permitted under the Bankruptcy Code. In connection with the foregoing, the Debtors have agreed to pay accrued and unpaid reasonable and documented fees and expenses (collectively, the “ Restructuring Fees and Expenses ”) of: (a) Sidley Austin LLP, (b) Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, (c) Alvarez & Marsal North America, LLC, (d)

 

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Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, (e) PJT Partners LP, (f) Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, (g) Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, (h) Buchalter Nemer LLP, (i) Dore Law Group, P.C., (j) Ernst and Young LLP, (k) Ewing & Jones, PLLC, (l) Gordon Arata Mccollam Duplantis Eagen LLC, (m) Grant Thornton LLP, (n) Hinkle Shanor, LLP, (o) Keith B. Willhelm, (p) King & Spalding LLP, (q) Klein, Denatale, Goldner, Cooper, Rosenlib & Kimball, LLP, (r) KPMG LLP, (s) Longnecker & Associates Inc., (t) Newmeyer & Dillon, (u) Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., (v) Porter & Hedges, (w) Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP, (x) Rice & Associates, P.C., (y) Vinson & Elkins LLP, (z) Vogel Law Firm, (aa) Weycer, Kaplan, Pulaski & Zuber, PC, (bb) Davis Polk & Wardwall LLP, (cc) Latham & Watkins LLP and one firm serving as local counsel to the ABL Agent, (dd) Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, (ee) Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, (ff) Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, (gg) Houlihan Lokey, Inc., (hh) Spears & Associates, (ii) TRC Environmental Corporation, (jj) Marsh LLC, (kk) Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc., (ll) Palm Tree Advisors (in an amount not to exceed $40,000), (mm) Evercore Partners, (nn) Richards Layton & Finger, (oo) Greenberg Traurig, LLP, (pp) Reed Smith LLP, and (qq) such other counsel as may be required to implement the Restructuring and approved by the Debtors and the Required Consenting Noteholders.

O. Directors, Officers, and Insiders (11 U.S.C §   1129(a)(5)) . The Debtors have complied with section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code. The identity and affiliations of the persons proposed to serve as the initial directors and officers of the Reorganized Debtors upon the Effective Date of the Plan have been fully disclosed in exhibits to the Plan Supplement to the extent such information is available, and the appointment to, or continuance in, such offices of such persons is consistent with the interest of the Holders of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors and with public policy. The composition of the New Key Board and the

 

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New Subsidiary Boards and the lists of officers for the Reorganized Debtors have been disclosed prior to the Combined Hearing, which composition and lists may be amended at any time prior to the Effective Date. Each such member will serve in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Plan and the New Organizational Documents, as applicable.

P. No Rate Changes (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(6)) . The Plan does not provide for rate changes by any of the Reorganized Debtors. Thus, section 1129(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code is not applicable to these Chapter 11 Cases, the Debtors, and the Reorganized Debtors.

Q. Best Interest of Creditors (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(7)) . The Plan satisfies section 1129(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code. The liquidation analysis provided in the Disclosure Statement and other evidence proffered or adduced in the Dodson Declaration and at the Combined Hearing (i) are reasonable, persuasive, and credible as of the dates such analysis or evidence was prepared, presented, or proffered, (ii) utilize reasonable and appropriate methodologies and assumptions, (iii) have not been controverted by other evidence, and (iv) establish that each Holder of an Impaired Claim or Interest either has accepted the Plan or would not receive or retain property of greater value if the Debtors were liquidated under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code.

R. Acceptance by Certain Classes (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(8)) . Class 1 (Priority Non-Tax Claims), Class 2 (Other Secured Claims), Class 4 (ABL Credit Facility Claims), Class 6 (General Unsecured Claims), Class 7 (Intercompany Claims), and Class 10 (Intercompany Interests) are Classes of Unimpaired Claims and Interests that are conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan in accordance with section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Class 8 (Existing Key Common Stock) and Class 9 (Other Key Equity Interests) are Classes of Impaired Claims and Interests that are conclusively presumed to have rejected the Plan in accordance with section 1126(g)

 

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of the Bankruptcy Code. Class 3 (Term Loan Claims) and Class 5 (Senior Notes Claims) have voted to accept the Plan in accordance with sections 1126(b) and (c) of the Bankruptcy Code, without regard to the votes of insiders of the Debtors.

S. Treatment of Administrative Expense Claims, Professional Fee Claims and Priority Tax Claims (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(9)) . The treatment of Allowed Administrative Expense Claims and Professional Fee Claims pursuant to Sections II.A and II.B, respectively, of the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(a)(9)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code. The treatment of Priority Tax Claims pursuant to Section II.C of the Plan (as amended herein) satisfies the requirements of section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code. The treatment of Priority Non-Tax Claims pursuant to Section III.C.1 of the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(a)(9)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code. Pursuant to the Plan, no Holder of an Administrative Expense Claim other than a Holder of a Professional Fee Claim (who must file an application for final allowance of such Professional Fee Claim) is required to file a Proof of Claim or request for payment of administrative expenses under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. For the avoidance of doubt, professionals employed by the Debtors in the ordinary course of business shall not be required to file an application for final allowance of any post-petition amounts owed.

T. Acceptance by Impaired Class (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(10)) . Class 3 (Term Loan Claims) and Class 5 (Senior Notes Claims) have voted to accept the Plan by the requisite majorities, determined without including any acceptance of the Plan by any insider, thereby satisfying the requirements of section 1129(a)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code.

U. Feasibility (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(11)) . The information in the Disclosure Statement, the Genereux Declaration, and the Dodson Declaration, and the evidence proffered or

 

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adduced at the Combined Hearing (i) is reasonable, persuasive, credible, and accurate as of the dates such analysis or evidence was prepared, presented, or proffered, (ii) utilizes reasonable and appropriate methodologies and assumptions, (iii) has not been controverted by other evidence, and (iv) establishes that the Plan is feasible and that there is a reasonable prospect of the Reorganized Debtors being able to meet their financial obligations under the Plan and their business in the ordinary course and that confirmation of the Plan is not likely to be followed by the liquidation or the need for further financial reorganization of the Reorganized Debtors, thereby satisfying the requirements of section 1129(a)(11) of the Bankruptcy Code.

V. Payment of Fees (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(12)) . All fees currently payable under 28 U.S.C. § 1930, as determined by the Bankruptcy Code, have been or will be paid on or before the Effective Date pursuant to Section XII.C of the Plan, thereby satisfying the requirements of section 1129(a)(12) of the Bankruptcy Code.

W. Continuation of Retiree Benefits (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(13)) . No retiree benefits are being terminated pursuant to the Plan. Section V.H.1 of the Plan provides that, subject to Section IV.Y of the Plan and the specific provisions of Section V.H.1, all Compensation and Benefit Programs of the Debtors, including all Assumed Employee Agreements not designated for rejection or terminated prior to the date hereof, shall be treated as executory contracts and deemed assumed on the Effective Date.

X. No Domestic Support Obligations (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(14)) . The Debtors are not required by a judicial or administrative order, or by statute, to pay any domestic support obligation. Accordingly, section 1129(a)(14) of the Bankruptcy Code is inapplicable in these Chapter 11 Cases.

 

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Y. Debtors Are Not Individuals (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(15)) . The Debtors are not individuals, and accordingly, section 1129(a)(15) of the Bankruptcy Code is inapplicable in these Chapter 11 Cases.

Z. Debtors Are Not Nonprofit Corporations (11 U.S.C. §   1129(a)(16)) . The Debtors are not nonprofit corporations, and accordingly, section 1129(a)(16) of the Bankruptcy Code is inapplicable in these Chapter 11 Cases.

AA. No Unfair Discrimination; Plan Is Fair and Equitable (11 U.S.C. §   1129(b)) . Class 8 (Existing Key Common Stock) and Class 9 (Other Key Equity Interests) are deemed to have rejected the Plan. Based upon the evidence proffered, adduced, and presented by the Debtors prior to and at the Combined Hearing, all of the requirements of section 1129(a) of the Bankruptcy Code other than section 1129(a)(8) have been met, and the Plan does not discriminate unfairly with respect to, and is fair and equitable with respect to, the aforementioned Classes, as required by sections 1129(b)(1) and (b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, because no Holder of any interest that is junior to each such Class will receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of such junior interest, and no Holder of a Claim or Interest in a Class senior to such Classes is receiving more than 100% recovery on account of its Claim or Interest. Thus, the Plan may be confirmed notwithstanding the deemed rejection of the Plan by Classes 8 and 9.

BB. Only One Plan (11 U.S.C. §   1129(c)) . The Plan is the only plan filed in each of these Chapter 11 Cases, and accordingly, section 1129(c) of the Bankruptcy Code is inapplicable in these Chapter 11 Cases.

CC. Principal Purpose of the Plan (11 U.S.C. §   1129(d)) . The principal purpose of the Plan is not the avoidance of taxes or the avoidance of the application of section 5 of the Securities Act, and no governmental entity has objected to the confirmation of the Plan on any such grounds. The Plan, therefore, satisfies the requirements of section 1129(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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DD. Good Faith Solicitation (11 U.S.C. §   1125(e)) . Based on the record before the Court in these Chapter 11 Cases, including the Voting Affidavit, the Epiq Rights Offering Affidavit, and evidence presented at the Combined Hearing, the Exculpated Parties (i) have acted in “good faith” within the meaning of section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, and any applicable non-bankruptcy law, rule, or regulation governing the adequacy of disclosure in connection with all their respective activities relating to the Solicitation and Rights Offering and their participation in the activities described in section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (ii) shall be deemed to have participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code in the offer and issuance of any securities under the Plan, and therefore are not, and on account of such offer, issuance, and solicitation will not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the Solicitation and the Rights Offering or the offer and issuance of the securities under the Plan. Without limiting the foregoing, all Entities within the definition of Exculpated Parties are entitled to the protections afforded by section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Solicitation is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and state securities laws pursuant to sections 3(a)(9) and 18(b)(4)(E) of the Securities Act.

EE. Satisfaction of Confirmation Requirements . Based upon the foregoing, the Plan satisfies the requirements for confirmation set forth in section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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FF. Conditions to Effective Date . The Plan shall not become effective unless and until the conditions set forth in Article IX.A of the Plan have been satisfied or waived pursuant to Article IX.B of the Plan.

GG. Implementation . The Definitive Restructuring Documents (including the New Term Loan Documents), the New Organizational Documents, the Backstop Agreement, the New ABL Commitment Letter and New ABL Credit Facility Documents, the Rights Offering Documents, and all other relevant and necessary documents have been negotiated in good faith and at arm’s length and shall, upon completion of documentation and execution, be valid, binding, and enforceable agreements that are not in conflict with any federal or state law.

HH. New Term Loan Facility . The New Term Loan Facility and the New Term Loan Documents have been negotiated in good faith, are fair, reasonable and critical to the success and feasibility of the Plan, and are necessary and appropriate for the consummation of the Plan and are supported by reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration. The New Term Loan Facility and the New Term Loan Documents have been negotiated at arm’s length among the Debtors and the applicable agents and lenders thereunder. The financial accommodations to be extended pursuant to the New Term Loan Documents are being extended, and shall be deemed to have been extended, in good faith, for legitimate business purposes, and on reasonable terms. Entry into the New Term Loan Documents is in the best interest of the Debtors, their estates and creditors, and the Reorganized Debtors, and the Debtors’ entry into such documents is approved as a reasonable exercise of their business judgment. The Debtors have disclosed all material facts regarding the Reorganized Debtors’ obligations under the New Term Loan Facility and the New Term Loan Documents, have exercised reasonable business judgment in determining to enter into the foregoing, and have provided sufficient and adequate

 

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notice thereof. The guarantees, mortgages, pledges, Liens and other security interests, and all other consideration granted pursuant to or in connection with the New Term Loan Facility are or will be (as the case may be) and are hereby deemed to be granted in good faith, for good and valuable consideration and for legitimate business purposes as an inducement to the lenders to extend credit thereunder and shall be, and hereby are, deemed not to constitute a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable laws and shall not otherwise be subject to avoidance, subordination or recharacterization and shall not subject the lenders or agents under the New Term Loan Facility to any liability by reason of the incurrence of such obligations or grant of such Liens, guarantees or security interests under applicable federal or state law, including, but not limited to, successor or transferee liability.

II. New ABL Credit Facility . The New ABL Credit Facility and the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, the material terms of which are contained in the New ABL Commitment Letter and New ABL Term Sheet, have been negotiated in good faith, are fair, reasonable and critical to the success and feasibility of the Plan, and are necessary and appropriate for the consummation of the Plan. The New ABL Credit Facility and the New ABL Credit Facility Documents have been negotiated at arm’s length among the Debtors, the New ABL Arrangers (as defined below), and the agents and lenders thereunder (collectively, including in their respective capacities under the ABL Credit Facility Documents, and together with the New ABL Arrangers, the “ ABL Lender Parties ”). The financial accommodations to be extended pursuant to the New ABL Credit Facility Documents are being extended, and shall be deemed to have been extended, in good faith, for legitimate business purposes, and on reasonable terms. Entry into the New ABL Credit Facility Documents is in the best interest of the Debtors, their estates and creditors, and the Reorganized Debtors, and the Debtors’ entry into such

 

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documents is approved as a reasonable exercise of their business judgment. The Debtors have disclosed all material facts regarding the Reorganized Debtors’ obligations under the New ABL Credit Facility and the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, have exercised reasonable business judgment in determining to enter into the foregoing, and have provided sufficient and adequate notice thereof, including, without limitation, that certain New ABL Commitment Letter and the New ABL Term Sheet. The guarantees, mortgages, pledges, Liens and other security interests, and all other consideration granted pursuant to or in connection with the New ABL Credit Facility are or will be (as the case may be) and are hereby deemed to be granted in good faith, for good and valuable consideration and for legitimate business purposes as an inducement to the lenders to extend credit thereunder and shall be, and hereby are, deemed not to constitute a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable laws and shall not otherwise be subject to avoidance, subordination or recharacterization and shall not subject the lenders or agents under the New ABL Credit Facility to any liability by reason of the incurrence of such obligations or grant of such Liens, guarantees or security interests under applicable federal or state law, including, but not limited to, successor or transferee liability.

JJ. Rights Offering . The Rights Offering was conducted in accordance with the Rights Offering Procedures, and the Rights Offering Procedures complied with all applicable non-bankruptcy laws governing the adequacy of disclosure in connection with the Rights Offering. The offering, issuance, distribution and sale of shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock and New Warrants and shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof in connection with the Rights Offering and the Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act (“ Regulation D ”) thereunder, and

 

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under state “Blue Sky” laws, or any similar rules, regulations, or statutes. The continued implementation of the Rights Offering, conducted in accordance with the Rights Offering Procedures, is a valid exercise of the Debtors’ business judgment and is authorized under sections 363(b) and 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

KK. Backstop Agreement . The Backstop Agreement was negotiated in good faith and at arm’s length. The Debtors’ assumption of the Backstop Agreement is a reasonable exercise of their business judgment and is authorized under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

LL. Escrow Agreements . Key’s assumption of the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement and entry into the Backstop Escrow Agreement (each as defined in the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion) are, in each case, a reasonable exercise of Key’s business judgment and are authorized and approved, respectively, under sections 365 and 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. The funds held in the Escrow Accounts are not the property of the Debtors’ estates unless and until all conditions for the release of such funds to Key, as set forth in the Backstop Agreement and Rights Offering Procedures, as applicable, have been satisfied or waived.

MM. Asset Sales . In connection with the Debtors’ continued operation of their businesses as debtors in possession pursuant to sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors have, following the Petition Date, continued to sell certain assets in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the Plan Support Agreement. Such sales are authorized under section 363(c) of the Bankruptcy Code and do not require any further approval of the Court, and the Debtors are authorized to continue to engage in such ordinary course sales pursuant to section 363(c) of the Bankruptcy Code and in accordance with the Plan Support Agreement.

 

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NN. Releases, Exculpation, and Injunction . The Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1334(a) and 1334(b) to approve the injunction, releases, and exculpation set forth in Sections VIII.E, VIII.F, V.G, and V.H of the Plan, respectively. Section 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code permits issuance of the injunction and approval of the releases set forth in Sections VIII.E and VIII.F of the Plan if, as has been established here, based upon the record in the Chapter 11 Cases and the evidence presented at the Combined Hearing, such provisions (i) were necessary and integral to the agreement among the various parties in interest, as reflected in the Plan Support Agreement, and are essential to the formulation and implementation of the Plan, as provided in section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) confer substantial benefits on the Debtors’ Estates, (iii) are fair, equitable, and reasonable, and (iv) are in the best interests of the Debtors, their estates, and parties in interest. The Debtors’ or the Reorganized Debtors’ pursuit of any claims released pursuant to Sections VIII.E, VIII.F and V.G of the Plan is not in the best interest of the Estates’ various constituencies because the costs involved would outweigh any potential benefit from pursuing such Claims. Pursuant to section 1123(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019(a), the injunction, releases, and exculpation set forth in the Plan, as modified herein, and implemented by this Order are fair, equitable, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors and their Estates, creditors, and equity security holders. The record of the Combined Hearing and these Chapter 11 Cases is sufficient to support the injunction, releases, and exculpation provided for in Sections VIII.E, VIII.F, VIII.G and VIII.H of the Plan, as modified herein. Accordingly, based upon the record of these Chapter 11 Cases, the representations of the parties, and/or the evidence proffered, adduced, and/or presented at the Combined Hearing, this Court finds that the injunction, releases, and exculpation set forth in Sections VIII.E, VIII.F, V.G, and V.H of the Plan, as modified herein, are consistent with the Bankruptcy Code and applicable law.

 

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(a) Third Party Release . The releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan were disclosed and explained on the Ballots, in the Disclosure Statement, in the Plan, and the Combined Notice. Such notice was timely, sufficient, appropriate and adequate notice to the Releasing Parties, was reasonably calculated under the circumstances to reach such parties, and no other or further notice is or shall be required. Only the following parties pressed objections to inclusion in the release provision in Section VIII.F of the Plan prior to the Plan/Disclosure Statement Objection Deadline (as defined in the Scheduling Motion) or otherwise expressed in writing to the Debtors their election to opt out of the releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan: (i) the Texas Comptroller, (ii) Chevron, (iii) Lexon, (iv) the U.S. Department of Justice, (v) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, (vi) the Internal Revenue Service, (vii) the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, (viii) the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, (ix) the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, (x) the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”), (xi) the seven (7) Holders of Senior Notes Claims that opted out of the releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan pursuant to a valid election made on their Ballot, and (xii) any Holder of Existing Key Common Stock that returned an Equity Holder Election Form on or before December 2, 2016 validly opting out of the releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan. Pursuant to Paragraph 62 hereof, the foregoing parties have been excluded from the definition of Releasing Parties and are deemed not to give the releases set forth in Section VIII.F of the Plan. Accordingly, the releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan, as modified pursuant to Paragraph 62 of this Order, are consensual because the Releasing Parties are limited to Holders of Claims and Interests that (i)

 

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voluntarily entered into an agreement with the Debtors containing an obligation that such Entities grant the releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan (i.e. the Plan Support Agreement, the Backstop Agreement or certain Rights Offering-related documents), (ii) affirmatively voted to accept or reject the Plan and did not opt out of the releases, (iii) are unimpaired pursuant to the Plan and therefore are deemed to accept the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, or (iv) did not vote on the Plan and did not object to the Plan or otherwise indicate their desire to opt out of the releases prior to the Plan/Disclosure Statement Objection Deadline. The releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan are fair to Holders of Claims and Interests and are necessary to the proposed reorganization. Such releases are in exchange for, and are supported by, fair, sufficient, and adequate consideration provided by the parties receiving such releases and are a good faith settlement and compromise of the claims released.

(b) Exculpation . The exculpation contained in Section VIII.G of the Plan, as modified pursuant to Paragraph 63 hereof, is appropriate, is limited to apply only to estate fiduciaries and (solely to the extent provided in section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code) Supporting Creditors, Non-Defaulting Backstop Participants, Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants, and certain parties affiliated therewith, and complies with applicable law. The Exculpated Parties have, and upon entry of this Order will be deemed to have, participated in good faith and in compliance with all applicable laws with regard to the Solicitation of, and the distribution of consideration pursuant to, the Plan and, therefore, are not and on account of such distributions shall not be liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the Solicitation or such distributions made pursuant to the Plan.

 

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OO. Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Interests, and Controversies . Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and in consideration for the distributions and other benefits provided pursuant to the Plan and/or this Order, the provisions of the Plan and/or this Order shall, on the Effective Date, constitute a good faith compromise and settlement of all Claims, Interests and controversies resolved under the Plan. Such compromise and settlement is in the best interest of the Debtors, their Estates, and Holders of Claims and Interests and is fair, equitable, and reasonable. Except as otherwise provided, herein, on the Effective Date, all settlements, compromises, releases, waivers, discharges, exculpations, and injunctions set forth in the Plan and/or this Order shall be effective and binding on all persons. The Plan and this Order shall have res judicata , collateral estoppel, and estoppel (judicial, equitable or otherwise) effect with respect to all matters provided for in, or resolved pursuant to, the Plan and/or this Order, including the release, injunction, exculpation, discharge, and compromise provisions contained in the Plan and/or this Order.

PP. Good Faith . The Debtors and the Released Parties will be acting in good faith if they proceed to (i) consummate the Plan and the agreements, settlements, transactions, and transfers set forth therein and (ii) take the actions authorized and directed by this Order.

QQ. Valuation . Pursuant to the valuation analysis set forth in the Disclosure Statement, and as evidenced by the Genereux Declaration, the reorganized enterprise value of the Debtors is insufficient to support a distribution to Holders of Existing Key Common Stock and/or Holders of Other Key Equity Interests on account of their prepetition Interests or otherwise under absolute priority principles.

RR. Retention of Jurisdiction . The Court may properly, and upon the Effective Date (except as otherwise provided herein) shall, retain exclusive jurisdiction over all matters arising out of, and related to, the Chapter 11 Cases, including the matters set forth in Article XI of the Plan and section 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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SS. Change of Control . Except as otherwise provided in Section V.H.1 of the Plan or this Order, none of (i) the facts or circumstances giving rise to the commencement of, or occurring in connection with, the Chapter 11 Cases, (ii) the issuance of shares of the Plan Securities pursuant to the Plan, or (iii) implementation or consummation of any other transaction pursuant to the Plan shall constitute a “change in ownership” or “change of control” (or a change in working control) of, or in connection with, any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor that requires the consent of any Person other than the Debtors or the Bankruptcy Court or triggers a default or right of termination, including in connection with any local municipal licensing arrangement, any Executory Contract or other agreement (whether entered into before or after the Petition Date) between any Debtor and any third party, or violates any law (including the common law), statute, rule or any other regulation otherwise applicable to any Debtor.

TT. Satisfaction of Confirmation Requirements . Based upon the foregoing and all other pleadings and evidence proffered or adduced at or prior to the Combined Hearing, the Plan satisfies the requirements for confirmation set forth in section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

ORDER

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, DECREED AND DETERMINED THAT:

1. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law . The above-referenced findings of fact and conclusions of law are hereby incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein and shall constitute findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 7052, made applicable herein by Bankruptcy Rule 9014. To the extent that any finding of fact shall be determined to be a conclusion of law, it shall be deemed so, and vice versa.

 

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2. Notice of the Combined Hearing . The mailing of the Combined Notice to Holders of Claims and Interests in Classes that were not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, in accordance with the terms of the Scheduling Order, in lieu of sending such non-voting Holders of Claims and Interests copies of the Disclosure Statement and the Plan, constitutes timely, sufficient, appropriate and adequate notice of the Combined Hearing, and gave such parties sufficient opportunity to object to approval of the Disclosure Statement and Confirmation of the Plan and/or to opt out of the releases provided in Section VIII.F of the Plan, under the circumstances of these Chapter 11 Cases and, except to the extent necessary to comply with Local Rule 3017-1(c), the requirements under the Bankruptcy Rules or the Local Rules, including Bankruptcy Rule 3017(d), to transmit copies of the Disclosure Statement and Plan to such non-voting Holders of Claims and Interests are hereby waived with respect to such Holders. Service of notice of (i) the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion, the hearing scheduled therefor, and the deadline to object thereto (as evidenced by the Affidavit of Service dated November 17, 2016 (Dkt. No. 190), respectively) and (ii) the Executory Contract Notice (as evidenced by the Executory Contract Notice Affidavit) constitutes good and sufficient notice thereof. No other or further notice is or shall be required.

3. Solicitation Materials . The Solicitation Materials complied with the Bankruptcy Code, including sections 1125 and 1126 thereof, the Bankruptcy Rules, including Bankruptcy Rules 3017 and 3018, the Local Rules, the Scheduling Order, any applicable non-bankruptcy law, and any applicable rules, laws, and regulations, and were appropriate and satisfactory and are hereby approved on a final basis.

 

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4. Notice Materials . The Notice Materials complied with the Bankruptcy Code, including sections 1125 and 1126 thereof, the Bankruptcy Rules, including Bankruptcy Rules 3017 and 3018, the Local Rules, the Scheduling Order, any applicable non-bankruptcy law, and any applicable rules, laws, and regulations, and were appropriate and satisfactory and are hereby approved on a final basis.

5. Ballots and Tabulation Procedures . The forms of Ballots annexed to the Scheduling Motion are in compliance with Bankruptcy Rule 3018(c), conform to Official Form Number 14, and are approved in all respects. The procedures used for tabulation of votes to accept or reject the Plan as set forth in the Scheduling Motion and as described in the Voting Affidavit are approved.

6. Approval of the Disclosure Statement . The Disclosure Statement (i) contains adequate information of a kind generally consistent with the disclosure requirements of applicable non-bankruptcy law, including the Securities Act, (ii) contains “adequate information” (as such term is defined in section 1125(a)(1) and used in section 1126(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code) with respect to the Debtors, the Plan, and the transactions contemplated therein, and (iii) is approved in all respects. In connection with the Solicitation, the Debtors have properly relied on the exemption from registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to sections 3(a)(9) and 18(b)(4)(E) thereof.

7. Confirmation of the Plan . The Plan and each of its provisions, as modified herein, shall be, and hereby is, CONFIRMED under section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code. The terms of the Plan, including the Plan Supplement, and each of the documents comprising the Plan Supplement, as modified, amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the Plan (each of which are incorporated by reference into and are an integral

 

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part of this Order), and any other documents filed in connection with the Plan and/or executed in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Plan, and all amendments and modifications thereof made in accordance with the Plan and this Confirmation Order, are authorized and approved.

8. Omission of Reference to Particular Plan Provisions .   The failure specifically to include or to refer to any particular article, section, paragraph or provision of the Plan, Plan Supplement, or any related document in this Order shall not diminish or impair the effectiveness of such article, section, paragraph or provision, it being the intent of this Court that the Plan and any related documents be confirmed and approved in their entirety.

9. Objections . All objections, responses to, and statements and comments, if any, in opposition to, the approval of the Disclosure Statement, the Backstop Agreement, the Restructuring Documents and any other documents necessary to effectuate the Plan, and confirmation of the Plan (and all documents necessary to effectuate the Plan), other than (i) those resolved on the record, (ii) those withdrawn with prejudice in their entirety prior to, or on the record at, the Combined Hearing, or (iii) those objections to the assumption or rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases or the Cure Costs associated with any such assumption that have been deferred on the record at the Combined Hearing, shall be, and hereby are, overruled in their entirety for the reasons stated on the record.

10. No Action . Pursuant to the appropriate provisions of applicable non-bankruptcy law and section 1142(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, no action of the respective stockholders, members, general or limited partners, managers or directors of any of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall be required to authorize the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to enter into, execute, deliver, file, adopt, amend, restate, consummate, or

 

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effectuate, as the case may be, the Plan and any contract, assignment, certificate, instrument, or other document to be executed, delivered, filed, adopted, amended, restated, consummated or effectuated, as the case may be, in connection with the implementation of the Plan.

11. Binding Effect . On or after entry of this Order and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, the provisions of the Plan, including the documents and instruments contemplated thereby, including those contained in the Plan Supplement shall bind the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and, subject to the modifications contained herein, all Holders of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors (irrespective of whether such Claims or Interests are impaired under the Plan or whether the Holders of such Claims or Interests accepted or are deemed to have accepted the Plan, voted or are deemed to have voted to reject the Plan or failed to vote to accept or reject the Plan), all Entities that are parties to or are subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, exculpation, discharge, and injunction described in the Plan, each Entity acquiring property under the Plan, any and all non-Debtor parties to executory contracts and unexpired leases with any of the Debtors, any other party in interest in the Chapter 11 Cases, and the respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns, if any, of any of the foregoing.

12. Implementation of the Plan . On and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors and the officers and members of the boards of directors thereof, are authorized to and may issue, execute, deliver, file or record such contracts, Plan Securities, instruments, releases and other agreements and documents and take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Restructuring Transactions, including the documents set forth in the Plan Supplement, and the securities issued pursuant to the Plan in the name of and on behalf of the

 

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Reorganized Debtors, without the need for any approvals, authorization, or consents except for those expressly required pursuant to the Plan. The provisions governing the means for implementation of the Plan set forth in the Plan shall be, and hereby are, approved in their entirety.

13. New Term Loan Documents . Without further notice to or order or other approval of the Court, act or action under applicable law, regulation, order or rule or the vote, consent, authorization or approval of any person or entity (including the boards of directors of the Debtors), the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and all parties to the New Term Loan Documents are authorized to enter into and perform all obligations under the New Term Loan Documents, and to execute and deliver all documents contemplated by the New Term Loan Facility, in each case consistent with the terms of the Plan. On the Effective Date, all of the Liens and security interests to be granted in accordance with the New Term Loan Documents (a) shall be legal, valid, binding, attached and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the collateral granted thereunder in accordance with the terms of the New Term Loan Documents, (b) shall be deemed approved and automatically perfected on the Effective Date, subject only to such Liens and security interests as may be permitted under the New Term Loan Documents, and (c) shall not constitute preferential transfers or fraudulent conveyances under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable non-bankruptcy law. The New Term Loan Documents shall constitute legal, valid, binding and authorized obligations of the applicable Reorganized Debtors, enforceable in accordance with their terms. The financial accommodations to be extended pursuant to the New Term Loan Documents are being extended, and shall be deemed to have been extended, in good faith, for legitimate business purposes, for reasonably equivalent value, are reasonable, shall not be subject to recharacterization for any purposes whatsoever, and

 

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shall not constitute preferential transfers or fraudulent conveyances under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable non-bankruptcy law. The Reorganized Debtors and the Entities granted such Liens and security interests are authorized to make all filings and recordings, and to obtain all governmental approvals and consents necessary to establish and perfect such Liens and security interests under the provisions of the applicable state, provincial, federal, or other law (whether domestic or foreign) that would be applicable in the absence of the Plan and this Order (it being understood that perfection shall occur automatically by virtue of the entry of this Order, and any such filings, recordings, approvals, and consents shall not be required), and will thereafter cooperate to make all other filings and recordings that otherwise would be necessary under applicable law to give notice of such Liens and security interests to third parties, subject in each case to the terms of the New Term Loan Facility. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Order or the Plan, this Court’s retention of jurisdiction shall not govern the enforcement of the New Term Loan Documents or any Liens, rights or remedies related thereto, but instead, such enforcement shall be governed as set forth in the New Term Loan Documents.

14. New ABL Credit Facility Documents . Entry of this Order shall constitute (a) approval of the New ABL Credit Facility Documents and all transactions contemplated thereby, including any additional syndication, and all actions to be taken, undertakings to be made, and obligations to be incurred by the Reorganized Debtors in connection therewith, including the payment of all fees, indemnities, costs and expenses provided for therein, and (b) authority for the Debtors to execute, deliver and perform all obligations under the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, including, but not limited to, the New ABL Commitment Letter and related fee letters, and such other documents as Bank of America, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (collectively, together with their affiliates, the “ New ABL Arrangers ”) may

 

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require, subject to such modifications as the Reorganized Debtors and the New ABL Arrangers may mutually agree are necessary or appropriate. The fees, costs and expenses (including alternative transaction fees and indemnities) incurred by the New ABL Arrangers prior to the Effective Date in connection with the New ABL Credit Facility shall be Allowed as Administrative Expense Claims against the Debtors. Subject to, and upon the occurrence of, the Effective Date, and without further notice to or order or other approval of the Court, act or action under applicable law, regulation, order or rule or the vote, consent, authorization or approval of any person or entity (including the boards of directors of the Debtors), the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and all parties to the New ABL Credit Facility Documents are authorized to enter into and perform all obligations under the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, and to execute and deliver all documents contemplated by the New ABL Credit Facility, in each case consistent with the terms of the New ABL Commitment Letter and the Plan, or otherwise acceptable to the New ABL Arrangers. On the Effective Date, all of the Liens and security interests to be granted in accordance with the New ABL Credit Facility Documents (a) shall be legal, valid, binding, attached and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the collateral granted thereunder in accordance with the terms of the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, (b) shall be deemed approved and automatically perfected on the Effective Date, subject only to such Liens and security interests as may be permitted under the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, and (c) shall not constitute preferential transfers or fraudulent conveyances under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable non-bankruptcy law. The New ABL Credit Facility Documents shall constitute legal, valid, binding, and authorized obligations of the applicable Reorganized Debtors, enforceable in accordance with their terms. The financial accommodations to be extended pursuant to the New ABL Credit Facility Documents are being

 

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extended, and shall be deemed to have been extended, in good faith, for legitimate business purposes, for reasonably equivalent value, are reasonable, shall not be subject to recharacterization for any purposes whatsoever, and shall not constitute preferential transfers or fraudulent conveyances under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable non-bankruptcy law. The Reorganized Debtors and the Entities granted such Liens and security interests are authorized to make all filings and recordings, and to obtain all governmental approvals and consents necessary to establish and perfect such Liens and security interest under the provisions of the applicable state, provincial, federal, or other law (whether domestic or foreign) that would be applicable in the absence of the Plan and this Order (it being understood that perfection shall occur automatically by virtue of the entry of this Order, and any such filings, recordings, approvals, and consents shall not be required), and will thereafter cooperate to make all other filings and recordings that otherwise would be necessary under applicable law to give notice of such Liens and security interests to third parties, subject in each case to the terms of the New ABL Credit Facility. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Order or the Plan, this Court’s retention of jurisdiction shall not govern the enforcement of the New ABL Credit Facility Documents or any Liens, rights or remedies related thereto, but instead, such enforcement shall be governed as set forth in the New ABL Credit Facility Documents. The definition of “Released Parties” in the Plan and this Order is deemed amended to include the ABL Lender Parties.

15. Senior Notes Trustee Fees . The Senior Notes Trustee has provided necessary services under the Senior Notes Indenture prior to and after the Petition Date. On the Effective Date or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, the Reorganized Debtors shall pay all reasonable and documented fees and expenses (including reasonable and documented

 

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fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Senior Notes Trustee through and including the Effective Date to the extent required by the Senior Notes Indenture. The Senior Notes Trustee shall not be required to file any application under section 330 or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise with regard to the allowance of its fees and expenses. Distributions received by the Holders of Senior Notes Claims, pursuant to the Plan, shall not be reduced on account of the payment of the Senior Notes Trustee’s fees, costs and expenses pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

16. Governmental Claims, Liabilities and Causes of Action . Nothing in the Plan, this Order or the related Plan documents discharges or releases the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or any non-Debtor from any Claim, liability or cause of action of the United States or any state or impairs the ability of the United States or any state to pursue any claim, liability or cause of action against any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or non-Debtor. Contracts, leases, covenants, operating rights agreements or other interests or agreements with the federal government or any state or involving (1) federal or state land or minerals or (2) lands or minerals held in trust for federally-recognized Indian tribes or held by such Indian landowners in fee with federal restriction on alienation not rejected during these Chapter 11 Cases shall be, subject to any applicable legal or equitable rights or defenses of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors under applicable non-bankruptcy law, paid, treated, determined and administered in the ordinary course of business as if the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases were never filed and the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors shall comply with all applicable non-bankruptcy law. All Claims, liabilities, or causes of action of or to the United States or any state shall survive the Chapter 11 Cases as if the Chapter 11 Cases had not been commenced and be determined in the ordinary course of business, including in the manner and by the administrative or judicial tribunals in which such rights or Claims would have been resolved or adjudicated if the Chapter 11 Cases

 

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had not been commenced; provided, that nothing in the Plan, this Confirmation Order or the related Plan documents shall alter any legal or equitable rights or defenses of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors with respect to any such Claim, liability or cause of action under non-bankruptcy law, or be construed as an admission as to the existence of any fact or the validity of any Claim with respect to or in connection with any Claim, liability or cause of action. Without limiting the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt: (1) the United States or any state shall not be required to file any proofs of claim in the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases in order to be paid on account of any Claim, liability or cause of action; (2) nothing shall affect or impair the exercise of the United States’ or any state’s police and regulatory powers against the Debtors and/or the Reorganized Debtors; (3) nothing shall be interpreted to set cure amounts or to require the government or any state to novate or otherwise consent to the transfer of any federal or state interests and (4) nothing shall affect or impair the United States’ or any state’s rights to assert setoff and recoupment against the Debtors and/or the Reorganized Debtors and such rights are expressly preserved.

17. Texas Comptroller .

(a) Notwithstanding anything provided in the Plan, this Order, or any other document implementing the Plan, the relief granted herein is without prejudice to any rights of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (the “ Texas Comptroller ”) to funds which do not constitute property of the estate, but which may qualify as “trust funds” covered by Texas Property Code, Title 6, Chapters 72-76 and other applicable Texas laws (the “ Texas Unclaimed Property Laws ”). The Texas Comptroller is not precluded from exercising any rights provided to it by the Texas Unclaimed Property Laws in respect of such trust funds, nor is any party in interest precluded from contesting any action of the Texas Comptroller to recover any alleged

 

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trust funds. Nothing in the Plan or this Order shall be deemed to impair any setoff rights of the Texas Comptroller under applicable non-bankruptcy law, or the Reorganized Debtors’ defenses to such setoff rights, and the Texas Comptroller shall not be required to file a Proof of Claim in these Chapter 11 Cases.

(b) Any Priority Tax Claim held by the Texas Comptroller shall be finally determined through an audit under non-bankruptcy law and in the ordinary course of business post-Effective Date, and shall be satisfied by the Reorganized Debtors in equal monthly Cash payments, commencing within thirty (30) days after such final audit determination, in an aggregate amount equal to the finally-determined amount of such Priority Tax Claim, together with interest at the applicable rate under section 511 of the Bankruptcy Code, over a period not to exceed five (5) years after the Petition Date; provided, however , that the Reorganized Debtors reserve all non-bankruptcy appeal, review and other rights related to such audit process and all non-bankruptcy defenses to such Priority Tax Claim, as well as the right to prepay all or a portion of any such Priority Tax Claim at any time with no prepayment penalty.

18. Texas Taxing Authorities .

(a) Nothing in the Plan or this Order shall impair the Claims, liens or rights, if any, of the Taxing Entities (as defined in the Objection filed by such entities (Dkt. No. 197)) as it pertains to the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, or the defenses of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors to such Claims, liens or rights.

(b) Any Allowed Priority Tax Claims held by the Taxing Authorities (whether secured by liens or otherwise) shall be paid (i) in equal monthly Cash payments over a period not to exceed five (5) years after the Petition Date, (ii) commencing on the later of (x) thirty (30) days after the Effective Date and (y) the date such Priority Tax Claim becomes due in

 

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the ordinary course of business, and (iii) in an aggregate amount equal to, as applicable, (a) the Allowed amount of such Priority Tax Claims coming due prior to the Effective Date, together with interest calculated from and after the Petition Date at the applicable rate under section 511 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (b) the Allowed amount of such Priority Tax Claims coming due after the Effective Date, together with interest calculated from and after the date such Priority Tax Claims become due at the applicable rate under section 511 of the Bankruptcy Code; provided, however , in any event, that the Reorganized Debtors reserve all non-bankruptcy defenses to such Priority Tax Claims, as well as the right to prepay all or a portion of any such amounts at any time with no prepayment penalty.

(c) Any objections to proofs of claim filed by the Taxing Entities shall be filed no later than the later of (i) February 28, 2017 and (ii) thirty (30) days after such proof of claim is filed, and, on any portions of such claims that are not disputed, payments shall commence as provided above.

(d) In the event the Reorganized Debtors fail to pay any Allowed Priority Tax Claims of any Taxing Authority in accordance with this Paragraph 18 (a “ Payment Default ”), such Taxing Entity shall send notice of such Payment Default to Chief Legal Officer, Key Energy Services, Inc., 1301 McKinney Street, Suite 1800, Texas 77010, fax # 713-651-4559. If such Payment Default is not cured within ten (10) Business Days of the date of such notice, such Taxing Entity may proceed to collect all such delinquent amounts, along with any penalties due under state law to such Taxing Entity, without recourse to the Bankruptcy Court. Each Taxing Entity is only required to send two (2) notices of Payment Default, and upon the third Payment Default, such Taxing Entity may proceed to collect all amounts due and owing under state law to such Taxing Entity without recourse to the Bankruptcy Court and without further notice.

 

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19. ACE American Insurance Company Proposal . 3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Disclosure Statement, the Plan (including all documents necessary to effectuate the Plan), the Plan Supplement, this Order, any agreement or order related to post-petition or exit financing or any other order of this Court (including, without limitation, any other provision that purports to be preemptory or supervening or grants an injunction or release):

(a) Nothing alters, modifies or otherwise amends the terms and conditions of the Insurance Program (including any agreement to arbitrate disputes and any provisions regarding the provision, maintenance, use, nature and priority of the ACE Collateral) except that on and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall be substituted for the Debtors for purposes of responsibility for all of the Obligations under the Insurance Program, regardless of whether such Obligations arise before or after the Effective Date;

(b) Nothing releases or discharges (i) ACE’s security interests in and liens on the ACE Collateral and (ii) monies due and owing to ACE arising from or pursuant to the Insurance Program, which shall be paid in full by the Debtors (or after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors) in the ordinary course of business in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Insurance Program without the need or requirement for ACE to file or serve a request, motion, or application for payment of or proof of any Administrative Claim (and further and for the avoidance of doubt, any claim bar date shall not be applicable to ACE); and

 

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(c) The automatic stay of Bankruptcy Code section 362(a) and the injunction set forth in Article VIII of the Plan, if and to the extent applicable, shall be deemed lifted without further order of this Court, solely to permit (i) claimants with valid workers’ compensation claims covered by the Insurance Program to proceed with their claims; (ii) ACE to administer, handle, defend, settle, and/or pay, in the ordinary course of business and without further order of this Court, (A) all workers’ compensation claims covered by the Insurance Program, (B) all claims where a claimant asserts a direct claim against ACE under applicable law or an order has been entered by this Court granting a claimant relief from the automatic stay or the injunction set forth in Article VIII of the Plan to proceed with its claim and (C) all costs in relation to each of the foregoing; (iii) ACE to draw against any or all of the ACE Collateral provided by or on behalf of the Debtors (or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable) at any time and to hold the proceeds thereof as security for the obligations of the Debtors (and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable) to ACE and/or apply such proceeds to the Obligations of the Debtors (and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable) under the Insurance Program, and subject to the terms of the Insurance Program; and (iv) subject to the terms of the Insurance Program and/or applicable non-bankruptcy law, ACE to (A) cancel any policies under the Insurance Program, and (B) take other actions relating thereto, to the extent permissible under applicable non-bankruptcy law, each in accordance with the terms of the Insurance Program.

20. Lexon Insurance Company Surety Bonds .

(a) As of the Effective Date, each surety bond (“ Lexon Surety Bond ”) and related general agreement of indemnity (“ Lexon General Agreement of Indemnity ”) issued and entered into by Lexon Insurance Company (“ Lexon ”) immediately prior to the Petition Date shall be and shall be deemed to be assumed by the applicable Debtor(s) pursuant to the Plan and

 

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this Order, and each Debtor and/or Reorganized Debtor party thereto shall pay any and all premiums and/or other obligations due or that may become due on or after the Effective Date in accordance with the applicable Lexon Surety Bond or Lexon General Agreement of Indemnity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after the Effective Date Lexon shall have the discretion to replace (or issue name-change riders with respect to) the Lexon Surety Bonds and Lexon General Agreements of Indemnity with new surety bonds and related general agreements of indemnity on the same terms and conditions provided in the applicable Lexon Surety Bonds and Lexon General Agreements of Indemnity, except as otherwise agreed by the Reorganized Debtors in their sole discretion. On the Effective Date, provided that all unpaid premiums and loss adjustment expenses that are due to Lexon as of the Effective Date are paid, any associated Proofs of Claim on account of or in respect of any Lexon Surety Bond or Lexon General Agreement of Indemnity covered by this Paragraph 20 shall be and shall be deemed to be automatically withdrawn without further notice to or action by the Court. Nothing contained in this Paragraph 20 shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any Cause of Action that any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor may hold against any Entity.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, all letters of credit, proceeds from drawn letters of credit, if any, or other collateral issued to Lexon as security for a Debtor’s and/or Reorganized Debtor’s obligations under an existing or new Lexon Surety Bond or Lexon General Agreement of Indemnity shall remain in place to secure against any “loss” or “default” (as defined in the applicable Lexon General Agreement of Indemnity) incurred by Lexon in accordance with the applicable assumed Lexon General Agreement of Indemnity, and Lexon’s right to draw on such letters of credit pursuant to the applicable Lexon General Agreement of Indemnity shall remain unaffected.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan or this Order, the release and injunction provisions in Sections VIII.F and VIII.H of the Plan shall not apply to Lexon, nor shall anything in this Paragraph 20 be interpreted to bar, impair, alter, diminish or enlarge the rights or obligations of Lexon vis-a-vis any parties other than the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, or prevent or otherwise limit Lexon from exercising its rights under any Lexon Surety Bond, related letter of credit, Lexon General Agreement of Indemnity, or the common law of suretyship. Additionally, no obligation of a Debtor that is covered by a Lexon Surety Bond is being released, discharged, precluded or enjoined by the Plan or this Order and each such obligation shall remain the obligation of the applicable Reorganized Debtor as of the Effective Date unless, in each case, such obligation is otherwise satisfied pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

21. Chevron .

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, this Confirmation Order, or any other order entered in these Chapter 11 Cases, each of the Debtors’ executory agreements with Chevron (defined below), and any executory document or instrument referred to or contemplated by such agreements (all the Debtors’ executory agreements with Chevron, collectively, the “ Chevron Agreements ”), including, without limitation, the Master Contractor Services Contract No. CW879154 (in certain instances referred to as Master Well Services Contract No. CW879154) between Chevron and Key Energy Services, LLC, dated as of June 14, 2012 and amended as of June 1, 2015, shall be deemed assumed upon entry of this Confirmation Order with the consent of Chevron. The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors (including, as applicable, Reorganized Key and/or any other entity that may be formed pursuant to the Plan) shall continue to have and perform their obligations, if any, under the Chevron Agreements in accordance with their terms.

 

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(b) It is expressly intended by the Debtors, and confirmed and ordered by this Court, that nothing in, about or related to these Chapter 11 Cases (including the confirmation of the Plan and the entry of the Confirmation Order) shall prevent Chevron from maintaining, asserting or pursuing any right or claim against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors (including, as applicable, Reorganized Key and/or any other entity that may be formed pursuant to the Plan), if any, whether arising under the Chevron Agreements or in contract, tort, equity, Law (as defined below) or otherwise, including but not limited to rights or claims related to (i) contribution, indemnity, subrogation, recovery for breach or default, or similar right, whether arising from or related to conduct or actions (or inactions) prior to or after the Petition Date, or (ii) liability for regulatory, environmental, reclamation, restoration, remediation, operational, health or safety claims or obligations under any federal, state, local or other Law.

(c) For purposes of this Paragraph 21, “ Law ” means any statute, law (including common law), rule, regulation, requirement, ordinance, order, code, ruling, writ, injunction, decree or other official act of or by any court or other governmental unit. As used in this Order, “ Chevron ” means Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and its successors in interest or assigns, including with respect to each of the foregoing, their parent entities, all of their affiliates and their respective directors, officers, and employees. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, this Confirmation Order, or any other order entered in these Chapter 11 Cases, the term “Releasing Parties” as defined and used in the Plan shall not include Chevron.

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agreements will, to the extent they are executory, be assumed, and the Debtors will otherwise honor their obligations under these agreements in the ordinary course of business. The Debtors shall not be required to reserve any amounts in respect of such defense and indemnification obligations.

23. Oracle . Upon the Effective Date, all executory contracts (“ Oracle Contracts ”) between the Debtors and Oracle America, Inc., including all of its predecessors-in-interest (collectively, “ Oracle ”) shall be deemed assumed, subject to (a) receipt by Oracle, on or before the Effective Date, of all Cure Costs due under such contracts the amount of which the parties will determine consensually on or prior to the Effective Date, and in the absence of any such agreement, the parties will return to this Court for resolution, and (b) receipt by Oracle of all other unpaid postpetition amounts due under any such contracts in the ordinary course by the Reorganized Debtors in accordance with the terms of the applicable Oracle Contracts. For the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting the foregoing, all contracts in respect of Oracle’s provision of goods, products and/or services to the Debtors (including the Oracle Contracts) shall bind the Reorganized Debtors and Oracle on and after the Effective Date to the same extent they bound the Debtors and Oracle on the day prior to the Petition Date, subject to and in accordance with the terms of such contracts.

24. COG Operating, LLC .

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or this Confirmation Order to the contrary, COG Operating, LLC (“ COG ”) is deemed to have satisfied any requirement of filing a motion with the Court before the Effective Date requesting the preservation of any purported setoff and recoupment rights under the Bankruptcy Code and applicable non-bankruptcy law, and COG’s setoff and recoupment rights, if any, shall be preserved after the Effective Date.

 

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(b) Upon entry of this Order, COG shall have relief from the automatic stay and any other applicable stays for the following limited purpose: (1) within sixty (60) days of the entry of this Order, to meet and negotiate with the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) per the usual and ordinary course of business for purposes of completing any audit and consensually adjusting or correcting any and all errors pending under paragraph 12(b) of the Master Service Agreement between COG and Key effective January 25, 2013 (“ COG MSA ”); (2) if such negotiation is unsuccessful, to mediate, within ninety (90) days of the entry of this Order, with a mutually agreeable Houston, Texas-based mediator (the “ Houston Mediation ”); and, (3) if necessary, within sixty (60) days after the Houston Mediation, to arbitrate any remaining dispute under the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“ AAA ”) before a Houston arbitrator duly appointed by the AAA, with the costs of any such mediation and arbitration (if applicable) to be shared equally by COG and the Reorganized Debtors (other than the parties’ respective preparation costs, including attorneys’ fees, which shall be borne by the party incurring such costs). Any resolution resulting from the foregoing (1), (2), or (3) shall determine, after application of all available setoffs and adjustments, any remaining Cure Cost to be paid in connection with assumption of the COG MSA under Bankruptcy Code Section 365.

25. Authorization and Issuance of Plan Securities . The Reorganized Debtors are authorized to issue all Plan Securities (including the Reorganized Key Common Stock, the Preferred Voting Share, and the New Warrants) and related documents, and any options, restricted stock units, performance-based restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, or other

 

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equity awards issued in connection with the New MIP, without the need for any further corporate or limited liability company action. On the Effective Date, the Plan Securities shall be issued and distributed to Holders of Claims and Interests entitled to receive such Plan Securities pursuant to or in connection with the Plan. All Plan Securities issued under the Plan are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.

26. Cancellation of Existing Securities and Agreements . Except as expressly provided herein or in the Plan or any agreement, instrument or other document incorporated in the Plan or the Plan Supplement, on the Effective Date, all shares, notes, bonds, indentures, instruments, certificates, and documents (other than any insurance policy of the Debtors) directly or indirectly evidencing or creating any indebtedness or obligation of or interests in, any of the Debtors, including, without limitation, the Term Loan Claims, the Term Loan Credit Documents, the ABL Credit Facility Claims, the ABL Credit Facility Documents, the Senior Notes Claims, the Senior Notes Indenture, the Existing Key Common Stock, the Other Key Equity Interests, and all options and other entitlements to purchase and/or receive Existing Key Common Stock or Other Key Equity Interests, shall be deemed surrendered, cancelled, terminated and annulled, and obligations of the Debtors thereunder shall be discharged without further act or action under any applicable agreement, law, regulation, order, or rule; provided , however , that notwithstanding Confirmation or the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Term Loan Credit Documents, the ABL Credit Facility Documents, and the Senior Notes Indenture shall continue in effect solely for purposes of enabling Holders of Allowed Claims and Interests to receive distributions under the Plan; provided further , however , that the cancellation of the Term Loan Credit Documents, the ABL Credit Facility Documents, and the Senior Notes Indenture hereunder shall not in any way affect or diminish the rights and duties of the Term Loan Agent,

 

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the ABL Agent and/or the Senior Notes Trustee, as applicable, to (i) make distributions pursuant to the Plan to the Holders of Term Loan Claims, ABL Credit Facility Claims and Senior Notes Claims in accordance with the Term Loan Credit Documents, the ABL Credit Facility Documents, and the Senior Notes Indenture, as applicable, (ii) enforce any obligation owed to it under the Plan, or (iii) appear in the Chapter 11 Cases or in any proceedings in the Court or any other court. On the Effective Date, the Plan Support Agreement shall terminate pursuant to its terms.

27. Subordination . Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, this Order or a separate order of this Court, the classification and manner of satisfying all Claims and Interests under the Plan takes into consideration all subordination rights, whether arising by contract or under general principles of equitable subordination, section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all subordination rights that a Holder of a Claim or Interest may have with respect to any distribution to be made under the Plan shall be discharged and terminated and all actions related to the enforcement of such subordination rights shall be enjoined permanently. Accordingly, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, the distributions under the Plan will not be subject to payment of a beneficiary of such subordination rights, or to levy, garnishment, attachment, or other legal process by a beneficiary of such terminated subordination rights.

28. Compliance with Section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code . The New Organizational Documents, and the terms governing the issuance of the Plan Securities, including the Reorganized Key Common Stock, the Preferred Voting Share, and the New Warrants, comply in all respects with section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, and are hereby approved. The adoption and filing of the New Organizational Documents are hereby authorized, ratified, and approved. The Debtors have complied in all respects, to the extent necessary, with section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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29. Exemption from Securities Law . The offering, sale, issuance, and distribution of (i) the shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock to Holders of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock pursuant to the Plan, (ii) the New Warrants to Holders of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock pursuant to the Plan (and any shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock to such Holders upon proper exercise of the New Warrants pursuant to the terms of the New Warrant Agreement) and (iii) the shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock to Holders of Allowed Senior Notes Claims pursuant to the Plan shall be exempt from any federal or state securities law registration requirements, including section 5 of the Securities Act, pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code. In addition, any Plan Securities contemplated by the Plan, the issuance of which is covered under section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, may be sold without registration under the Securities Act or other federal securities laws and will be freely tradable by the recipients thereof, subject to (a) the provisions of section 1145(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code relating to the definition of an underwriter in section 2(A)(11) of the Securities Act, and compliance with any rules and regulations of the SEC, if any, applicable at the time of any future transfer of such securities or instruments and (b) the restrictions, if any, on the transferability of such security and instruments in the New Organizational Documents or other constituent documents. The offering, issuance, and distribution of (a) the Primary Rights Offering Common Stock to Qualifying Equity Holders and Qualifying Noteholders (including the Backstop Participants in their capacity as such) under the Primary Rights Offering, (b) the unsubscribed Primary Rights Offering Common Stock and Incremental Liquidity Shares, if any, to the Closing Backstop Participants pursuant to the terms of the Backstop Agreement, (c) the

 

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shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock to the Closing Backstop Participants as the Put Premium, (d) the shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock to the Qualifying Equity Holders and Qualifying Noteholders as Incremental Liquidity Shares, if any, and (e) the shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock and New Warrants purchased by Qualifying Equity Holders pursuant to the Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Rule 506 of Regulation D thereunder, and under state “Blue Sky” laws, or any similar rules, regulations, or statutes.

30. Cancellation of Liens . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein and in the Plan or in any contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created pursuant to the Plan, including the New Term Loan Facility and the New ABL Credit Facility, or any other document executed in connection therewith, upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, any Lien securing any Secured Claim (including the Term Loan Claims and the ABL Credit Facility Claims) shall be deemed released, and the Holder of such Secured Claim shall be authorized and directed to release any collateral or other property of the Debtors (including any cash collateral) held by such Holder and to take such actions as may be requested by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to evidence the release of such Lien, including the execution, delivery and filing or recording of such releases as may be requested by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable.

31. Directors and Officers of the Reorganized Debtors . Upon the Effective Date, the terms of the current members of the boards of directors of the Debtors shall expire and, in accordance with the Plan, the persons designated to become members of the New Key Board and the New Subsidiary Boards as set forth in the Plan Supplement (or otherwise identified prior

 

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to the Combined Hearing) shall be appointed thereto, and each such member shall have the number of votes set forth in the Plan Supplement and the New Organizational Documents, without the need for any further corporate action, and the initial term of the members of the New Key Board shall run from the Effective Date until the annual meeting of the New Key Board to take place in 2019 (and this Order shall serve as the written consent required under Section 211 of the Delaware General Corporation Law for the election of directors without an annual meeting of stockholders). Except as provided in the Plan Supplement or otherwise prior to the Combined Hearing, the officers of the respective Debtors immediately before the Effective Date shall serve as the initial officers of each of the corresponding Reorganized Debtors upon the Effective Date and in accordance with any applicable Assumed Employee Agreement and applicable non-bankruptcy law. After the Effective Date, the selection of officers of the Reorganized Debtors shall be as provided by their respective New Organizational Documents. The New Organizational Documents shall be in full force and effect on the Effective Date.

32. New MIP . 4 Pursuant to the Plan, 7%, which may be increased to up to 10%, of the fully diluted shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock as of the Effective Date (without regard to shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the New Warrants) shall be authorized and reserved for issuance as awards to Employees, and an additional 1% shall be authorized and reserved for issuance as awards to Directors, each in accordance with and subject to the terms of the New MIP filed as Exhibit O-1 to the Plan Supplement. All shares issued under the New MIP shall be dilutive of all other Reorganized Key Common Stock issued pursuant to the Plan (other than shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the New Warrants). The

 

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New MIP and the Terms of the New MIP filed with the Plan Supplement are hereby approved, and Reorganized Key is hereby authorized and directed to implement the New MIP in accordance with its terms and the Terms of the New MIP.

33. Corporate Advisory Services Agreement . Reorganized Key is authorized and directed to enter into the Corporate Advisory Services Agreement on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date, and such Corporate Advisory Services Agreement shall become effective in accordance with its terms.

34. Withholding and Reporting Requirements . In connection with Section IV.F of the Plan and all instruments issued in connection with the Plan and distributed thereon, the Reorganized Debtors shall comply with all applicable tax withholding and reporting requirements imposed on them by any federal, state or local taxing authority, and all distributions under the Plan shall be subject to any such withholding or reporting requirements. The Reorganized Debtors and the Distribution Agent shall be authorized to take all actions necessary or appropriate to comply with such withholding and reporting requirements, including liquidating a portion of a distribution to be made under the Plan to generate funds sufficient to pay applicable withholding taxes, withholding distributions pending receipt of information necessary to facilitate such distributions, or establishing any other mechanisms they believe are reasonable and appropriate. Notwithstanding the above, each Holder of an Allowed Claim that is to receive any property under the Plan and each Holder of Allowed Existing Key Common Stock that will receive Plan Securities or Cash in connection with the Plan shall have the sole and exclusive responsibility for the satisfaction and payment of any tax obligations imposed on such Holder by any Governmental Unit, including income, withholding and other tax obligations, on account of such distribution or delivery. The Debtors have the right, but not the obligation, to

 

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withhold distributions and deliveries under the Plan until a Holder has made arrangements satisfactory to any issuing or disbursing party for payment of any such tax obligations. The Debtors may also require, as a condition to receipt of any property, that the Holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest complete and return a Form W-8 or W-9, as applicable to each such Holder. If the Debtors request from the Holder the Form W-8 or W-9 applicable to the Holder, and the Holder fails to comply before the date that is ninety (90) days after the request is made, the amount of such distribution or delivery shall irrevocably revert to the applicable Reorganized Debtor and any Claim or Interest in respect of such distribution shall be discharged and forever barred from assertion against such Reorganized Debtor or its respective property. For tax purposes, distributions in full or partial satisfaction of Allowed Claims shall be allocated pursuant to the Plan first to the principal amount of Allowed Claims, with any excess allocated to unpaid interest on such Claims.

35. Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes . Pursuant to section 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code and Section IV.BB of the Plan, (a) the issuance, transfer or exchange of any securities, instruments or documents, (b) the creation of any Lien, mortgage, deed of trust or other security interest, (c) the making or assignment of any lease or sublease or the making or delivery of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, pursuant to, in furtherance of, or in connection with the Plan, including, without limitation, any deeds, bills of sale or assignments executed in connection with any of the transactions contemplated under the Plan or the reinvesting, transfer or sale of any real or personal property of the Debtors pursuant to, in implementation of or as contemplated in the Plan (whether to one or more of the Reorganized Debtors or otherwise), (d) the grant of collateral under the New ABL Credit Facility or the New Term Loan Facility and (e) the issuance, renewal, modification or securing of indebtedness by

 

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such means, and the making, delivery or recording of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of, or in connection with, the Plan, including, without limitation, this Order, shall not be subject to any document recording tax, stamp tax, conveyance fee or other similar tax, mortgage tax, real estate transfer tax, mortgage recording tax, Uniform Commercial Code filing or recording fee, regulatory filing or recording fee, sales tax, use tax or other similar tax or governmental assessment. Consistent with the foregoing, each recorder of deeds or similar official for any county, city or Governmental Unit in which any instrument hereunder is to be recorded shall, pursuant to this Order, be ordered and directed to accept such instrument without requiring the payment of any filing fees, documentary stamp tax, deed stamps, stamp tax, transfer tax, intangible tax or similar tax. All sales, transfers and assignments of owned and leased property approved pursuant to this Order are deemed to have been made pursuant to the Plan.

36. Restructuring Transactions . Subject to and consistent with the Plan, on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Reorganized Debtors are authorized and directed to enter into the Restructuring Transactions and to take all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate the Plan, including: (a) the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation, restructuring, formation, conversion, disposition, transfer, dissolution, liquidation, or other corporate transaction, certificates of incorporation, operating agreements, by-laws, or other documents containing terms that are consistent with the terms of the Plan and that satisfy the applicable requirements of applicable law; (b) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption or delegation of any asset, property, right, liability, debt or obligation on terms

 

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consistent with the terms of the Plan; (c) the filing of appropriate certificates or articles of incorporation, reincorporation, amendments, merger, consolidation, conversion or dissolution and similar documents pursuant to applicable state law; (d) the execution and delivery of the applicable documents and instruments included in the Plan Supplement; (e) closing of the Rights Offering and distribution of Reorganized Key Common Stock thereunder and pursuant to the Backstop Agreement, and (f) all other actions the Reorganized Debtors determine to be necessary or appropriate, including making filings or recordings that may be required by applicable law, subject, in each case, to the requirements hereof and under the Plan.

37. Authority to Consummate Restructuring Transactions . The chairman of the board of directors, president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, any executive vice president, or any other appropriate officer, manager or managing partner of each of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as appropriate, shall be authorized to execute, deliver, file, or record such contracts, instruments, releases, agreements or other documents, and take such other actions, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate, to give effect to and further evidence the terms of the Plan, including the Restructuring Transactions, and the documents comprising the Plan Supplement. The secretary or assistant secretary of the Debtor or the Reorganized Debtor, as appropriate, shall be authorized to certify or attest to any of the foregoing actions.

38. Distributions under the Plan . The provisions of Article VI of the Plan, including, without limitation, the provisions governing distributions, are fair and reasonable and are approved in their entirety. The timing of distributions required under the Plan or this Order shall be made in accordance with and as set forth in the Plan or this Order, as applicable.

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Claim agrees with the applicable Debtor(s) and the Required Consenting Noteholders to a less favorable treatment, the Holder of each Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall receive, on account and in full satisfaction of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim, equal monthly Cash payments, commencing within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, in an aggregate amount equal to the Allowed amount of such Priority Tax Claim, together with interest calculated from and after the Petition Date at the applicable rate under section 511 of the Bankruptcy Code, over a period not to exceed five (5) years after the Petition Date; provided, however , that the Reorganized Debtors reserve the right to prepay all or a portion of any such amounts at any time with no prepayment penalty.

 

40. Unimpaired Claims . Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or this Order, until an Administrative Expense Claim or a Priority Tax Claim or Allowed Claim in Classes 1, 2, 6 or 7 that arises prior to the Effective Date has been (x) paid in full in accordance with applicable law, or on terms agreed to between the Holder of such Claim and the Debtor (or Reorganized Debtor) or in accordance with the terms and conditions of the particular transaction giving rise to such Claim, each in accordance with the Plan, or (y) resolved pursuant to the Disputed Claims procedures set forth in Section VII.B of the Plan or the dispute procedures regarding Cure Costs set forth in Section V.B of the Plan, (a) the provisions of Sections VIII.A, VIII.B, VIII.E, VIII.F, and VIII.H of the Plan shall not apply or take effect solely with respect to such Claim, (b) such Claim shall not be deemed settled, satisfied, resolved, released, discharged, or enjoined by any provision of the Plan, and (c) the applicable Debtor (or Reorganized Debtor) shall remain liable for such Claim; provided, that Section VIII.H of the Plan shall continue to apply to any such Claim that is subject to a continuing good faith objection to allowance, priority or secured status, request for estimation or

 

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other challenge brought by any party in interest in a manner consistent with the Plan and the Plan Support Agreement until such objection to allowance, priority or secured status, request for estimation or other challenge is resolved. For the avoidance of doubt, upon the satisfaction of either clause (x) or (y) of the foregoing sentence, as applicable, subparts (a)-(c) of the foregoing sentence shall no longer apply and the Plan and this Order shall apply with full force and effect with respect to such Claim. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Order, the Plan shall not affect the rights of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors in respect of any Unimpaired Claim, including, without limitation, all rights in respect of any and all legal and equitable defenses to, or setoffs or recoupments against, any such Unimpaired Claim.

41. Litigation Claimants . All litigation pending against any Debtor (“ Pending Litigation ”) shall resume against the applicable Reorganized Debtor upon the Effective Date in the forum in which such litigation was pending as of the Petition Date, unless otherwise removed within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date. To the extent any such litigation should result in a final judgment or settlement, the Reorganized Debtors shall satisfy any such final judgment or settlement in accordance with the terms thereof. Nothing herein shall waive or be deemed to waive or otherwise affect any of the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ applicable non-bankruptcy legal or equitable defenses to, appeal rights regarding, or setoffs or recoupments in respect of, any Claims related to such pending litigation.

42. Settlement of Litigation Claims . The Debtors are hereby authorized, upon entry of this Order and prior to the Effective Date, to settle any Pending Litigation and, to the extent necessary, pay settlement amounts in connection therewith, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

 

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43. Consensual Equity Holder Exchange . On, or as soon as practicable following the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall deliver the Equity Holder Plan Securities and any Equity Holder Cash-Out Amounts to the Holders of Existing Key Common Stock entitled thereto pursuant to Section IV.J of the Plan.

44. Resolution of Claims . The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors are hereby authorized, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, to pay or otherwise resolve Claims and this Court shall, except as otherwise provided herein, retain jurisdiction to resolve, at the request of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, any such Claims that the Debtors are unable to resolve consensually with the Holders thereof. This Court will entertain and grant a motion to reopen the Chapter 11 Cases filed by one or more Reorganized Debtors for the purpose of hearing and determining any and all such disputes.

45. Disputed Claims . The provisions of Article VII of the Plan, including, without limitation, the provisions governing procedures for resolving Disputed Claims, are fair and reasonable and are approved in their entirety. On and after the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided herein or in the Plan, all undisputed Claims will be paid in the ordinary course of business of the Reorganized Debtors.

46. Assumption of Contracts and Leases . The provisions governing the treatment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases set forth in Article V of the Plan are approved in their entirety. Pursuant to Section V.A of the Plan, as of and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, all Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to which any of the Debtors are parties shall be deemed assumed, except for any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease (a) identified on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List (as such list may have been or may hereafter, until the Effective Date, be amended in accordance

 

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with the Plan and this Order), (b) which is the subject of a separate motion or notice to reject filed by the Debtors and pending as of the Combined Hearing, (c) that expired or was terminated prior to the date of this Order (including, but not limited to, the Employment Agreement of L. Hobbs), or (d) which previously has been assumed or rejected pursuant to an order of the Court. The Reorganized Debtors shall pay the applicable Cure Cost owed, if any, with regard to each such assumed Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, which shall be deemed to be $0.00 unless a different Cure Cost is otherwise explicitly provided in the Non-Zero Cure Cost List or this Order. Each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease assumed pursuant to the Plan shall vest in and be fully enforceable by the applicable Reorganized Debtor in accordance with its terms, except as modified by the provisions of the Plan, any order of the Court, or applicable law; provided , however , that the following Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases (each as may have been modified or amended prior to the Petition Date) shall be assumed as modified by the parties thereto during the course of these Chapter 11 Cases: (i) that certain Master Service Contract, dated September 14, 2012, by and between Key Energy Services, LLC and Halcón Operating Co., Inc. (amended to include that certain Addendum to Master Service Contract, dated November 21, 2016, by and between Key Energy Services, LLC and Halcón Operating Co., Inc.); (ii) that certain Lease, dated October 9, 2013, by and between Meyer Industrial Land, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC (amended by that certain Fourth Amendment to Lease, effective as of January 1, 2017, by and between Meyer Industrial Land, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC); (iii) that certain lease agreement, dated September 15, 2008, by and between Wofford-Kinyon, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC (amended by that certain Second Amendment to Lease, effective as of December 1, 2016, by and between Wofford-Kinyon, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC); (iv) that certain lease agreement, dated August 26, 2008, by and

 

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between Michael D. Daniel and Shelly R. Daniel, on the one hand, and Key Energy Services, LLC, on the other hand (amended by that certain Second Amendment to Lease, effective as of December 1, 2016, by and between by and between Michael D. Daniel and Shelly R. Daniel, on the one hand, and Key Energy Services, LLC, on the other hand); (v) that certain Triple Net Commercial Lease, dated September 1, 2012, by and between Jonathan R. Martin and Key Energy Services, LLC (amended by that certain Second Amendment to Lease, effective as of December 1, 2016, by and between Jonathan R. Martin and Key Energy Services, LLC); (vi) that certain lease agreement, dated February 1, 2015, by and between D&R Investments and Key Energy Services, LLC (amended by that First Amendment to Lease, effective December 15, 2016, by and between D&R Investments and Key Energy Services, LLC); (vii) that certain lease agreement, dated December 16, 2010, by and between the Ed Rachal Foundation and Key Energy Services, LLC (amended by that certain Third Amendment to Lease, effective as of December 1, 2016, by and between Ed Rachal Foundation and Key Energy Services, LLC); (viii) that certain Lease Agreement, dated September 23, 1997, by and between Southpark, Ltd., d/b/a Englestad/Southpark, Inc. and Key Energy Services, Inc., as successor-in-interest to Key Energy Group, Inc. (amended by that certain Twenty-Fifth Amendment to Lease, effective as of December 1, 2016, by and between Southpark, Ltd., d/b/a Englestad/Southpark, Inc. and Key Energy Services, Inc., as successor-in-interest to Key Energy Group, Inc.); (ix) that certain lease agreement, dated April 11, 2011, by and between CLGS, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC, as successor-in-interest to Summit Oilfield Services, LLC (amended by that certain First Amendment to Lease, effective as of December 1, 2016, by and between CLGS, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC); (x) that certain lease agreement, dated September 1, 2008, by and between Johnnie Burrows, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC (amended by that certain First

 

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Amendment to Lease, effective as of December 1, 2016, by and between Johnnie Burrows, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC); (xi) that certain Lease Agreement, dated February 4, 2013, by and between CCI-B Greens Road E, LP and Key Energy Services, LLC (amended by that certain Second Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated November 22, 2016, by and between HOU IND 1, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC); (xii) that certain lease agreement, dated April 11, 2011, by and between JTCG, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC, as successor-in-interest to Summit Oilfield Services LLC (amended by that certain First Amendment to Lease, effective as of December 1, 2016, by and between JTCG, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC); (xiii) that certain Lease, dated May 2, 2011, by and between Merritt & Wilcox Properties, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC (amended by that certain Third Amendment to Lease, effective as of December 1, 2016, by and between Merritt & Wilcox Properties, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC); (xiv) that certain commercial lease agreement, dated December 1, 2014, by and between A2R Partners, LLP and Key Energy Services, LLC (amended by that certain First Amendment to Lease, effective as of December 1 2016, by and between A2R Partners, LLP and Key Energy Services, LLC); (xv) that certain Lease, dated May 21, 2007, by and between Snider Construction & Development, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC as successor-in-interest to Leader Energy Service USA, Ltd. (amended by that Second Amendment to Lease, effective as of December 1, 2016, by and between Snider Construction & Development, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC); (xvi) that certain lease agreement, dated December 15, 2015, by and between Past Properties, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC (amended by that certain Amended and Restated Lease, dated October 31, 2016, by and between Past Properties, LLC and Key Energy Services, LLC); (xvii) that certain Lease Agreement, dated January 20, 2005, by and between Crescent 1301 McKinney, L.P. and Key Energy Services, Inc. (amended by that certain Twenty-Fourth

 

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Amendment to Office Lease, effective as of December 1, 2016, by and between Crescent 1301 McKinney, L.P. and Key Energy Services, Inc.); and (xviii) that certain Lease, dated May 17, 2007, by and between DP Tower II, LP (as successor-in-interest to 5080 California Associates, LLC) and Key Energy Services, LLC (amended by that certain Seventh Amendment to Lease, dated November 7, 2016, by and between DP Tower II, LP (as successor-in-interest to 5080 California Associates, LLC) and Key Energy Services, LLC). Sufficient adequate assurance of future performance has been provided for each assumed Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease. This Order shall constitute an order of the Court under sections 365 and 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code approving the contract and lease assumptions described above, as of the Effective Date unless otherwise required under the terms of such contracts or leases, as amended. In the event that the Effective Date does not occur, this Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to any request by the Debtors to extend the deadline for assuming or rejecting unexpired leases pursuant to section 365(d)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

47. Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases . This Order shall constitute the Court’s approval of the rejection of all of the Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases identified on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List or otherwise identified as rejected in the Plan or in this Order. This Order shall constitute an order of the Court under sections 365 and 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code approving such contract and lease rejections. Except as otherwise provided herein or on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, the rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases rejected by the Debtors pursuant to this Order shall be effective as of the Effective Date.

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other party or parties to such contract or lease, a Claim for such damages, if not heretofore evidenced by a timely filed Proof of Claim, shall be forever barred and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, or their respective properties or interests in property as agents, successors or assigns, unless a Proof of Claim is filed with the Notice and Claims Agent and served upon counsel for the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors no later than thirty (30) days after the date of entry of an order of the Court (including this Order, as to those Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases designated on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List) approving such rejection. Any Person whose Assumed Employee Agreement has been terminated during the Chapter 11 Cases and prior to the date hereof must file a Proof of Claim no later than thirty (30) days following the date of this Order. Any Claim arising from such termination, as to which no Proof of Claim is timely filed, shall not be Allowed and shall be forever barred from assertion and not enforceable against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, or property of the foregoing parties. Any such Claims, to the extent Allowed, shall be classified as Class 6 General Unsecured Claims. For the avoidance of doubt, Claims for rejection damages shall be subject in all respects, to the extent applicable, to the limitations set forth in section 502(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

49. Resolution of Rejection Claim in Respect of Turpin, Oklahoma Lease . Effective upon entry of this Order, that certain Lease Agreement between Key Energy Services, LLC on the one hand and Tim D. and Justine M. McFarland (collectively, “ Lessor ”), dated December 14, 2007 (including all amendments thereto), for use of property located in Turpin, Oklahoma (the “ Turpin Lease ”), shall be deemed rejected and terminated in its entirety, notwithstanding any provisions therein otherwise providing for survival of obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Paragraph 48 hereof, on the Effective Date, or as

 

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soon thereafter as practicable, the Reorganized Debtors shall pay to Lessor in immediately available funds a total of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), without the need for Lessor to file any Proof of Claim in these Chapter 11 Cases. Without limiting any provision of the Plan or other provision of this Order, upon such payment, Lessors shall be deemed to have released, waived, and discharged any and all claims they may have against the Debtors, their estates, and the Reorganized Debtors, without the need for any further action by any party. The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors shall also be deemed to have waived and relinquishing any and all rights found in the Turpin Lease, including, but not limited to, the right of possession in leasehold.

50. Survival of the Debtors Indemnification Obligations . Any obligations of the Debtors pursuant to their corporate charters, bylaws, certificates of incorporation (or other formation documents), board resolutions, employment contracts or other agreements of the Debtors, or under state law, to indemnify current and former officers, directors, managers, employees and their attorneys, other professionals and agents with respect to all present and future actions, suits and proceedings against the Debtors or such Entities shall not be discharged or impaired by confirmation of the Plan. All such obligations shall be assumed by the Debtors under the Plan and shall continue as obligations of the Reorganized Debtors. Any claim based on such obligations shall not be subject to any objection by reason of section 502(e)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code. In addition, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall not take any action to cancel any of the Debtors’ insurance policies, including the D&O Liability Insurance Policies and any standard “tail policies”, that are in existence as of the Effective Date unless such cancellation is for the purpose of obtaining replacement coverage with equal or more favorable coverage terms, and all members, managers, directors, and officers of the Debtors who served in such capacity at any time prior to the Effective Date shall be entitled to the full benefits of any such policies for the full term of such policies regardless of whether such members, managers, directors or officers remain in such positions after the Effective Date.

 

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51. Compensation and Benefit Plans . Subject to Sections IV.Y and V.H.1 of the Plan, all Compensation and Benefits Programs of the Debtors in effect as of the entry of this Order shall be deemed to be, and shall be treated as if they were, executory contracts that are to be assumed under the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or of this Order, (a) any provisions in any of the Compensation and Benefits Programs, including in any Assumed Employee Agreements, that provide rights to purchase or receive Existing Key Common Stock shall be given effect and treated as Existing Key Common Stock on the relevant date for purposes of the Rights Offering and the consensual treatment described in Section III.C.8 of the Plan (and will be null and void and have no effect with respect to shares of Reorganized Key Common Stock after the Effective Date), (b) if any Assumed Employee Agreement contains a provision or provisions allowing Key to convert a cash payment or distribution into equity, such provision(s) shall be null and void as to such conversion feature, and any future cash payments or distributions will be paid in cash by Reorganized Key after the Effective Date in accordance with Section V.H.1 of the Plan, (c) as of the Effective Date, all employee equity or equity-based incentive plans, and any provisions set forth in the Compensation and Benefits Programs that provide for rights to acquire any Interests in Key shall be cancelled, and (d) subject to the terms of Sections IV.Y and V.H.1 of the Plan, upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, all equity components of any existing agreements, plans or programs of the Debtors, including the existing prepetition incentive program, will be cancelled, any cash components of such plans will be honored by Reorganized Key, pursuant to and consistent with the Plan, and Reorganized Key shall have no obligation to provide equity-based compensation to employees except as may be provided pursuant to the New MIP.

 

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52. Conditions Precedent to Effective Date . The provisions governing the conditions precedent to the Effective Date set forth in Article IX of the Plan are approved in their entirety. The Plan shall not become effective unless and until the conditions set forth in Section IX.A of the Plan have been satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section IX.B of the Plan). The Debtors are authorized to consummate the Plan at any time after the entry of this Order subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the Plan’s Effective Date set forth in Article IX of the Plan or waiver of such conditions by the required parties in accordance with the Plan.

53. Administrative Expenses . Pursuant to Section II.A of the Plan, except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Administrative Expense Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors agree to a less favorable treatment, and subject to Paragraph 54 hereof and Section II.B of the Plan with respect to Professional Fee Claims, the Debtors (or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be) are authorized to pay to each Holder of an Administrative Expense Claim outstanding as of the Effective Date, Cash in an amount equal to the Allowed amount of such Claim on, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, the latest of (a) the Effective Date, (b) the date that such Administrative Expense Claim becomes due and owing in the ordinary course of business, and (c) the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the date such Administrative Expense Claim becomes Allowed, if not allowed as of the dates specified in clauses (a) and (b).

54. Professional Compensation . On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall fund the Professional Fee Escrow Account with Cash equal to the aggregate Professional Fee Reserve Amount for all Retained Professionals. The Professional Fee Escrow Account shall be maintained in trust for the Retained Professionals. All Retained Professionals

 

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seeking awards by the Court of compensation for services rendered or reimbursement of expenses incurred on or after the Petition Date through the Effective Date in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 327, 328, 329, 330, or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code, or for which compensation and reimbursement has been awarded by the Court pursuant to section 503(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall (a) file their respective applications for final allowance of their respective Professional Fee Claims by the date that is thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, and (b) receive Cash in the full Allowed amount of their respective Professional Fee Claims, first from funds held in the Professional Fee Escrow Account as soon as reasonably practicable after their respective Professional Fee Claims are Allowed by an order of this Court and then, if the funds in the Professional Fee Escrow Account are not sufficient to pay all Allowed Professional Fee Claims in full, from funds remaining in the Debtors’ Estates and, to the extent such funds are insufficient, by the Reorganized Debtors. Following payment in full of all Allowed Professional Fee Claims of the Retained Professionals, amounts remaining in the Professional Fee Escrow Account, if any, shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors. The Reorganized Debtors are authorized to pay compensation for services rendered or reimbursement of expenses incurred after the Effective Date in the ordinary course and without the need for Court approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan shall be revised as follows: “ Professional Fee Escrow Account” means an interest-bearing a segregated account in with an amount on deposit equal to the Professional Fee Reserve Amount funded and maintained by the Reorganized Debtors on and after the Effective Date solely for the purpose of paying all Allowed and unpaid Professional Fee Claims of the Retained Professionals.

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reasonable and documented Restructuring Fees and Expenses other than the Restructuring Fees and Expenses of Retained Professionals, which shall be paid pursuant to Section II.B of the Plan and Paragraph 54 of this Order. For the avoidance of doubt, the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) are hereby authorized to pay in Cash, when due and payable pursuant to the New Term Loan Credit Agreement, the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, the Plan Support Agreement (payment of which the Court has already authorized pursuant to the PSA Order), and the Forbearance Agreement, the reasonable and documented fees and expenses related to the implementation, consummation and defense of the Plan of professionals for the Term Loan Agent and the ABL Agent whether incurred before or after the Effective Date.

56. Ordinary Course Professionals . Following the Effective Date, the Debtors shall be authorized to process and pay invoices in the ordinary course of business on account of post-petition services provided by professionals employed in the ordinary course of business. Prior to the Effective Date, and subject to this Court’s entry of an order granting the Debtors’ Motion for Entry of an Order, Pursuant to Sections 105(a), 327, 328, and 330 of the Bankruptcy Code, Authorizing the Debtors to Retain and Compensate Certain Professionals Utilized in the Ordinary Course of Business, Nunc Pro Tunc to the Petition Date (Dkt. No. 180), the Debtors shall be authorized to process and pay invoices on account of post-petition services provided by such professionals in accordance with the procedures described therein.

57. Vesting of Assets . On the Effective Date, pursuant to sections 1141(b) and (c) of the Bankruptcy Code and Section IV.C of the Plan, all property of the Debtors’ estates, including all Causes of Action in favor of any Debtor, shall vest in each respective Reorganized Debtor, free and clear of all Liens, Claims, charges or other encumbrances or interests, except as expressly provided pursuant to the Plan or this Order (including, without limitation, the New

 

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Term Loan Facility and the New ABL Credit Facility). From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may operate their businesses and may use, acquire and dispose of property free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules and in all respects as if there were no pending cases under any chapter or provision of the Bankruptcy Code, except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Order.

58. Change of Control Provisions .  Except as provided in Section V.H.1 of the Plan, entry of this Order, consummation of the Plan, and/or any other acts taken to implement the Plan shall not constitute a “change of control” under any provision of any contract, agreement or other document which provides for the occurrence of any event, the granting of any right, or any other change in the then-existing relationship between the parties upon a change in control.

59. Discharge . Subject to Paragraph 40 hereof, the provisions of Section VIII.A of the Plan are approved and authorized in their entirety, and such provisions are effective and binding on all Entities to the extent provided therein. Without limiting the foregoing and except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in this Order, effective as of the Effective Date, the rights afforded in the Plan and the treatment of all Claims and Interests therein shall be in exchange for and in complete satisfaction, discharge and release of all Claims and Interests of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued thereon from and after the Petition Date, against or in the Debtors or any of their assets, property or estates, and the Debtors shall be deemed discharged and released therefrom under section 1141(d)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code.

60. Injunction Against Interference with Plan . Subject to Paragraph 40 hereof, the provisions of Section VIII.H of the Plan are approved and authorized in their entirety, and such provisions are effective and binding on all Entities to the extent provided therein. Without limiting the foregoing and except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in this Order, from and

 

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after the Effective Date, all Entities are permanently enjoined and precluded from commencing or continuing in any manner, any suit, action or other proceeding – including on account of or respecting any claim, demand, liability, obligation, debt, right, cause of action, interest or remedy that have been compromised or settled – against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or any Entity released or exculpated pursuant to the Plan (or the property or estate of any Entity, directly or indirectly, so released or exculpated) on account of, or in connection with, or with respect to any discharged, released, settled, compromised, or exculpated claims, interests, causes of action or liabilities.

61. Releases by the Debtors . The provisions of Section VIII.E of the Plan are approved and authorized in their entirety, and such provisions are effective and binding on all Entities to the extent provided therein. Without limiting the foregoing and except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in this Order, as of the Effective Date, for good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby confirmed, including, without limitation, the service of the Released Parties to facilitate the expeditious reorganization of the Debtors and the implementation of the Restructuring contemplated by the Plan, the Released Parties shall be deemed forever released and discharged, to the maximum extent permitted by law, by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and the Estates from any and all Causes of Action that the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or their Estates would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the Holder of any Claim or Interest or other Entity, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from or in connection with, in whole or in part, the Debtors, their affiliates, the Reorganized Debtors, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Debtors’ restructuring, the purchase, sale, or rescission of the purchase or sale of any security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the subject matter of, or the transactions or

 

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events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is treated in the Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between any Debtor and any Released Party, the restructuring of any Claim or Interest before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation or preparation of the Plan, the Plan Support Agreement, the Plan Supplement, the Disclosure Statement, the New Key Constituent Documents, the Definitive Restructuring Documents, the Rights Offering Documents, the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, the New Warrant Agreement, the Corporate Advisory Services Agreement, and any related agreements, instruments, and other documents, or any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date, other than (a) any express contractual or financial obligations or any rights or obligations arising under or that are part of the Plan or any agreements entered into pursuant to, in connection with or contemplated by the Plan or to any contractual obligation owed by any Released Party to or for the benefit of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor and (b) any liability of, or any Cause of Action against, any Entity that results from any act or omission that is determined in a final order to have constituted fraud, gross negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct (other than with respect to any actions taken in connection with the Alleged Defaults, the negotiation and consummation of the Forbearance Agreement and amendments thereto and any reappraisal of assets pursuant to Section 10.1.2(m) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement).

62. Releases by Holders of Claims and Interests . The provisions of Section VIII.F of the Plan are approved and authorized in their entirety, and such provisions are effective and binding on all Entities to the extent provided therein, subject to the final sentence of this Paragraph and Paragraph 40 hereof. Without limiting the foregoing and except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in this Order, as of the Effective Date, for good and valuable

 

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consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby confirmed, including, without limitation, the service of the Released Parties to facilitate the reorganization of the Debtors and the implementation of the Restructuring, the Released Parties shall be deemed forever released and discharged, to the maximum extent permitted by law, by each of (a) the Supporting Creditors, (b) the Non-Defaulting Backstop Participants, (c) the Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants, (d) each other Holder of a Claim or Interest other than an Entity that has elected in writing prior to the Plan/Disclosure Statement Objection Deadline not to provide the releases under Section VIII.F of the Plan, and (e) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the foregoing parties’ respective predecessors, successors, assigns, Affiliates, parents, subsidiaries, managed accounts, funds, and current and former officers, directors and other agents, in each case from any and all Causes of Action arising on or prior to the Effective Date, that such Entity would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the Holder of any Claim or Interest or other Entity, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from or in connection with, in whole or in part, the Debtors, their Affiliates, the Reorganized Debtors, the Debtors’ restructuring, the Chapter 11 Cases, the purchase, sale or rescission of the purchase or sale of any security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is treated in the Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between the Debtors and any Released Party, the restructuring of Claims and Interests prior to or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation, or preparation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Supplement, the Plan Support Agreement, the New Key Constituent Documents, the Definitive Restructuring Documents, the Rights Offering Documents, the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, the New Warrant Agreement, the Corporate Advisory Services Agreement, and any related agreements,

 

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instruments or other documents, any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date, other than (a) any express contractual or financial obligations or any rights or obligations arising under or that are part of the Plan or any agreements entered into pursuant to, in connection with or contemplated by the Plan or to any contractual obligation owed by any Released Party to or for the benefit of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor and (b) any liability of, or any Cause of Action against, any Entity that results from any act or omission that is determined in a final order to have constituted fraud, gross negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct (other than with respect to any actions taken in connection with the Alleged Defaults, the negotiation and consummation of the Forbearance Agreement and amendments thereto and any reappraisal of assets pursuant to Section 10.1.2(m) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement) (the “ Third-Party Release ”). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Order or in the releases set forth in Sections VIII.E or VIII.F of the Plan shall release or discharge the rights of any Holder of a Claim or Interest to receive a payment or distribution provided for pursuant to the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Disclosure Statement, Plan or this Order, (i) the SEC shall be excluded from the parties providing a Third-Party Release under the Plan; provided , however , that nothing herein shall affect in any way the FCPA Resolution, and any commitments and obligations of the Debtors and the SEC thereunder, which shall remain in full force and effect; and (ii) the term “Releasing Parties” as defined and used in the Plan shall not include any of the following parties that filed written objections indicating their intent to opt out of the releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan prior to the Plan/Disclosure Statement Objection Deadline or otherwise expressed in writing to the Debtors their election to opt out of the releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan: (a) the Texas Comptroller, (b) Chevron, (c) Lexon, (d) the U.S. Department of Justice, (e)

 

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the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, (f) the Internal Revenue Service, (g) the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, (h) the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, (i) the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, (j) the seven (7) Holders of Senior Notes Claims that opted out of the releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan pursuant to a valid election made on their Ballot, and (k) any Holder of Existing Key Common Stock that returned an Equity Holder Election Form on or before December 2, 2016 validly opting out of the releases contained in Section VIII.F of the Plan.

63. Exculpation . The provisions of Section VIII.G of the Plan are approved and authorized in their entirety, and such provisions are effective and binding on all Entities to the extent provided therein; provided , however , that the Plan shall be deemed to be modified as follows:

(a) The following definition is added to the Plan: “Exculpated Fiduciaries” means each of: (a) the Debtors; (b) the Reorganized Debtors; and (c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to each of the foregoing Entities in clauses (a) and (b), each such Entity’s predecessors, successors, and assigns, and Affiliates and its and their parents, subsidiaries, managed accounts, funds, and current and former officers, directors, principals, advisors, members, managers, limited partners, general partners, equity holders, controlling persons, employees, agents, representatives, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, management companies, fund advisors, advisory board members and other professionals, and each such Person’s respective heirs, executors, estates, servants and nominees, in each case solely in their capacity as such;

 

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(b) The definition of “Exculpated Parties” is deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following: “Exculpated Parties” means, collectively, the Exculpated Fiduciaries and the Section 1125(e) Parties;

(c) The following definition is added to the Plan: “Section 1125(e) Parties” means each of (a) the Supporting Creditors; (b) the Non-Defaulting Backstop Participants; (c) the Equity Holder Rights Offering Participants; and (d) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to each of the Entities in clauses (a) through (c), each such Entity’s predecessors, successors, and assigns, and Affiliates and its and their parents, subsidiaries, managed accounts, funds, and current and former officers, directors, principals, advisors, members, managers, limited partners, general partners, equity holders, controlling persons, employees, agents, representatives, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, management companies, fund advisors, advisory board members and other professionals, and each such Person’s respective heirs, executors, estates, servants and nominees, in each case solely in their capacity as such; and

(d) Section VIII.G of the Plan is deemed amended as follows:

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTS OR OMISSIONS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN AND PRESERVED BY THE PLAN, THE PLAN SUPPLEMENT, OR RELATED DOCUMENTS, THE EXCULPATED FIDUCIARIES PARTIES AND, SOLELY TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED BY SECTION 1125(E) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, THE SECTION 1125(E) PARTIES, SHALL NEITHER HAVE, NOR INCUR ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR OTHERWISE TO ANY ENTITY FOR ANY PREPETITION OR POSTPETITION ACT TAKEN OR OMITTED TO BE TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH, RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE FORMULATION, NEGOTIATION, PREPARATION, DISSEMINATION, FILING, IMPLEMENTATION, ADMINISTRATION, CONFIRMATION, EFFECTUATION OR TERMINATION OF ANY FUNDAMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT OR DEFINITIVE RESTRUCTURING DOCUMENT OR

 

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ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, ANY CONTRACT, INSTRUMENT, RELEASE OR OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENTS (INCLUDING PROVIDING ANY LEGAL OPINION REQUESTED BY ANY ENTITY REGARDING ANY TRANSACTION, CONTRACT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR OTHER AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATED BY THE PLAN OR THE RELIANCE BY ANY EXCULPATED FIDUCIARY AND, SOLELY TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED BY SECTION 1125(E) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, ANY SECTION 1125(E) PARTY, ON THE PLAN OR THE CONFIRMATION ORDER IN LIEU OF SUCH LEGAL OPINION) CREATED OR ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT OR THE PLAN, THE FILING OF THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE PURSUIT OF CONFIRMATION, THE ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN, INCLUDING THE ISSUANCE OF ANY SECURITIES PURSUANT TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLAN (INCLUDING THE SECURITIES ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE PRIMARY RIGHTS OFFERING, THE INCREMENTAL LIQUIDITY RIGHTS OFFERING, THE EQUITY HOLDER CASH-OUT SUBSCRIPTION AND THE BACKSTOP AGREEMENT), OR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY UNDER THE PLAN OR ANY OTHER RELATED AGREEMENT, EXCEPT FOR CLAIMS RELATED TO ANY ACT OR OMISSION THAT IS DETERMINED IN A FINAL ORDER TO HAVE CONSTITUTED FRAUD, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, BUT IN ALL RESPECTS SUCH ENTITIES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RELY REASONABLY UPON THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES PURSUANT TO THE PLAN.

THE EXCULPATED PARTIES HAVE, AND UPON CONFIRMATION, SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE, PARTICIPATED IN GOOD FAITH AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE APPLICABLE LAWS WITH REGARD TO THE SOLICITATION OF, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONSIDERATION PURSUANT TO, THE PLAN AND, THEREFORE, ARE NOT, AND ON ACCOUNT OF SUCH DISTRIBUTIONS SHALL NOT BE, LIABLE AT ANY TIME FOR THE VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION GOVERNING THE SOLICITATION OF ACCEPTANCES OR REJECTIONS OF THE PLAN OR SUCH DISTRIBUTIONS MADE PURSUANT TO THE PLAN.

Article VIII.G of the Plan, as amended by this Order, is incorporated into this Order as if set forth in full herein, is found to be fair and reasonable, is hereby approved in its entirety, and shall be, and hereby is, effective and binding subject to the terms thereof. Without limiting the

 

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foregoing, the Exculpated Fiduciaries, and, to the extent provided by section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Section 1125(e) Parties, shall not be liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation governing the Solicitation or the distribution of consideration made pursuant to the Plan.

64. Corporate Action . All actions contemplated by or necessary to effectuate the Plan and this Order are hereby deemed authorized and approved in all respects, including (a) the assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, except as provided in the Plan, the Plan Supplement or any order of this Court (including this Order); (b) installation of the New Key Board and the New Subsidiary Boards and officers for the Reorganized Debtors as set forth in the Plan Supplement and this Order; (c) execution and entry into the Definitive Restructuring Documents (including the New Term Loan Documents), the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, the New Warrant Agreement, the Corporate Advisory Services Agreement and the Rights Offering Documents; (d) the Platinum Letter; (e) consummation of the Primary Rights Offering and, if applicable, the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering and the Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription; (f) performance under the Plan Support Agreement, Backstop Agreement, and Escrow Agreements; (g) issuance and distribution or delivery of the Plan Securities as provided herein and in the Rights Offering Documents; (h) adoption and implementation of the New MIP; (i) filing of Articles of Conversion with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation and a Certificate of Conversion with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware for Reorganized Key Energy Services, Inc. (j) entry into the New Organizational Documents and the Investor Rights Agreement; (k) implementation of the Restructuring Transactions contemplated by the Plan; and (l) all other actions contemplated by the Plan (whether occurring before, on or after the Effective Date). Except as provided in

 

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Section IV.U of the Plan and Paragraph 12 of this Order, all matters provided for in the Plan and this Order involving the corporate or limited liability company structure of the Reorganized Debtors, and any corporate or limited liability company action required by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have occurred and shall be in effect, without any requirement of further action by the directors, managers, or officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors.

65. Effectuating Documents and Further Transactions . On or after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors and the officers and members of the New Key Board and New Subsidiary Boards shall be authorized and (as applicable) directed to issue, execute, deliver, file, or record the agreements, Plan Securities, instruments, releases, and other documents contemplated by the Plan (or necessary or desirable to effect the transactions contemplated by the Plan), including, without limitation, the New Term Loan Documents, the New ABL Credit Facility Documents, the New Organizational Documents, the Investor Rights Agreement, the New MIP, and the New Warrant Agreement, and take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement, and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Restructuring Transactions in the name of and on behalf of one or more of the Reorganized Debtors, without the need for any approvals, authorizations, or consents, except those expressly required pursuant to the Plan. The authorizations and approvals contemplated by Section IV.U of the Plan shall be effective notwithstanding any requirements under non-bankruptcy law.

66. Asset Sales . The Debtors are authorized, (i) with the prior written consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed), to execute prior to the Effective Date definitive transaction documents

 

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with respect to Specified Asset Sales, and (ii) with the prior written consent of the Required Consenting Creditors, to execute prior to the Effective Date definitive transaction documents with respect to any other asset sale outside the ordinary course of business, any of which transactions may close with no further Bankruptcy Court approval required either prior to the Effective Date (so long as the interests of the Holders of Allowed Claims are not adversely affected thereby and such sales are in each case permitted by the terms of the ABL Facility (as defined in the Plan Support Agreement) or by the requisite holders under the ABL Facility) or subsequent to the Effective Date.

67. Rights Offering . 5

(a) Notice of the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion as provided therein shall be deemed timely, sufficient, appropriate and adequate notice thereof.

(b) The Rights Offering Procedures, attached as Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2 to the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion, including the terms, requirements, record dates and expiration date described therein, are hereby approved.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Key, in consultation with and subject to the consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders, is authorized to modify the Rights Offering Procedures or adopt additional detailed procedures if it deems such modifications or additions to be necessary in its business judgment to administer the distribution more efficiently or to comply with applicable law, and any such modification or addition that Key has made prior to entry of this Order is hereby authorized, provided that any such modification or addition has not and will not materially modify the Rights of any Qualifying Noteholders or Qualifying Equity Holders and that the Debtors have filed or do file (as applicable) with the Court a notice attaching a copy of such modification or amendment within two (2) Business Days of adoption thereof.

 

5   Capitalized terms used in this Paragraph 67 and its sub-paragraphs and not otherwise defined in this Order or the Plan shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion.

 

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(d) The Rights Offering Materials, including the Pre-Qualification and Certification Form for Qualifying Equity Holders , the Pre-Qualification and Certification Form for Registered Qualifying Equity Holders , the Qualifying Equity Holder Rights Exercise Form, and the Qualifying Noteholder Rights Exercise Form , attached as Exhibit 3, Exhibit 4, Exhibit 5 and Exhibit 6 to the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion, are hereby approved.

(e) Key is authorized to give effect to and consummate the prepetition Rights Offering, including the Primary Rights Offering and the Incremental Liquidity Rights Offering, on the terms set forth in the Rights Offering Procedures. Without limiting the foregoing, Key is authorized to issue and deliver the Primary Rights Offering Common Stock and the Incremental Liquidity Shares to the Qualifying Noteholders and Qualifying Equity Holders that properly subscribed therefor pursuant to the Rights Offering Procedures.

(f) Key is also authorized to give effect to and consummate the Equity Holder Cash-Out Subscription on the terms set forth in the Rights Offering Procedures. Without limiting the foregoing, Key is authorized to issue and deliver the Equity Holder Cash-Out Shares and Warrants to the Qualifying Equity Holders that properly subscribed therefor pursuant to the Rights Offering Procedures.

(g) In accordance with the terms of the Rights Offering Procedures, all actions by Key to determine and resolve, in consultation with the Required Consenting Noteholders, questions concerning the timeliness, viability, form, and eligibility of any exercise of Rights or the meaning or interpretation of the Rights Offering Procedures are hereby authorized and approved. The Rights Offering Procedures authorize Key to (i) waive any defect

 

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or irregularity, or permit a defect or irregularity to be corrected, within such times as Key may determine in good faith to be appropriate or (ii) reject the purported exercise of any Rights for any Qualifying Noteholder Rights Exercise Form or Qualifying Equity Holder Rights Exercise Form , as applicable, or payment related thereto, that includes defects or irregularities, and any such action by Key, whether taken before or after entry of this Order, is hereby authorized.

(h) Key’s designation of Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC as the Subscription Agent for the Rights Offering is hereby approved.

(i) All objections, responses to, and statements and comments, if any, in opposition to the Court’s approval of the Rights Offering Procedures and authorization of Key to consummate the Rights Offering pursuant thereto, other than those resolved on the record or withdrawn with prejudice in their entirety prior to, or on the record at, the Combined Hearing, shall be, and hereby are, overruled in their entirety for the reasons stated on the record.

68. Backstop Agreement and Escrow Agreements . 6

(a) Key is authorized (and is hereby deemed) to assume the Backstop Agreement and the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement (attached as Exhibit 7 and Exhibit 8, respectively, to the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion), and Key’s entry into the Backstop Escrow Agreement (attached as Exhibit 9 the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion) is hereby approved.

(b) Key is authorized to perform any and all of its obligations under the Backstop Agreement and the Escrow Agreements.

(c) The Backstop Agreement and the Escrow Agreements will be binding and enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with their terms.

 

6   Capitalized terms used in this Paragraph 68 and its sub-paragraphs and not otherwise defined in this Order or the Plan shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Rights Offering and Backstop Motion.

 

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(d) Any Cure Costs or other requirements of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code in respect of the Backstop Agreement or the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement are hereby deemed satisfied.

(e) Key is further authorized, as applicable, to (i) pay the Put Premium, (ii) pay the Termination Fee, and (iii) incur the indemnification obligations set forth in the Backstop Agreement, each in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Backstop Agreement, without further application to or order of the Court.

(f) To the extent the automatic stay provisions of section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code would otherwise apply, such provisions are vacated and modified to effectuate all of the terms and provisions of the Backstop Agreement and this Paragraph 68, including, without limitation, permitting the Backstop Participants to exercise all rights and remedies under the Backstop Agreement in accordance with its terms, terminate the Backstop Agreement in accordance with its terms, and deliver any notice contemplated thereunder, in each case, without further order of the Court.

(g) The Backstop Agreement, the Escrow Agreements, and the provisions of this Paragraph 68 shall be effective and binding upon all parties in interest in the Chapter 11 Cases, including, without limitation, all creditors of Key, any statutory or other committee appointed in these Chapter 11 Cases, Key and its successors and assigns, including any trustee hereinafter appointed or elected for Key, any examiner appointed, a responsible person, officer, or any other party appointed as a legal representative or designee of Key or with respect to the property of Key’s estate, whether in these Chapter 11 Cases, in any successor chapter 11 or chapter 7 cases, or upon any dismissal of any such cases, and shall inure to the benefit of Key, the Backstop Participants, the Rights Offering Escrow Agent, and the Backstop Escrow Agent and their respective successors and assigns.

 

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(h) Key is authorized to execute, deliver, and perform under one or more amendments, waivers, consents, or other modifications to and under the Backstop Agreement, the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement, and the Backstop Escrow Agreement, in each case in accordance with the terms of thereof, and no further approval of the Court shall be required for any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification to and under the Backstop Agreement, the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement, or the Backstop Escrow Agreement that does not have a material adverse effect on the Debtors’ estates.

(i) This Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to all matters arising from or related to the interpretation, implementation, and enforcement of the Rights Offering Procedures, the Backstop Agreement, the Escrow Agreements, and the provisions of this Paragraph 68.

(j) All objections, responses to, and statements and comments in opposition, if any, to Key’s assumption of the Backstop Agreement or the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement or the Court’s approval of Key’s entry into the Backstop Escrow Agreement, other than those resolved on the record or withdrawn with prejudice in their entirety prior to, or on the record at, the Combined Hearing, shall be, and hereby are, overruled in their entirety for the reasons stated on the record.

69. Platinum Letter Agreement . Each of Reorganized Key and Platinum Equity Advisors, LLC is authorized and directed to execute the Platinum Letter Agreement.

70. Payment of Statutory Fees . All fees payable pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1930 shall be paid as and when due or otherwise pursuant to an agreement between the Reorganized Debtors and the United States Trustee, as to each Debtor until such time as the chapter 11 case for such Debtor is closed.

 

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71. Cooper Management, LLC . Nothing in this Order or the Plan shall affect or impair any rights, claims or defenses of any of the Debtors or Cooper Management, LLC (“ Cooper ”) with respect to (i) the rejection of a certain lease (the “ Lease ”) of a parcel of real property in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (the “ Premises ”) between Cooper and Key Energy Services, LLC, including whether the Lease was terminated prior to the Petition Date, or (ii) any other issues that are the subject of the Objection and Reservation of Rights of Cooper Management, LLC to Notice of Rejection and Confirmation of Plan (Dkt. No. 218) (the “ Cooper Objection ”), the Supplement to Objection and Reservation of Rights of Cooper Management, LLC to Notice of Rejection and Confirmation of Plan (Dkt. No. 224) (the “ Cooper Supplement ”), the resolution of all of which shall be continued to the next omnibus hearing set in the Chapter 11 Cases, subject to further extensions as agreed to by the parties. The Debtors and Cooper may separately brief all such issues and, without limiting any other retention of jurisdiction set forth in this Order, this Court shall retain jurisdiction to hear and resolve any dispute between any of the Debtors and Cooper in respect of such matters, except with respect to Environmental Claims, as defined below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all personal property of the Debtors remaining on the Premises shall be removed or deemed abandoned by the Debtors as of January 31, 2017; provided , however , that the Debtors shall be authorized to file a notice of abandonment as to such property, which shall be free and clear of all claims, liens, and encumbrances on or before such date. Nothing in the Plan, this Order, or any rejection of the Cooper Lease shall impair or affect (i) Cooper’s right under the Cooper Lease, if any, to bring any claim or cause of action arising from any environmental claim, including the need for remediation, at the Premises (an “ Environmental Claim ”) in any court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) the rights of the Debtors to oppose or contest any such Environmental Claim.

 

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72. Reversal/Stay/Modification/Vacatur of Order . Except as otherwise provided in this Order, if any or all of the provisions of this Order are hereafter reversed, modified, vacated, or stayed by subsequent order of this Court, or any other court, such reversal, stay, modification, or vacatur shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any act, obligation, indebtedness, liability, priority, or lien incurred or undertaken by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, prior to the effective date of such reversal, stay, modification, or vacatur, provided that the applicable provisions of this Order were not then subject to stay. Notwithstanding any such subsequent reversal, stay, modification, or vacatur, and provided that the applicable provisions of this Order were not then subject to stay, any such act or obligation incurred or undertaken pursuant to, or in reliance on, this Order prior to the effective date of such reversal, stay, modification, or vacatur shall be governed in all respects by the provisions of this Order, the Plan, the Definitive Restructuring Documents, or any amendments or modifications to the foregoing.

73. Retention of Jurisdiction . Notwithstanding the entry of this Order, the occurrence of the Effective Date, or the closing of any or all of the Chapter 11 Cases, and without limiting any other retention of jurisdiction set forth in this Order, pursuant to sections 105 and 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code, this Court, except as otherwise explicitly provided in the Plan, the Definitive Restructuring Documents, or this Order, shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over all matters arising out of, and related to, the Chapter 11 Cases to the fullest extent legally permissible, including, but not limited to, jurisdiction (a) over the matters set forth in Article XI of the Plan, (b) to make a determination, pursuant to Section IV.I of the Plan, as to whether the

 

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Minimum Liquidity Test is satisfied and, if not, whether issuance of Incremental Liquidity Shares in any amount up to an aggregate of $25 million would enable Reorganized Key to have Minimum Liquidity on the Effective Date, in the event that the financial advisors to the Debtors and the financial advisors to the Backstop Participants are unable to reach an agreement as to such determinations, and (c) to hear and resolve any dispute between the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and a Holder of Existing Key Common Stock regarding whether such Holder engaged in any of the conduct described in clauses (A) through (E) of Section III.C.8(b) of the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Definitive Restructuring Documents, or this Order, on and after the Effective Date, the Court’s retention of jurisdiction shall not govern any disputes arising or asserted under or related to the New Term Loan Facility, the New Term Loan Documents, the New ABL Commitment Letter, the New ABL Term Sheet, the New ABL Credit Facility, and the New ABL Credit Facility Documents.

74. Modifications . After the entry of this Order but prior to substantial consummation of the Plan, and in accordance with the Fundamental Implementation Agreements, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may amend or modify the Plan in accordance with section 1127(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or to remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan in such manner as may be necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan either (a) with the approval of this Court or (b) so long as the interests of the Holders of Allowed Claims are not adversely affected thereby in any material respect, with the consent of the Required Consenting Creditors.

75. Provisions of Plan and Order Nonseverable and Mutually Dependent . Each term and provision of the Plan and this Order, including the findings of fact and

 

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conclusions of law set forth herein, is (a) valid and enforceable pursuant to its terms, (b) integral to the Plan and may not be deleted or modified without the consent of the Debtors, and (c) nonseverable and mutually dependent.

76. Governing Law . Except to the extent that the Bankruptcy Code or other federal law is applicable, or as otherwise provided in the Plan, the rights, duties, and obligations arising under the Plan and all agreements, documents, instruments and contracts executed or entered into in connection with the Plan (except to the extent one of the foregoing provides otherwise, in which case the governing law specified therein shall be applicable to such exhibit) shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the law of the state of incorporation or formation of the relevant Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable, shall govern matters of corporate governance.

77. Waiver of Filings and Section 341 Meeting . Any requirement under section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rule 1007 obligating the Debtors to file any list, schedule, or statement with the Court or the Office of the United States Trustee (except for monthly operating reports or any other post-confirmation reporting obligation to the United States Trustee), including, without limitation, any requirement that the Debtors file statements of financial affairs and schedules of assets and liabilities, is hereby waived as to any such list, schedule, or statement not filed as of the entry of this Order. Additionally, the requirement that the United States Trustee convene a meeting of creditors pursuant to section 341(a) of the Bankruptcy Code is hereby waived.

78. Notice of Order . In accordance with Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 3020(c), within five (5) Business Days of the Effective Date, the Debtors shall serve a combined Notice

 

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of Confirmation and Effective Date, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B , by United States mail, first class postage prepaid, by hand, or by overnight courier service to all parties served with the Combined Notice; provided , however , that no notice or service of any kind shall be required to be mailed or made upon any Entity to whom the Debtors mailed a Combined Notice but received such notice returned marked “undeliverable as addressed,” “moved, left no forwarding address” or “forwarding order expired,” or similar reason, unless the Debtors have been informed in writing by such Entity, or are otherwise aware, of that Entity’s new address. Such notice is hereby approved in all respects and shall timely, sufficient, appropriate, and adequate notice of entry of this Order in accordance with the requirements of Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 3020(c), and no further notice is necessary. Such notice shall constitute sufficient notice of the entry of this Order to such filing and recording officers, and shall be a recordable instrument notwithstanding any contrary provision of applicable non-bankruptcy law. This Court specifically retains jurisdiction to enforce the foregoing direction, by contempt or otherwise.

79. Substantial Consummation . On the Effective Date, the Plan shall be deemed to be substantially consummated under sections 1101 and 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code.

80. Inconsistency . To the extent of any inconsistency between this Order and the Plan, this Order shall govern solely to the extent of the inconsistency.

81. Incorporation by Reference . The failure to specifically include any particular provision of the Plan, the Rights Offering Procedures, the Backstop Agreement, the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement, or the Backstop Escrow Agreement in this Order will not diminish the effectiveness of such provision nor constitute a waiver thereof, it being the intent of this Court that the Plan is confirmed, the Disclosure Statement is approved, the Backstop

 

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Agreement and the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement are assumed, and the Solicitation Materials, Solicitation, Rights Offering Procedures and Backstop Escrow Agreement are approved, in their entirety.

82. Waiver of Stay . The stay of this Order provided by any Bankruptcy Rule (including, without limitation, Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(h), 6006 and 7062), whether for fourteen (14) days or otherwise, is hereby waived, and this Order shall be effective and enforceable immediately upon its entry by the Court.

83. Government Approvals Not Required . This Order shall constitute all approvals and consents required, if any, by the laws, rules, or regulations of any state, federal, or other governmental authority with respect to the dissemination, implementation, or consummation of the Plan and the Disclosure Statement, any certifications, documents, instruments or agreements, and any amendments or modifications thereto, and any other acts referred to in, or contemplated by, the Plan and the Disclosure Statement.

84. Applicable Non-Bankruptcy Law . The provisions of this Order, the Plan and related documents, or any amendments or modifications thereto, shall apply and be enforceable notwithstanding any otherwise applicable non-bankruptcy law.

85. Return of Utilities Deposits . On the Effective Date, all deposits in the segregated account established to provide utilities with adequate assurance of performance under section 366 of the Bankruptcy Code during these Chapter 11 Cases shall be promptly released and returned to the Reorganized Debtors.

 

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86. Final Order .   This Order is a final order and the period within which an appeal must be filed shall commence upon the date of entry hereof.

 

Dated:   December 6, 2016    

/s/ BRENDAN LINEHAN. SHANNON

Wilmington, Delaware    

BRENDAN LINEHAN. SHANNON

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE

 

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EXHIBIT A

Plan


EXHIBIT B

Notice of Confirmation and Effective Date


IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

In re:

 

KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC., et al. 7

 

Debtors.

  

Chapter 11

 

Case No. 16-12306 (BLS)

 

(Jointly Administered)

 

Re: Docket No.     

NOTICE OF (A) ENTRY OF ORDER (I) APPROVING THE DEBTORS’ (a) DISCLOSURE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 1125 AND 1126(b) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, (b) SOLICITATION OF VOTES AND SOLICITATION PROCEDURES, (c) FORMS OF BALLOTS, (d) RIGHTS OFFERING PROCEDURES AND RIGHTS OFFERING MATERIALS, AND (e) ENTRY INTO THE BACKSTOP ESCROW AGREEMENT; (II) AUTHORIZING (a) THE DEBTORS’ ASSUMPTION OF THE BACKSTOP AGREEMENT, THE PLAN SUPPORT AGREEMENT, THE RIGHTS OFFERING ESCROW AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES OTHER THAN THOSE IDENTIFIED FOR REJECTION AND (b) THE DEBTORS’ REJECTION OF THOSE EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES IDENTIFIED ON THE REJECTED EXECUTORY CONTRACT AND UNEXPIRED LEASE LIST; AND (III) CONFIRMING THE JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC., ET AL. UNDER CHAPTER 11 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, AND

(B) OCCURRENCE OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE

TO CREDITORS, INTEREST HOLDERS, AND OTHER PARTIES IN INTEREST:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT an order (the “ Confirmation Order ”) 8 approving the Disclosure Statement, Solicitation of votes and Solicitation procedures, forms of Ballots, Rights Offering procedures and Rights Offering materials, and entry into the Backstop Escrow Agreement, and authorizing the Debtors’ assumption of the Backstop Agreement, the Plan Support Agreement, the Rights Offering Escrow Agreement, and all other Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases other than those identified for rejection and the Debtors’ rejection of those Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases identified on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, and confirming the Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Key Energy Services, Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code

 

7   The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases, together with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, are as follows: Misr Key Energy Investments, LLC (4528), Key Energy Services, Inc. (8081), Key Energy Services, LLC (5567), and Misr Key Energy Services, LLC (7527). The mailing address for each Debtor is 1301 McKinney Street, Suite 1800, Houston, Texas 77010.
8   Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan (as defined herein).


[Docket No. 18] (as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time, the “ Plan ”) in the Chapter 11 Cases of the above-captioned reorganized debtors (collectively, the “ Reorganized Debtors ”) was entered by the Honorable Brendan Linehan Shannon, Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Delaware (the “ Court ”) on December 6, 2016 [Docket No.     ].

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT copies of the Confirmation Order, Plan, Disclosure Statement, and Plan Supplement are available for inspection on the Court’s website at www.deb.uscourts.gov or free of charge on the Debtors’ restructuring website at http://dm.epiq11.com/KeyEnergy .

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT the Effective Date of the Plan occurred as of 5:00 p.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time) on [●].

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT , in accordance with the Confirmation Order and Section V.D of the Plan, any Proof of Claim for damages arising out of the rejection of any executory contract or unexpired lease must be filed with the Reorganized Debtors’ notice and claims agent, Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, by hand delivery, overnight courier, or first-class mail at one of the following addresses, as applicable: (i) if by hand delivery or overnight courier, to Key Energy Services, Inc., et al. Claims Processing Center, c/o Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, 10300 SW Allen Blvd, Beaverton, Oregon 97005, (ii) if by first-class mail, to Key Energy Services, Inc., et al. Claims Processing Center, c/o Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, P.O. Box 4421, Beaverton, Oregon 97076-4421, no later than thirty (30) days after the date of entry of an order of the Court (including the Confirmation Order) approving such rejection.  Any Claim arising from the rejection or repudiation of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease for which a Proof of Claim is not timely Filed shall not be Allowed, shall be forever barred from assertion, and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, or property of the foregoing parties, without the need for any objection by the Debtors or further notice to, or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Entity.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT , in accordance with the Confirmation Order and Section II.B of the Plan, all Retained Professionals seeking awards by the Court of compensation for services rendered or reimbursement of expenses incurred on or after October 24, 2016 (the “ Petition Date ”) through the Effective Date in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 327, 328, 329, 330, or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code, or for which compensation and reimbursement has been awarded by the Court pursuant to section 503(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, “ Professional Fee Claims ”) must File and serve on the Reorganized Debtors and such other Entities who are designated by the Bankruptcy Rules, the Confirmation Order, or any other applicable order of the Bankruptcy Court, an application for final allowance of such Professional Fee Claim no later than [●]. 9 Any objections to Professional Fee Claims must be Filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors and the requesting party no later than [●]. 10

 

9   [To be updated with the date that is “30 days after the Effective Date.”]
10   [To be updated with the date that is 45 days after the Professional Fee Claims Bar Date.]

 

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PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT the Reorganized Debtors are authorized to release any and all funds deposited into any segregated accounts maintained for the benefit of any utility providers pursuant to the Final Order (I) Prohibiting Utility Providers from Altering, Refusing, or Discontinuing Service, (II) Deeming Utility Providers Adequately Assured of Future Performance, and (III) Establishing Procedures for Determining Adequate Assurance of Payment [Docket No. 162].

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT the Plan and the provisions thereof, subject to the terms of the Confirmation Order, are binding on the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, any Holder of a Claim against, or Interest in, the Debtors and such Holder’s respective successors and assigns, whether or not the Claim or Interest of such Holder is impaired under the Plan and whether or not such holder or entity voted to accept the Plan.

 

Dated:  

                             , 2016

    SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
  Wilmington, Delaware    

James F. Conlan

Larry J. Nyhan

Andrew F. O’Neill

One South Dearborn Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

    Telephone:   (312) 853-7000
    Facsimile:   (312) 853-7036
     

Jeffrey E. Bjork

Christina M. Craige

555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000

Los Angeles, California 90013

      Telephone:   (213) 896-6000
      Facsimile:   (213) 896-6600
      -and-  
      YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP
     

     

      Robert S. Brady (No. 2847)
     

Edwin J. Harron (No. 3396)

Ryan M. Bartley (No. 4985)

      Rodney Square
      1000 North King Street
      Wilmington, Delaware 19801
      Telephone:   (302) 571-6600
      Facsimile:   (302) 571-1253
      ATTORNEYS FOR THE DEBTORS AND DEBTORS IN POSSESSION

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

LOGO   

Key Energy Services, Inc.

1301 McKinney Street

Suite 1800

Houston, TX 77010

    

December 7, 2016

 

Contact:

West Gotcher, Investor Relations

713-757-5539

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Key Energy Services Announces Confirmation of Consensual Plan of Reorganization

HOUSTON, Dec. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ —

As previously disclosed, on October 24, 2016, Key Energy Services, Inc. (OTC: KEGX) (“Key” or the “Company”) and certain of its domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the “Filing Subsidiaries” and, together with the Company, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”), pursuant to the terms of a plan support agreement, dated August 24, 2016, by and among the Debtors and certain of their lenders and noteholders, that contemplates the reorganization of the Debtors pursuant to a prepackaged plan of reorganization (the “Plan”). The Debtors have obtained joint administration of their chapter 11 cases under the caption  In re: Key Energy Services, Inc, et al. , Case No. 16-12306. The subsidiary Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Misr Key Energy Investments, LLC, Key Energy Services, LLC, and Misr Key Energy Services, LLC.

On December 6, 2016, the Plan was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court. This confirmation, which comes less than two months after the Debtors filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, provides for Key to emerge from bankruptcy, likely by the end of December.

Robert Drummond, Key’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “The confirmation of our Plan is a critical milestone in the process to position Key to emerge from bankruptcy in short-order to take advantage of a recovering U.S. oil and gas market. The brevity and success thus far of our reorganization process would not have been possible without the strong support of Key’s creditors and is a testament to Key’s prospects for long-term value creation.”

Key’s restructuring will reduce the company’s debt by approximately $725 million upon emergence. Key expects to exit bankruptcy with at least $80 million in cash on the balance sheet.

With strong support from all creditors entitled to vote on the Plan, Key will emerge from bankruptcy with a shareholder base composed of strong institutional investors, including Platinum Equity as the largest holder, and a significantly de-levered capital structure that will position the company to focus on the opportunities unfolding as commodity prices recover. The confirmed Plan requires no material changes in the ordinary course of business to Key’s wages and salaries, benefits, vendors or trade creditors. Upon emergence, Key will remain a publicly traded company and Key will begin the process of re-listing on a major exchange.

“Key’s restructuring will not change our fundamental operating strategy,” Drummond said. “With an unwavering commitment to our customers, we will continue to improve safety, efficiency and operational flexibility. We continue to reduce costs across the organization and will take additional steps, as needed, to achieve profitability as activity improves while continuing to deliver the superior services our customers have come to expect from Key. In addition, we anticipate that through our relationship with Platinum Equity and our de-levered capital structure, we will be uniquely positioned to make investments in Key’s business that will help enable profitable growth and to create value for all of our stakeholders.”


Platinum Equity Partner Jacob Kotzubei said he is pleased that Key Energy successfully received confirmation of its Plan.

“This is another important step in Key’s proposed restructuring that will allow the company to emerge as a stable, well-capitalized business,” said Mr. Kotzubei. “We believe Key is poised for significant growth as the market recovers, and we are excited about the opportunities ahead.”

Cautionary Note regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical in nature or that relate to future events and conditions are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of performance. Future actions, events and conditions and future results of operations may differ materially from those expressed in these statements.

Important factors that may affect Key’s expectations, estimates or projections include, but are not limited to, the following: risks associated with Key’s reorganization; the ability of Key to meet all of the conditions precedent necessary to effectuate the Plan; conditions in the oil and natural gas industry, especially oil and natural gas prices and capital expenditures by oil and natural gas companies; volatility in oil and natural gas prices; Key’s ability to implement price increases or maintain pricing on its core services; industry capacity; increased labor costs or unavailability of skilled workers; asset impairments or other charges; the periodic low demand for Key’s services and resulting operating losses and negative cash flows; Key’s highly competitive industry as well as operating risks, which are primarily self-insured, and the possibility that its insurance may not be adequate to cover all of its losses or liabilities; the economic, political and social instability and risks of doing business in certain foreign countries; significant costs and potential liabilities resulting from compliance with applicable laws; Key’s historically high employee turnover rate and its ability to replace or add workers, including executive officers; Key’s ability to incur debt or long- term lease obligations; Key’s ability to implement technological developments and enhancements; significant costs and liabilities resulting from environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, including those relating to hydraulic fracturing; severe weather impacts on Key’s business; Key’s ability to successfully identify, make and integrate acquisitions and its ability to finance future growth of its operations or future acquisitions; the loss of one or more of Key’s larger customers; the impact of compliance with climate change legislation or initiatives; Key’s ability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet debt service obligations; the amount of Key’s debt and the limitations imposed by the covenants in the agreements governing its debt, including its ability to comply with covenants under its current debt agreements; an increase in Key’s debt service obligations due to variable rate indebtedness; Key’s inability to achieve its financial, capital expenditure and operational projections, including quarterly and annual projections of revenue and/or operating income and its inaccurate assessment of future activity levels, customer demand, and pricing stability which may not materialize (whether for Key as a whole or for geographic regions and/or business segments individually); Key’s ability to execute its plans to withdraw from international markets outside North America; Key’s ability to achieve the benefits expected from acquisition and disposition transactions; Key’s ability to respond to changing or declining market conditions, including Key’s ability to reduce the costs of labor, fuel, equipment and supplies employed and used in its businesses; Key’s ability to maintain sufficient liquidity; adverse impact of litigation; and other factors affecting Key’s business described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and its other filings with the SEC and in Article XI of the Disclosure Statement.

About Key Energy Services

Key Energy Services is the largest onshore, rig-based well servicing contractor based on the number of rigs owned. Key provides a complete range of well intervention services and has operations in all major onshore oil and gas producing regions of the continental United States and internationally in Russia.

Contact:

West Gotcher, Investor Relations

713-757-5539