Forbes Energy Services Ltd. (Form: 8-A12G, Received: 04/18/2017 16:20:29)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Forbes Energy Services Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Delaware		26-1686176
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3000 South Business Highway 281

Alice, Texas 78332

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (361) 664-0549

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:




Title of each class to be so registered		Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered
None		Not Applicable

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. ☒

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: N/A

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

General

As previously disclosed by Forbes Energy Services Ltd., or the Company, on March 29, 2017, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas-Corpus Christi Division issued an order confirming the prepackaged joint plan of reorganization of the Company and certain of its domestic subsidiaries or, collectively, the Debtors, dated December 21, 2016, as amended and supplemented, the Plan, pursuant to chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, or the Bankruptcy Code.

On April 13, 2017, or the Effective Date, the Plan became effective pursuant to its terms and the Debtors emerged from their chapter 11 cases. On that date, all previously issued and outstanding Equity Interests (as defined in the Plan and which include the Company’s prior common stock, $0.04 par value per share, the Company’s preferred stock, awards under the Company’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan, and the preferred stock purchase rights under the Rights Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2008 and subsequently amended on July 8, 2013, between the Company and CIBC Mellon Trust Company, as rights agent) of the Company were extinguished without recovery as of such date. Pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date, the Company created a new class of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, or the New Common Stock, and issued approximately 5,249,997 shares of New Common Stock. The Company has reserved an additional 750,000 shares of New Common Stock for issuance under the Company’s Management Incentive Plan. This registration statement registers the New Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Also on the Effective Date, the Company filed its certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or the Certificate of Incorporation, in converting from a Texas corporation to a Delaware corporation and adopted its second amended and restated bylaws, or the Bylaws. The following description of the New Common Stock does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified by the full terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws, copies of which are attached to this registration statement as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. Additionally, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or the DGCL, contains provisions which affect the capital stock of the Company.

Authorized Capital Stock

The Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company is authorized to issue 41,000,000 shares of capital stock, divided into two classes consisting of (a) 40,000,000 shares of New Common Stock and (b) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.

New Common Stock

The New Common Stock carries the following rights:

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Voting . Holders of the New Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share of New Common Stock owned as of the relevant record date on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Except as otherwise required by Delaware law, holders of New Common Stock (as well as holders of any preferred stock of the Company entitled to vote with such common shareholders) vote together as a single class on all matters presented to the stockholders for their vote or approval, including the election of directors. The election of directors is determined by a plurality of the votes cast by the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon. All other matters are determined by the vote of a majority of the votes cast by the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon, unless the matter is one upon which, by applicable law, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Company, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such provision shall govern and control the decision of such matter.


•	Dividends . Subject to provisions of applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation, dividends may be declared by and at the discretion of the board of directors of the Company at any meeting and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of stock of the Company.


•	Liquidation, dissolution or winding up . Except as otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, holders of New Common Stock will have all rights and privileges typically associated with such securities as set forth in the DGCL in relation to rights upon liquidation.

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Restrictions on transfer . The New Common Stock is not subject to restrictions on transfer as a result of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws. Nevertheless, there may be restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws or by the terms of other agreements entered into in the future. The Bylaws permit the Company to place restrictive legends on its share certificates in order to ensure compliance with these restrictions.


•	Other rights . Holders of the New Common Stock have no preemptive, redemption, conversion or sinking fund rights.

The rights, preferences, and privileges of the holders of the New Common Stock will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock that may be issued by the Company.

Preferred Stock

As of April 18, 2017, the Company has no shares of preferred stock outstanding. Under the Certificate of Incorporation, the Company’s board of directors is authorized to issue, without further action by the Company’s stockholders, preferred stock in one or more series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the terms, including voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the shares of each such series, to the extent permitted by law.

The purpose of authorizing the Company’s board of directors to issue preferred stock and determine its rights and preferences is to eliminate delays associated with a stockholder vote on specific issuances. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions, future financings and other corporate purposes, could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire control of the Company, or could adversely affect the rights of holders of the New Common Stock by restricting dividends on the New Common Stock, diluting the voting power of the New Common Stock, impairing the liquidation rights of the New Common Stock or delaying or preventing a change in control without further action by the stockholders. As a result of these and other factors, the issuance of preferred stock could have an adverse impact on the market price of the New Common Stock.

Limitation on Issuance of Nonvoting Equity Securities

The Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company will not issue non-voting equity securities; provided, however, the foregoing restriction will (i) have no further force and effect beyond that required under section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) only have such force and effect for so long as section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code is in effect and applicable to the Company, and (iii) in all events may be amended or eliminated in accordance with applicable law as from time to time may be in effect. The prohibition on the issuance of non-voting equity securities is in compliance with section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Anti-Takeover Provisions in Delaware Law and the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws

The Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws contain provisions that may discourage or prevent a change of control even if such transaction would be beneficial to our stockholders.

No Cumulative Voting

The Certificate of Incorporation does not provide for cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors or any other matters and cumulative voting is not otherwise provided for under the DGCL.

Classified Board of Directors

The board of directors of the Company will be divided into three classes. The directors will serve staggered three-year terms. The initial terms of the directors of each class will expire at the annual meetings of stockholders to be held in 2018 (Class I), 2019 (Class II) and 2020 (Class III). At each annual meeting of stockholders, one class of directors will be elected for a full term of three years to succeed that class of directors whose terms are expiring. The classification of directors has the effect of making it more difficult for stockholders to change the composition of the Company’s board.

The Certificate of Incorporation provides that the classified board provision may not be altered or repealed without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the shares entitled to vote in an election of directors. Furthermore, the board of directors of the Company may not amend or repeal the classified board provision.

No Action by Written Consent

The Certificate of Incorporation provides that any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders of the Company must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such stockholders and may not be effected by consent in writing by such stockholders.

Special Meetings of Stockholders

Except as otherwise provided by statute or the Bylaws, special meetings of stockholders may be called only by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the Chairman of the board of directors of the Company, or the board of directors of the Company.

Business Combinations

The Company has opted out of Section 203 of the DGCL. However, the Certificate of Incorporation contains similar provisions providing that the Company may not engage in certain “business combinations” with any “interested stockholder” for a three year period following the time the stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:


•	prior to such time, the board of directors of the Company approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;


•	upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the votes of the Company’s voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding certain shares; or


•	at or subsequent to that time, the business combination is approved by the board and by the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66 2/3% of the votes of the Company’s outstanding voting stock not owned by the interested stockholder.

Generally, a “business combination” includes a merger, asset or stock sale or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Subject to certain exceptions, an “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with that person’s affiliates and associates, owns, or within the previous three years owned, 15% or more of the votes of the Company’s outstanding voting stock. For purposes of this provision, “voting stock” means any class or series of stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

Under certain circumstances, this provision will make it more difficult for a person who would be an “interested stockholder” to effect various business combinations with the Company for a three year period. This provision may encourage companies interested in acquiring the Company to negotiate in advance with the board of directors of the Company because the stockholder approval requirement would be avoided if the board of directors approves the business combination or the transaction that results in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder. These provisions also may have the effect of preventing changes in the board of directors and may make it more difficult to accomplish transactions stockholders may otherwise deem to be in their best interests.

The Certificate of Incorporation provides that the following persons shall not constitute “interested stockholders” for purposes of this provision:


•	any person that acquires beneficial ownership of voting securities of the Company pursuant to the Plan in consideration for such person’s claim arising under or relating to the indenture governing the Company’s 9% senior notes dated June 7, 2011, or an Investor;


•	certain transferees that acquire (other than in a registered public offering) directly from an Investor or any of such Investor’s affiliates beneficial ownership of fifteen percent or more of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company;


•	certain tranferees that acquire (other than in a registered public offering) directly from certain specified transferors beneficial ownership of fifteen percent or more of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company; or


•	any person whose ownership of voting securities of the Company in excess of fifteen percent is the result of any action taken solely by the Company; provided, however, that such person shall be an “interested stockholder” if thereafter such person acquires additional voting securities of the Company, except as a result of further corporate action not caused by such person.

Advance Notice Procedure

The Bylaws provide that if notice is provided for a stockholders meeting other than an annual meeting, the business transacted at such meeting shall be limited to the matters so stated in the Company’s notice of meeting.

Corporate Opportunities

Delaware law permits corporations to adopt provisions renouncing any interest or expectancy in certain opportunities that are presented to the corporation or its officers, directors or stockholders. The Certificate of Incorporation,

to the fullest extent permitted by law, renounces any interest or expectancy that the Company has in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, specified business opportunities that are from time to time presented to Ascribe Capital LLC, or Ascribe, Solace Capital Partners, L.P., or Solace, and certain funds or accounts advised or sub-advised by Ascribe or Solace or, collectively, the Specified Investors, and any officer, director, partner or employee of any entity comprising the Specified Investors, and any portfolio company in which such entities or persons have an equity interest (other than the Company and its subsidiaries), collectively with the Specified Investors, the Specified Parties. In addition, to the fullest extent permitted by law, in the event any Specified Party acquires knowledge of a corporate opportunity, such Specified Party will have no duty to communicate or present such corporate opportunity to the Company. The Certificate of Incorporation does not renounce interest in any corporate opportunity that is (i) offered in writing solely to a director or officer of the Company or its subsidiaries who is not also a Specified Party, (2) offered to a Specified Party who is a director, officer or employee of the Company and who is offered such opportunity solely in his or her capacity as a director, officer or employee of the Company, or (3) identified by a Specified Party solely through the disclosure of information by or on behalf of the Company.

Limitation on Liability of Directors and Officers

The Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director shall be personally liable to the Company or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except the liability of the director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of laws, (iii) for unlawful payment of a dividend or unlawful stock purchase or stock redemption; and (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The effect of these provisions is to eliminate the Company’s rights and its stockholders’ rights, through stockholders’ derivative suits on the Company’s behalf, to recover monetary damages against a director for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except in the situations described above.

Amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation

The Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Certificate of Incorporation can only be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares entitled to vote thereon, except with respect to the classified board provision, which can only be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the shares entitled to vote thereon.

Amendments to the Bylaws

The Certificate of Incorporation confers on the board of directors of the Company the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws. The Certificate of Incorporation further provides that holders of at least 66 2/3% of the votes of the Company’s outstanding voting stock may adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws.

Registration Rights

Pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date, the Company and certain of its stockholders executed a registration rights agreement, or the Registration Rights Agreement.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, among other things, any holder that, together with such holder’s affiliates or, collectively, a Demand Holder, (i) beneficially owns at least 10% of the outstanding shares of New Common Stock as of the Effective Date and (ii) continues to beneficially own at least 5% of the aggregate outstanding shares of New Common Stock will have the right to request the Company to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, a registration statement, or a Demand Registration, on Form S-1, or a Long-Form Registration, or Form S-3, or a Short-Form Registration, of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities (as defined below) held by such holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be required to conduct no more than two Long-Form Registrations and an unlimited number of Short-Form Registrations for Demand Holders. Any Demand Holder may request that any offering conducted under a Long-Form Registration or a Short-Form Registration be underwritten.

The term “Registrable Securities” means at any time New Common Stock held or beneficially owned by any party to the Registration Rights Agreement, including (i) any New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Plan or upon the conversion, exercise or exchange, as applicable, of any other securities and/or interests issued pursuant to the Plan and (ii) any shares of New Common Stock acquired in the open market or otherwise purchased or acquired by such person after the Effective Date; provided , however , Registrable Securities shall irrevocably cease to constitute Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of: (i) the date on which such securities have been disposed of pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act; (ii) the date on which such securities have been disposed of pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act; (iii) the date on which such securities have been transferred to any person, other than pursuant to terms of the Registration Rights Agreement; and (iv) the date on which such securities cease to be outstanding.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, among other things, the Company will file with the SEC a shelf registration statement on Form S-1 promptly after the Effective Date. Following the effectiveness of the shelf registration statement, any Demand Holder may request to effectuate a shelf takedown off of such shelf by means of an underwritten public offering. The Company, however, will not be obligated to effect an underwritten shelf takedown within 60 days after the pricing of a previous underwritten shelf takedown.

In the event the Company proposes to file a Demand Registration or a Company initiated registration statement with respect to a public offering of any class of the Company’s equity securities other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or Form S-4, such registration a Piggyback Registration, the Company must notify all Holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to effect such Piggyback Registration.

The Registration Rights Agreement includes customary indemnification provisions.

The foregoing description is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by this reference.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for the New Common Stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.

Listing

The New Common Stock is presently not traded on any market or recognized exchange. However, the Company has submitted an application for quotation on the OTC Markets and an application for listing on the NASDAQ Global Market. The Company will file a Form 8-K announcing when trading on any such platform will begin.



Item 2.	Exhibits.

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit

3.1*		Certificate of Incorporation of Forbes Energy Services Ltd.

3.2*		Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Forbes Energy Services Ltd.

4.1*		Specimen Certificate for the New Common Stock.

10.1*		Registration Rights Agreement by and among Forbes Energy Services Ltd. and certain holders identified therein dated as of April 13, 2017.

*Filed herewith.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.




	FORBES ENERGY SERVICES LTD.

Date: April 18, 2017	By:	/s/ L. Melvin Cooper
		L. Melvin Cooper
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

INDEX TO EXHIBITS



Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit

3.1*		Certificate of Incorporation of Forbes Energy Services Ltd.

3.2*		Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Forbes Energy Services Ltd.

4.1*		Specimen Certificate for the New Common Stock.

10.1*		Registration Rights Agreement by and among Forbes Energy Services Ltd. and certain holders identified therein dated as of April 13, 2017.

*Filed herewith.

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
FORBES ENERGY SERVICES LTD.

FIRST . The name of the corporation is Forbes Energy Services Ltd. (the “Corporation”).

SECOND . The street address of the initial registered office of the Corporation is 1675 S. State Street, Suite B, City of Dover, County of Kent, Delaware 19901 and the name of its initial registered agent at that address is Capitol Services, Inc.

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

FOURTH . A. The aggregate number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is forty-one million (41,000,000) shares, of which forty million (40,000,000) will be shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (“Common Stock”), and one million (1,000,000) of which will be shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”). Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock will be identical except as to the dates of issue and the dates from which dividends on shares of the series issued on different dates will cumulate, if cumulative. Authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors to authorize the issue of one or more series of Preferred Stock, and to fix by resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of each such series the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of such series, to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by law. To the extent required by section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Reform Act, as codified in title 11 of the United States Code, the issuance of non-voting equity securities is prohibited.

B. Each outstanding share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on each matter properly submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation; provided , however , that, except as otherwise required by law holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together as a class with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation.

FIFTH . In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation. In addition to any requirements of law and any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws of the Corporation or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the holders in voting power of the issued and outstanding Common Stock

entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders to amend or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, any bylaw of the Corporation.

SIXTH . The Corporation shall indemnify its officers and directors to the full extent permitted by law.

SEVENTH . No director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except the liability of the director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. For purposes of the first sentence of this Article SEVENTH, the term “damages” shall, to the extent permitted by law, include, without limitation, any judgment, fine, amount paid in settlement, penalty, punitive damages, excise or other tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, or expense of any nature (including, without limitation, counsel fees and disbursements). If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended. Each person who serves as a director of the Corporation while this Article SEVENTH is in effect shall be deemed to be doing so in reliance on the provisions of this Article SEVENTH, and neither the amendment or repeal of this Article SEVENTH, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article SEVENTH, shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director or the Corporation for, arising out of, based upon, or in connection with any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment, repeal, or adoption of an inconsistent provision. The provisions of this Article SEVENTH are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of any and all other limitations on or eliminations of the liabilities of directors of the Corporation, as such, whether such limitations or eliminations arise under or are created by any law, rule, regulation, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

EIGHTH . The number of directors which shall constitute the Board shall initially be at least five (5) but no more than seven (7). Subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under certain circumstances, the number of authorized directors may be fixed from time to time by the Board, including at a number of authorized directors less than five (5) or greater than seven (7). The Board of Directors shall be divided into three (3) classes, each class to be as nearly equal in number as possible. The terms of office of directors of the first class are to expire at the first annual meeting of stockholders after their election or appointment, that of the second class is to expire at the second annual meeting after their election or appointment, and that of the third class is to expire at the third annual meeting after their election or appointment. Thereafter, each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the third annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting at which such director was elected.

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This classified board provision shall not be altered or repealed without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors. The directors may not amend or repeal the classified board provision.

NINTH . Meetings of stockholders may be held within or outside the State of Delaware, as the bylaws of the Corporation may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the bylaws of the Corporation.

TENTH . Any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such stockholders and may not be effected by consent in writing by such stockholders.

ELEVENTH . The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation can only be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the shares entitled to vote thereon, except with respect to Article EIGHTH above which can only be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the shares entitled to vote thereon.

TWELFTH . The Corporation, having been previously incorporated in the State of Texas, is being reincorporated in the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 265 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and as set forth in the Certificate of Conversion from a Non-Delaware Corporation to a Delaware Corporation filed herewith.

THIRTEENTH : To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in any business opportunity, transaction or other matter in which Ascribe Capital LLC (“Ascribe”) and Solace Capital Partners, L.P. (“Solace”, and together with Ascribe and certain funds or accounts advised or sub-advised by Ascribe or Solace, the “Specified Investors”), any officer, director, partner or employee of any entity comprising the Specified Investors, and any portfolio company in which such entities or persons have an equity interest (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries) (each, a “Specified Party”) participates or desires or seeks to participate in, even if the opportunity is one that the Corporation or its subsidiaries might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so and each such Specified Party shall have no duty to communicate or offer such business opportunity to the Corporation and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be liable to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any stockholder for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director or officer or controlling stockholder or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such Specified Party pursues or acquires such business opportunity, directs such business opportunity to another person or fails to present such business opportunity, or information regarding such business opportunity, to the Corporation or its subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, does not hereby renounce any interest or expectancy it or its subsidiaries may have in any business opportunity, transaction or other matter that is (1) offered in writing solely to a director or officer of the Corporation or its subsidiaries who is not also a Specified Party, (2) offered to a Specified Party who is a director, officer or employee of the Corporation and

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who is offered such opportunity solely in his or her capacity as a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or (3) identified by a Specified Party solely through the disclosure of information by or on behalf of the Corporation.

Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article THIRTEENTH, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, any modification of law, shall adversely affect any right or protection of any person granted pursuant hereto existing at, or arising out of or related to any event, act or omission that occurred prior to, the time of such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification.

If any provision or provisions of this Article THIRTEENTH shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article THIRTEENTH (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article THIRTEENTH containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article THIRTEENTH (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Article THIRTEENTH containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law This Article THIRTEENTH shall not limit any protections or defenses available to, or indemnification rights of, any director or officer of the Corporation under this Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws or applicable law. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any securities of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article THIRTEENTH.

FOURTEENTH . The Corporation expressly states, and hereby elects, not to be bound or governed by Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

FIFTEENTH . The Corporation shall not engage in any Business Combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act with any Interested Stockholder (as defined below) for a period of three (3) years following the time that such stockholder became an Interested Stockholder, provided , however if the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange as a result of an action taken, directly or indirectly, by such Interested Stockholder or as a result of a transaction in which such person became an Interested Stockholder, the Corporation shall not engage in any Business Combination with such Interested Stockholder for a period of three (3) years following the time that such stockholder became an Interested Stockholder, unless:

(a) prior to such time, the Board approved either the Business Combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an Interested Stockholder, or

(b) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an Interested Stockholder, the Interested Stockholder owned at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the Voting Stock (as defined below) outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for

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purposes of determining the Voting Stock outstanding (but not the outstanding Voting Stock owned by the Interested Stockholder) those shares owned (i) by persons who are directors and also officers of the Corporation and (ii) employee stock plans of the Corporation in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer, or

(c) at or subsequent to such time, the Business Combination is approved by the Board and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the outstanding Voting Stock which is not owned by the Interested Stockholder.

(d) For purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH, references to:

(1) “Affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person.

(2) “Associate,” when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (i) any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of twenty percent (20%) or more of any class of Voting Stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a twenty percent (20%) beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as such person.

(3) “Beneficial Ownership” means, with respect to any person, ownership of shares of Equity Stock equal to the sum of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock (the “Equity Stock”) directly or indirectly owned (within the meaning of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended, and, unless context otherwise requires, applicable regulations thereunder, the “Code”) by such person and (ii) the number of shares of Equity Stock treated as owned directly or indirectly by such person through the application of the constructive ownership rules of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h)(1)(B) of the Code; provided , however , that for the purposes of calculating the foregoing, no share shall be counted more than once. The terms “Beneficial Owner,” “Beneficially Owns,” “Beneficially Owned” and “Beneficially Owning” shall have correlative meanings.

(4) “Business Combination,” when used in reference to the Corporation and any Interested Stockholder of the Corporation, means:

(i) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation (other than pursuant to Section 251(g), Section 253 or Section 267 of the Delaware General Corporations Law (“DGCL”)) or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (a) with the Interested Stockholder, or (b) with any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the Interested Stockholder and as a result of such merger or consolidation this Article FIFTEENTH is not applicable to the surviving entity;

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(ii) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation, to or with the Interested Stockholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate market value equal to ten percent (10%) or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation;

(iii) any transaction which results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the Interested Stockholder, except: (a) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the Interested Stockholder became such; (b) pursuant to a merger under Section 251(g) of the DGCL; (c) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the Interested Stockholder became such; (d) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase stock made on the same terms to all holders of said stock; or (e) any issuance or transfer of stock by the Corporation; provided , however , that in no case under items (c)-(e) of this subsection (iii) shall there be an increase in the Interested Stockholder’s proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation or of the Voting Stock (except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments);

(iv) any transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of any class or series, of the Corporation or of any such subsidiary which is owned by the Interested Stockholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares of stock not caused, directly or indirectly, by the Interested Stockholder; or

(v) any receipt by the Interested Stockholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subsections (i)-(iv) above) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.

(5) “Control,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract, or otherwise. A person who is the owner of twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding

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Voting Stock, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds Voting Stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Article FIFTEENTH, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.

(6) “Interested Stockholder” means any person (other than the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (i) is the owner of fifteen (15%) or more of the outstanding Voting Stock, or (ii) is an Affiliate or Associate of the Corporation and was the owner of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding Voting Stock at any time within the three (3) year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an Interested Stockholder; and the Affiliates and Associates of such person; but “Interested Stockholder” shall not include (a) the Investors, any Investor Direct Transferee, any Investor Indirect Transferee or any of their respective Affiliates or successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, to which such persons are a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act or (b) any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the fifteen percent (15%) limitation set forth herein is the result of any action taken solely by the Corporation, provided that such person shall be an Interested Stockholder if thereafter such person acquires additional Voting Stock, except as a result of further corporate action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an Interested Stockholder, the Voting Stock deemed to be outstanding shall include stock deemed to be owned by the person through application of the definition of “Owner” below but shall not include any other unissued stock of the Corporation which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

(7) “Owner,” including the terms “own” and “owned,” when used with respect to any stock, means a person that individually or with or through any of its Affiliates or Associates:

(i) beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or

(ii) has (a) the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided , however , that a person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any of such person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (b) the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided , however , that a person shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such person’s right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten (10) or more persons; or

(iii) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in item (b) of subsection (ii) above), or disposing of such stock with any other

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person that Beneficially Owns, or whose Affiliates or associates Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, such stock.

(8) “Investor” means any person that acquires Beneficial Ownership of Voting Stock pursuant to the Corporation’s prepackaged joint plan of reorganization in consideration for such person’s claim arising under or relating to that certain Indenture dated as of June 7, 2011 between the Corporation, as issuer, certain guarantors, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Trustee, in its capacity as indenture trustee.

(9) “Investor Direct Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from the Investors or any of their Affiliates or successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, of which such persons are a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, Beneficial Ownership of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the then outstanding Voting Stock.

(10) “Investor Indirect Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from any Investor Direct Transferee or any other Investor Indirect Transferee Beneficial Ownership of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the then outstanding Voting Stock.

(11) “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any corporation, stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and, with respect to any entity that is not a corporation, any equity interest entitled to vote generally in the election of the governing body of such entity. Every reference to a percentage of Voting Stock shall refer to such percentage of the votes of or voting power conferred by such Voting Stock.

SEVENTEENTH . The restrictions contained in Articles FOURTEENTH through EIGTHEENTH shall not apply if the Business Combination is proposed prior to the consummation or abandonment of and subsequent to the earlier of the public announcement or the notice required hereunder of a proposed transaction which (i) constitutes one of the transactions described in the second sentence of this Article SEVENTEENTH; (ii) is with or by a person who either was not an Interested Stockholder during the previous three (3) years or who became an Interested Stockholder with the approval of the Board; and (iii) is approved or not opposed by a majority of the directors then in office (but not less than one) who were directors prior to any person becoming an Interested Stockholder during the previous three years or were recommended for election or elected to succeed such directors by a majority of such directors. The proposed transactions referred to in the preceding sentence are limited to (x) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation (except for a merger in respect of which, pursuant to Section 251(f) of the DGCL, no vote of the stockholders of the Corporation is required); (y) a sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (other than to any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary or to the Corporation) having an aggregate market value equal to fifty percent (50%) or more of either the aggregate market value of all of the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation; or (z) a proposed tender or exchange offer for fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation. The Corporation

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shall give not less than twenty (20) days’ notice to all Interested Stockholders prior to the consummation of any of the transactions described in clause (x) or (y) of the second sentence of this Article SEVENTEENTH.

EIGHTEENTH . The restrictions contained in Articles FOURTEENTH through EIGTHEENTH shall not apply if a stockholder becomes an Interested Stockholder inadvertently and (i) as soon as practicable divests itself of ownership of sufficient shares so that the stockholder ceases to be an Interested Stockholder; and (ii) would not, at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to a Business Combination between the Corporation and such stockholder, have been an Interested Stockholder but for the inadvertent acquisition of ownership.

NINETEENTH . Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all Internal Corporate Claims shall be brought solely and exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if such court does not have jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, or, if such other court does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware). “Internal Corporate Claims” means claims, including claims in the right of the Corporation, brought by a stockholder (including a beneficial owner) (i) that are based upon a violation of a duty by a current or former director or officer or stockholder in such capacity or (ii) as to which the Delaware General Corporation Law confers jurisdiction upon the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

TWENTIETH . The effective date and time of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be April 13, 2017, at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being a duly authorized officer of the Corporation executed this Certificate of Incorporation on this 11 ^th day of April, 2017.



		/s/ L. Melvin Cooper
		L. Melvin Cooper
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit 3.2

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

FORBES ENERGY SERVICES LTD.

A Delaware Corporation

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page



ARTICLE ONE OFFICES		2
1.01	Registered Office and Agent	2
1.02	Other Offices	2

ARTICLE TWO STOCKHOLDERS		2
2.01	Annual Meetings	2
2.02	Special Meetings	2
2.03	Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations to be Brought Before a Meeting of Stockholders	2
2.04	Place of Meetings	6
2.05	Notice	7
2.06	Voting List	7
2.07	Voting of Shares	8
2.08	Inspectors	8
2.09	Quorum	8
2.10	Majority Vote; Withdrawal of Quorum	8
2.11	Method of Voting; Proxies	9
2.12	Closing of Transfer Books; Record Date	9
2.13	Officers' Duties at Meetings	9

ARTICLE THREE DIRECTORS		10
3.01	General Powers	10
3.02	Number	10
3.03	Election; Term; Qualification	10
3.04	Changes in Number	10
3.05	Removal	10
3.06	Vacancies	10
3.07	Place of Meetings	10
3.08	Regular Meetings	11
3.09	Special Meetings; Notice	11
3.10	Quorum; Majority Vote	11
3.11	Procedure; Minutes	11
3.12	Action by Directors Without Meeting	11
3.13	Compensation	12
3.14	Defect in Appointment	12
3.15	Validity of Prior Acts of the Board	12

ARTICLE FOUR COMMITTEES
4.01	Committees of the Board of Directors	12
4.02	Number; Qualification; Term	12
4.03	Conduct of Business	13

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ARTICLE FIVE GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO MEETINGS		13
5.01	Manner of Giving Notice	13
5.02	Waiver of Notice	13
5.03	Telephone or Remote Communication Meetings	13

ARTICLE SIX OFFICERS AND OTHER AGENTS		14
6.01	Number; Titles; Election; Term; Qualification	14
6.02	Removal	14
6.03	Vacancies	14
6.04	Authority	14
6.05	Compensation	14
6.06	Bonds of Officers	14
6.07	Delegation	14
6.08	Chairman of the Board	14
6.09	President	15
6.10	Vice Presidents	15
6.11	Secretary	15
6.12	Treasurer	15
6.13	Assistant Officers	16

ARTICLE SEVEN INDEMNIFICATION AND EXCULPATION		16
7.01	Indemnification	16
7.02	Insurance	16
7.03	Prepayment of Expenses	16
7.04	Vesting	17
7.05	Enforcement	17
7.06	Nonexclusive	17
7.07	Permissive Indemnification	17
7.08	Definitions	18

ARTICLE EIGHT CERTIFICATES AND SHARES		18
8.01	Certificated Shares	18
8.02	Stock Certificates	18
8.03	Issuance	18
8.04	Consideration for Shares	18
8.05	Fractional Shares	18
8.06	Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates	18
8.07	Transfer of Shares	19
8.08	Registered Stockholders	19
8.09	Legends	19
8.10	Regulations	19

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ARTICLE NINE MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS		19
9.01	Dividends	19
9.02	Books and Records	20
9.03	Fiscal Year	20
9.04	Appointment of Auditor	20
9.05	Seal	20
9.06	Attestation by the Secretary	20
9.07	Resignation	20
9.08	Securities of Other Corporations	20
9.09	Invalid Provisions	21
9.10	Headings; Table of Contents	21
9.11	Gender	21

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

FORBES ENERGY SERVICES LTD.
A Delaware Corporation

PREAMBLE

These Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (these “ Bylaws ”) of Forbes Energy Services Ltd. (the “ Corporation ”) are subject to, and governed by, the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time (the “ DGCL ”), and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended from time to time (the “ Certificate ”). In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of these Bylaws and the mandatory provisions of the DGCL or the provisions of the Certificate, such provisions of the DGCL or the Certificate, as the case may be, will be controlling.

Article 1
OFFICES

1.01 Registered Office and Agent . The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation shall be as designated from time to time by the appropriate filing by the Corporation in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware.

1.02 Other Offices . The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and outside the State of Delaware, as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE 2
STOCKHOLDERS

2.01 Annual Meetings . An annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held during each calendar year on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board and stated in the notice of the meeting. At such meeting, the stockholders shall elect directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

2.02 Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board, or the Board. In addition, so long as Ascribe Capital LLC (“ Ascribe ”) and Solace Capital Partners, L.P. (“ Solace ”, and together with Ascribe and certain funds or accounts advised or sub-advised by Ascribe or Solace, the “ Investors ”) collectively own directly or indirectly at least 25% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock (as defined in the Certificate) entitled to vote at such meeting, special meetings of the stockholders, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, shall be called by the Secretary upon the request in writing of a stockholder or stockholders of record holding at least thirty percent (30%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding Common Stock entitled to vote at such meeting. Only business within the purpose or purposes described in the notice of special meeting may be conducted at such special meeting.

2.03 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations to be Brought Before a Meeting of Stockholders .

(a)

Nominations of persons for election to the Board, or the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders, may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only if properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.03 . To be properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders, any director nominations or other business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board, (ii) brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board pursuant to a resolution duly adopted with respect thereto or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder who (A) was a stockholder of record (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of the shares of the Corporation) both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.03 and at the time

of the annual meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (C) has complied with this Section 2.03 as to such business. Except for proposals properly made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), and included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board, the foregoing clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or propose other business to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholder s.

(b)

To properly bring business, including nominations of directors, before an annual meeting of stockholders, a stockholder must provide (i) Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation and (ii) any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.03 . To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 nor more than 150 days before the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting of stockholders is more than 30 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder, to be timely, must be so delivered, or mailed and received, not less than 90 nor more than 150 days before such annual meeting or on or before the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting was first made. Any notice of nominations or other business within the time periods described above is a “ Timely Notice ” for purposes of such nomination or other business. The adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting of stockholders, or the announcement thereof, shall not commence a new period for the giving of Timely Notice as described above.

(c)

At a special meeting of stockholders, only such business will be conducted or considered as is properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before a special meeting of stockholders, business (other than procedural matters) must be specified in the notice of the meeting (or any supplement thereto) given in accordance with Section 2.05 . Nominations of persons for elections to the Board may not be made at a special meeting of stockholders unless directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. In such case, any stockholder who (i) was a stockholder of record (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of the shares of the Corporation) both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.03 and at the time of the special meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (iii) has complied with this Section 2.03 as to such nomination may nominate a person or persons, as the case may be, for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting.


(d)	If the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, any stockholder meeting the criteria in Section 2.03(c) above may nominate a person or persons, as the case may be, for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if

the stockholder’s notice with respect to any nomination is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 nor more than 150 days before the close of business on the day before the special meeting or on or before the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting was first made. The adjournment or postponement of a special meeting of stockholders, or the announcement thereof, shall not commence a new period for the giving of Timely Notice as described above.


(e)	To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.03 , a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary of the Corporation must

(1) set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, (i) the name and address of the stockholder, as they appear in the records of the Corporation, and the name and address of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are held of record by such stockholder as of the date of the notice and a representation that the stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing within five (5) business days after the record date for such meeting of the class and number of shares of the Corporation held of record on such record date, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are held of record or are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) by such beneficial owner as of the date of the notice and a representation that the stockholder will notify the Corporation within five (5) business days after the record date for such meeting of the class and number of shares of the Corporation beneficially owned by such stockholder and such beneficial owner on such record date, (iv) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and (v) such stockholder’s and beneficial owner’s written consent to the public disclosure of information provided to the Corporation pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall set forth the name of the nominee(s), the address and the principal occupation or employment of each;

(2) set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice or, if given on behalf of a beneficial owner, as to the beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, (i) any agreements, arrangements or understandings entered into by the stockholder or beneficial owner, as appropriate, and its affiliates with respect to equity securities of the Corporation, including any put or call arrangements, derivative securities, short positions, borrowed shares or swap or similar arrangements, specifying in each case the effect of such agreements, arrangements or understandings on any voting or economic rights of equity securities of the Corporation, in each case as of the date of the notice and in each case describing any changes in voting or economic rights which may arise pursuant to the terms of such agreements, arrangements or understandings, (ii) to the extent not covered in

clause (i) above, any disclosures that would be required pursuant to Item 5 or Item 6 of Schedule 13D as in existence on the date of the adoption of these Bylaws or any similar successor provision (regardless of whether the requirement to file a Schedule 13D is applicable to the stockholder or beneficial owner) and (iii) a representation that the stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing within five (5) business days after the record date for such meeting of the information set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above as of such record date;

(3) if the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or directors that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, set forth (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, in such business and (ii) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder;

(4) set forth, as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board (i) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and (ii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K as in existence on the date of the adoption of these Bylaws or any similar successor provision if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant;

(5) set forth a representation that such stockholder intends to appear at the meeting to bring such nomination or other business before such meeting;

(6) set forth such other information as may reasonably be required by the Board as described in the Corporation’s proxy statement for the preceding year’s annual meeting; and

(7) be followed, within five (5) business days after the record date for such meeting, by the written notice providing the information described in clauses (1) and (2) above.

The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

(f)

Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 . Except as provided by law, the Certificate or these Bylaws, the determination of whether any business sought to be brought before any annual meeting of stockholders or special meeting of stockholders is properly brought before such meeting in accordance with this Section 2.03 will be made by the presiding officer of such meeting. If the presiding officer determines that any business is not properly brought before such meeting, such presiding officer will so declare to the meeting and any such business will not be conducted or considered.

(g)

This Section 2.03 is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders other than any stockholder proposal made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03 , a stockholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.03 . Nothing in this Section 2.03 will be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.


(h)	For purposes of this Section 2.03 , the term “ public announcement ” means disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or l5(d) of the Exchange Act.

2.04 Place of Meetings . The annual meeting of stockholders may be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware designated by the Board. Special meetings of stockholders may be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware designated by the person or persons calling such special meeting as provided in Section 2.01 above. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation unless another place is designated for meetings in the manner provided herein. The Board may determine that a meeting may be held solely by means of remote communication in accordance with Delaware law.

2.05 Notice .

(a)

Except as otherwise provided by law, written or printed notice stating the place, the date, the hour, the means of remote communication (if any), and the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, of each meeting of the stockholders and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, either personally, by electronic transmission or by mail, by or at the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, the Secretary, or the person or persons calling the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any shares, notice to any one of them shall be sufficient to constitute notice to all the holders of such shares.

(b)

At least twenty (20) days’ notice of an annual or special meeting at which (i) a merger, (ii) a conversion, (iii) a consolidation in which the Corporation is a constituent corporation, or (iv) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the corporation (each, a “ Fundamental Business Transaction ”) is being submitted to the stockholders for approval as required by the DGCL shall be given to each stockholder of the Corporation, regardless of whether the stockholder is entitled to vote on the matter. The notice shall provide the information required in Section 2.05(a) and shall also state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the Fundamental Business Transaction. If the Fundamental Business Transaction is a merger or conversion, the notice shall contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the plan of merger or conversion, as appropriate, and shall describe any right of dissent and appraisal provided by the DGCL.

2.06 Voting List . Not later than the eleventh day before the date of each meeting of the stockholders, the Secretary of the Corporation or the transfer agent shall prepare or cause to be prepared an alphabetical list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting or at any adjournment of the meeting. The list shall state (a) the address of each stockholder, (b) the class of shares held by each stockholder, (c) the number of shares held by each stockholder and (d) the number of votes that each stockholder is entitled to if such number is different from the number of shares held by such stockholder. The Corporation shall not be required to include any electronic contact information of any stockholder on the list. The list shall be kept on file at the registered office or principal executive office of the Corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any stockholder during usual business hours for at least ten (10) days before the date of the meeting. Alternatively, the list of stockholders may be kept on a reasonably accessible electronic network if the information required to gain access to the list is provided with notice of the meeting. The Corporation shall take reasonable measures to ensure that any list available on an electronic network is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. The list shall be produced at the meeting, and at all times during such meeting shall be subject to inspection by any stockholder. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list. Failure to comply with the requirements of this Section 2.06 shall not affect the validity of any action taken at such meeting.

2.07 Voting of Shares . Treasury shares, shares of the Corporation’s own stock owned by another corporation the majority of the voting stock of which is owned or controlled by the Corporation, and shares of the Corporation’s own stock held by the Corporation in a fiduciary capacity shall not be shares entitled to vote or to be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares. Shares standing in the name of another domestic or foreign corporation of any type or kind (other than as described in the prior sentence) may be voted by such officer, agent, or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may authorize or, in the absence of such authorization, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine. Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian, or conservator may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, without transfer of such shares into his name so long as such shares form a part of the estate served by him and are in the possession of such estate. Shares held by a trustee may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, only after the shares have been transferred into his name as trustee. Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without transfer of such shares into his name if authority to do so is contained in the court order by which such receiver was appointed. A stockholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until they have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter, the pledgee shall be entitled to vote such shares.

2.08 Inspector . In advance of any meeting of stockholders, the Board by resolution or the Chairman or Chief Executive Officer shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is present, ready and willing to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Every vote taken by ballots shall be counted by a duly appointed inspector or inspectors.

2.09 Quorum . The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate, or these Bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, a majority of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, who are present in person or represented by proxy, may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At any reconvening of an adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented by proxy, any business may be transacted which could have been transacted at the original meeting, if a quorum had been present or represented.

2.10 Majority Vote; Withdrawal of Quorum . If a quorum is present in person or represented by proxy at any meeting, any question proposed for the consideration of the stockholders shall be decided by the affirmative votes of a majority of the votes cast, unless the question is one on which, by express provision of law, the Certificate, or these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which event such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. The stockholders present at a duly convened meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding any withdrawal of stockholders which may leave less than a quorum remaining.

2.11 Method of Voting; Proxies . Unless otherwise specified in any outstanding series of preferred stock, every stockholder of record shall be entitled at every meeting of stockholders to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote, for every share standing in his name on the original stock transfer books of the Corporation except to the extent that the voting rights of the shares of any class or classes are limited or denied by the Certificate. Such stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to the identity of stockholders entitled to vote. At any meeting of stockholders, every stockholder having the right to vote may vote either in person or by a proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. A telegram, telex, cablegram or other form of electronic transmission, including telephone text transmission, by the stockholder, or an email, photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction of a writing executed by the stockholder shall be treated as an execution in writing for purposes of this Section 2.11 . Any electronic transmission must contain or be accompanied by information from which it can be determined that the transmission was authorized by the stockholder. Each such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation as is specified in the notice convening the meeting or in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Corporation in relation to the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. If no date is stated on a proxy, such proxy shall be presumed to have been executed on the date of the meeting at which it is to be voted. Each proxy shall be revocable unless the proxy form conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable and the proxy is coupled with an interest.

2.12 Record Date . The Board may fix in advance a date as the record date for any determination of stockholders, such date in any case to be not more than sixty (60) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of stockholders is to be taken. If no record date is fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of stockholders, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. If no record date is fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive a distribution (other than a distribution involving a purchase or redemption by the Corporation of any of its own shares) or a share dividend, the date on which the resolution of the Board declaring such distribution or share dividend is adopted shall be the record date for such determination of stockholders.

2.13 Officers’ Duties at Meetings . The Chairman of the Board or, in his absence, any other party designated by the Board in advance of the meeting of stockholders shall preside at the meeting of stockholders and shall automatically be the Chairman of such meeting. The Secretary shall prepare minutes of each meeting of stockholders. In the absence of any such officer, such officer’s duties shall be performed by some person or persons elected by the vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy. Annual and special meetings of stockholders generally shall follow accepted rules of practice and procedure for the orderly conduct of stockholder meetings.

ARTICLE 3
DIRECTORS

3.01 General Powers . The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or be under the direction of the Board, and subject to the restrictions imposed by law, the Certificate, or these Bylaws, the Board may exercise all the powers of the Corporation.

3.02 Number . The number of directors which shall constitute the Board shall be as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.

3.03 Election; Term; Qualification . Where the number of persons validly proposed for election or re-election as a director is greater than the number of directors to be elected, the persons receiving the most votes (up to the number of directors to be elected) shall be elected as directors, and an absolute majority of the votes cast shall not be necessary. At each annual meeting of stockholders, directors of the applicable class whose term is then expiring shall be elected to hold office until the third following annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly qualified and elected or appointed or their office is otherwise vacated. No director need be a stockholder, a resident of the State of Delaware, or a citizen of the United States.

3.04 Changes in Number . No decrease in the number of directors constituting the entire Board shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any class or series of shares are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Certificate, any newly created directorship(s) of such class or series to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of such directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors elected by such class or series then in office or by a sole remaining director so elected or by the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of such class or series, and such directorship(s) shall not in any case be filled by the vote of the remaining directors or by the holders of the outstanding shares of the Corporation as a whole unless otherwise provided in the Certificate.

3.05 Removal . At any meeting of stockholders called expressly for that purpose, any director may be removed for cause by an affirmative vote by stockholders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote on the election of directors; provided however that notice of any such meeting convened for the purpose of removing a director shall contain a statement of the intention to remove the director and a summary of the basis for the proposed removal and be served on such director not less than thirty (30) days before such meeting and at such meeting the director shall be entitled to be heard on the motion for such director's removal.

3.06 Vacancies . Any vacancy occurring in the Board may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the Board. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of office of the class to which the director has been chosen expires, with each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. A vacancy shall be deemed to exist by reason of the death, resignation, removal in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws, or upon an increase in the number of directors by amendment of these Bylaws.

3.07 Place of Meetings . The Board may hold its meetings and may have an office and keep the books of the Corporation, except as otherwise provided by law, in such place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board may from time to time determine.

3.08 Regular Meetings . The Board shall hold regular meetings at the time and place as the Board may fix or as may be specified in a notice of meeting. Notice of regular meetings of the Board needs to be given to all members of the Board.

3.09 Special Meetings; Notice . Special meetings of the Board shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) of the directors. The person or persons calling any special meeting shall cause notice of such special meeting, including therein the time and place of such special meeting, to be given to each director at least two (2) days before such special meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting of the Board need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of any special meeting.

3.10 Quorum; Majority Vote . At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is not present at a meeting, the Chairman or a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the Certificate, or these Bylaws.

3.11 Procedure; Minutes . At meetings of the Board, business shall be transacted in such order as the Board may determine from time to time. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at the meetings. In his absence at any meeting, any officer authorized by these Bylaws or any member of the Board selected by the members present shall preside. The Secretary or, in his absence, the Assistant Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board. In their absence, the presiding officer of the meeting may designate any person to act as secretary. The Secretary of the meeting shall prepare minutes of the meeting which shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation for placement in the minute books of the Corporation.

3.12 Action by Directors Without Meeting .

(a)

Written Consents . Any action which may be taken, or is required by law, the Certificate, or these Bylaws to be taken, at a meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors, as the case may be, entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof, and such consent shall have the same force and effect, as of the date stated therein, as a unanimous vote of such directors, as the case may be, and may be stated as such in any document filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware or in any certificate or other document delivered to any person. The consent may be in one or more counterparts so long as each director signs one of the counterparts. Any photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similarly reliable reproduction of a consent in writing signed by a director may be substituted or used instead of the original writing. The signed consent shall be placed in the minute books of the Corporation.


(b)	Electronic Consents . A telegram, telex, cablegram, electronic mail or other electronic transmission by a director consenting to an action to be taken is considered to be written, signed, and dated for the purposes of these Bylaws if the transmission sets

forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine that the transmission was transmitted by the director, and the date on which the director transmitted the transmission. The date of transmission shall be deemed to be the date on which the consent was signed.

3.13 Compensation . Directors, in their capacity as directors, may receive, by resolution of the Board, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attending meetings of the Board, any committee meeting, or any other meeting in connection with the business of the Corporation or their duties as directors. Directors may also receive an annual retainer. Such compensation may include stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other equity based awards. No member of the Board that is also an employee of the Corporation shall receive compensation for service as a member of the Board.

3.14 Defect in Appointment . All acts done in good faith by the Board, any director, a member of a committee appointed by the Board, any person to whom the Board may have delegated any of its powers shall, or any person acting as a director shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of such director or person acting as aforesaid, or that he was, or any of them were, disqualified, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a director or act in the relevant capacity.

3.15 Validity of Prior Acts of the Board . No amendment to these Bylaws adopted after the date of adoption of these Second Amended and Restated Bylaws shall invalidate any prior act of the Board which would have been valid if such amendment had not been adopted .

ARTICLE 4
COMMITTEES

4.01 Committees of the Board of Directors . The Board may from time to time designate committees of the Board, with such lawfully delegable powers and duties as it thereby confers, to serve at the pleasure of the Board and shall, for those committees and any others provided for herein, elect a director or directors to serve as the member or members, designating, if it desires, other directors as alternative members who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any committee and any alternative member in his or her place, the member or members of the committee present at the meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or she or they constitute a quorum, may by unanimous vote appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in place of the absent or disqualified member.

4.02 Number; Qualification; Term . Each committee shall consist of such number of directors as the Board may determine or as may be required by applicable law or the listing requirements of the NASDAQ Stock Market or the NASDAQ Capital Market, as applicable, or any other exchange on which the Corporation's shares are traded. The number of committee members may be increased or decreased from time to time by the Board. Each committee member shall serve as such until the earliest of (a) his successor is duly elected and qualified, (b) his resignation as a committee member or as a director or (c) his removal, as a committee member or as a director.

4.03 Conduct of Business . Each committee may determine the procedural rules for meeting and conducting its business and shall act in accordance therewith, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law. Adequate provision shall be made for notice to members of all meetings; one-half of the members shall constitute a quorum unless the committee shall consist of one member, in which event one member shall constitute a quorum; and all matters shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present. Action may be taken by any committee without a meeting if all members thereof consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of such committee.

ARTICLE 5
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO MEETINGS

5.01 Manner of Giving Notice . Whenever by law, the Certificate, or these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, director or committee member, such notice may be given by any method permitted by law, including electronic transmission so long as any requisite consent of the recipient has been obtained. A stockholder or director may specify the form of electronic transmission to be used to communicate notice and may revoke this consent by written notice to the Corporation. The consent is deemed to be revoked if the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices, and the person responsible for delivering notice on behalf of the Corporation knows that delivery of these two electronic transmissions was unsuccessful. Any notice required or permitted to be given by mail shall be deemed to be delivered and given at the time when the same is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed as aforesaid. Any notice required or permitted to be given by electronic transmission, including telephone text transmission, is deemed given when the notice is (i) transmitted to a facsimile or telephone text number provided by the stockholder, director or committee member for the purpose of receiving notice; or (ii) transmitted to an electronic mail address provided by the stockholder, director or committee member for the purpose of receiving notice.

5.02 Waiver of Notice . Whenever by law, the Certificate, or these Bylaws, any notice is required to be given to any stockholder, director or committee member of the Corporation, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time notice should have been given, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a stockholder, director or committee member at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. The business to be transacted at or the purpose of a regular or special meeting of stockholders, directors or committee members is not required to be specified in a written waiver of notice or a waiver by electronic transmission.

5.03 Telephone or Remote Communication Meetings . Directors or committee members may participate in and hold a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other means of remote communication equipment by means of which persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except

where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

ARTICLE 6
OFFICERS AND OTHER AGENTS

6.01 Number; Titles; Election; Term; Qualification . The Board may elect or appoint officers of the Corporation as it deems appropriate, which officers shall be a Chief Executive Officer and President, a Secretary, one or more Vice Presidents (and, in the case of each Vice President, with such descriptive title, if any, as the Board shall determine, including to the extent so designated, any Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President). The Corporation may also have a Chairman of the Board, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Treasurers, one or more Assistant Secretaries, and such other officers and such agents as the Board may from time to time elect or appoint. Each officer and agent shall hold office for the term for which he is elected or appointed and until his successor has been elected or appointed and qualified or his earlier resignation or termination. Any person may hold any number of offices. No officer or agent need be a stockholder, a director, a resident of the State of Delaware or a citizen of the United States.

6.02 Removal . Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby; but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.

6.03 Vacancies . Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation for any cause may be filled by appointment of the Chief Executive Officer, subject to ratification by the Board.

6.04 Authority . Officers shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as are provided in these Bylaws or as may be determined by resolution of the Board not inconsistent with these Bylaws.

6.05 Compensation . The salaries or other compensation of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board or the compensation committee appointed by the Board, consistent with any legal or stock exchange requirements.

6.06 Bonds of Officers . The Board may secure the fidelity of any officer of the Corporation by bond or otherwise, on such terms and with such surety or sureties, conditions, penalties or securities as shall be deemed proper by the Board.

6.07 Delegation . The Board may delegate temporarily the powers and duties of any officer of the Corporation, in case of his absence or for any other reason, to any other officer.

6.08 Chairman of the Board . The Chairman of the Board shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board and these Bylaws. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if the directors neglect or fail to elect a Chairman of the Board, then the Chief Executive Officer, if he is a member of the Board, shall automatically serve as the Chairman of the Board.

6.09 Chief Executive Officer and President . Unless and to the extent that such powers and duties are expressly delegated by the Board to a Chairman of the Board the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and, subject to the supervision of the Board, shall have general management and control of the business and property of the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business with all such powers with respect to such general management and control as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities, including, but not limited to, the power to employ, discharge, or suspend employees and agents of the Corporation, to fix the compensation of employees (other than officers) and agents, and to suspend, with or without cause, any officer of the Corporation pending final action by the Board with respect to continued suspension, removal, or reinstatement of such officer. The President may, without limitation, agree upon and execute orders, bonds, contracts, agreements and other obligations in the name of the Corporation.

6.10 Vice Presidents . Each Vice President shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board or as may be delegated from time to time by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer and (in the order as designated by the Board, or in the absence of such designation, the most senior Executive Vice President, and in the absence of any Executive Vice President, the most senior Senior Vice President) shall exercise the powers of the Chief Executive Officer during that officer’s absence or inability to act. As between the Corporation and third parties, any action taken by a Vice President in the performance of the duties of the Chief Executive Officer shall be conclusive evidence of the absence or inability to act of the Chief Executive Officer at the time such action was taken. A Vice President may sign, with the Secretary of the Corporation or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certificates of stock of the Corporation.

6.11 Secretary . The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the stockholders, of the Board, and all committees of the Board, in one or more books provided for such purpose and shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law. The Secretary shall be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal, if any, of the Corporation and see, if the Corporation has a seal, that, when required, the seal of the Corporation is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation has been duly authorized. The Secretary or the Corporation’s transfer agent and registrar shall have general charge of the stock certificate books, transfer books and stock ledgers, and such other books and papers of the Corporation as the Board may direct, all of which shall, at all reasonable times, be open to the examination of any director, upon application at the office of the Corporation during business hours. The Secretary in general is authorized to perform such other duties and powers as the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer from time to time may assign to or confer on him.

6.12 Treasurer . The Treasurer, if any, and in the absence of a Treasurer, the chief financial officer of the Corporation, shall keep complete and accurate records of account, showing at all times the financial condition of the Corporation. He shall be the legal custodian of all money, notes, securities and other valuables which may from time to time come into the possession of the Corporation. He shall furnish at meetings of the Board, or whenever requested, a statement of the financial condition of the Corporation, and is authorized to perform such other duties as these Bylaws may require or the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may assign.

6.13 Assistant Officers . Any Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer appointed by the Board shall have power to perform, and shall perform, all duties incumbent upon the Secretary or Treasurer of the Corporation, respectively, subject to the general direction of such respective officers, and shall perform such other duties as these Bylaws may require or the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may prescribe.

ARTICLE 7
INDEMNIFICATION AND EXCULPATION

7.01 Indemnification . The Corporation shall indemnify against all expense, liability, and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes, or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered to the fullest extent then permitted by law, any person who was, is or is threatened to be made a respondent in a proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, if it is determined in accordance with Section 145 of the DGCL (each, an “ indemnitee ” and together, the “ indemnitees ”) that (a) such indemnitee (i) acted in good faith, (ii) reasonably believed (1) in the case of conduct in the indemnitee’s official capacity, that the indemnitee’s conduct was in the Corporation’s best interests and (2) in any other case, that the indemnitee’s conduct was not opposed to the Corporation’s best interests and (iii) in the case of a criminal proceeding, did not have a reasonable cause to believe the indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful; (b) with respect to expenses, the amount of expenses is reasonable; and (c) indemnification should be paid.

7.02 Insurance . The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any indemnitee against any liability incurred by him under the DGCL in his capacity as a governing person or delegate or indemnifying such governing person or delegate in respect of any loss arising or liability attaching to him by virtue of any rule of law in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which the governing person or delegate may be guilty in relation to the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof.

7.03 Advancement of Expenses . Expenses incurred by a governing person or delegate of the Corporation in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by, and only in compliance with, the DGCL or any other applicable laws as may from time to time be in effect, including, without limitation, any provision of the DGCL that requires, as a condition precedent to such expense advancement, the delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such governing person or delegate, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such governing person or delegate is not entitled to be indemnified under Section 7.01 or otherwise. Repayments of all amounts so advanced shall be upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board deems appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a governing person or delegate be entitled to the advancement of expenses if a determination has been made by a judicial authority or governmental entity or agency or, absent such determination, any such authority, entity

or agency has taken a position or issued any guidance stating, that the advancement of expenses to a governing person or delegate constitutes a personal loan in contravention of any law or regulation.

7.04 Vesting . The Corporation’s obligation to indemnify and to prepay expenses under Sections 7.01 and 7.03 shall arise, and all rights granted to the Corporation’s governing persons or delegates hereunder shall vest, at the time of the occurrence of the transaction or event to which a proceeding relates, or at the time that the action or conduct to which such proceeding relates was first taken or engaged in (or omitted to be taken or engaged in), regardless of when such proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed (and whether arising out of a transaction or event occurring before or after adoption of this Article Seven ). Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws, no action taken by the Corporation subsequent to the adoption of this Article Seven , either by amendment of these Bylaws or otherwise, shall diminish or adversely affect any rights to indemnification or prepayment of expenses granted under Sections 7.01 and 7.03 which shall have become vested as aforesaid prior to the date that such amendment or other corporate action is effective or taken, whichever is later.

7.05 Enforcement . If a claim under Section 7.01 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit in a court of competent jurisdiction against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such suit (other than a suit brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition when the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the DGCL or other applicable law to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. The failure of the Corporation (including its Board, independent legal counsel or stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit as to whether indemnification is proper in the circumstances based upon the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL or other applicable law shall neither be a defense to the action nor create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

7.06 Nonexclusive . The indemnification provided by this Article Seven shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any statute, the Certificate, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

7.07 Permissive Indemnification . The Corporation may confer rights to indemnification and prepayment of expenses which are conferred on indemnitees by Sections 7.01 and 7.03 upon

any employee or agent of the Corporation or other person serving at the request of the Corporation if, and to the extent, authorized by the Board.

7.08 Definitions . The term “proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative.

ARTICLE 8
CERTIFICATES AND SHARES

8.01 Certificated Shares . The shares of the Corporation will be represented by certificates.

8.02 Stock Certificates . The certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be in conformity with law and otherwise approved by the Board.

8.03 Issuance . The Board may issue shares for such consideration and to such persons as the Board may from time to time determine, except that, in the case of shares with par value, the consideration must be equal to or greater than the par value of such shares. Shares may not be issued until the full amount of the consideration has been paid.

8.04 Consideration for Shares . Consideration for shares may consist of cash, any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the Corporation, including promissory notes, services performed or a contract for services to be performed, or securities of the Corporation or any other organization. In the absence of fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the Board as to the value of consideration received shall be conclusive. When consideration, fixed as provided by law, has been paid, the shares shall be deemed to have been issued and shall be considered fully paid and nonassessable.

8.05 Fractional Shares . Only whole shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be issued. In case of any transaction by reason of which a fractional share might otherwise be issued, the directors, or the officers in the exercise of powers delegated by the directors shall take such measures consistent with the law, the Certificate and these Bylaws including (for example, and not by way of limitation) the payment in cash of an amount equal to the fair value of any fractional share, as they may deem proper to avoid the issuance of any fractional share.

8.06 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates . The Corporation shall issue a new certificate or certificates in place of any certificate representing shares previously issued if the registered owner of the certificate:


(a)	Claim . Makes proof by affidavit, in form and substance satisfactory to the Board, that a previously issued certificate representing shares has been lost, destroyed, or stolen;


(b)	Timely Request . Requests the issuance of a new certificate before the Corporation has notice that the certificate has been acquired by a purchaser for value in good faith and without notice of an adverse claim;


(c)	Bond . Delivers to the Corporation a bond in such form, with such surety or sureties, and with such fixed or open penalty, as the Board may direct, in its discretion, to indemnify the Corporation (and its transfer agent and registrar, if any) against any claim that may be made on account of the alleged loss, destruction, or theft of the certificate; and


(d)	Other Requirements . Satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the Board.

When a certificate has been lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken, and the holder of record fails to notify the Corporation within a reasonable time after he or she has notice of it, and the Corporation registers a transfer of the shares represented by the certificate before receiving such notification, the holder of record is precluded from making any claim against the Corporation for the transfer or for a new certificate.

8.07 Transfer of Shares . Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the stockholders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation for transfer of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed and accompanied by any reasonable assurances that such endorsements are genuine and effective as the Corporation may require and after compliance with any applicable law relating to the collection of taxes, the Corporation or its transfer agent shall, if it has no notice of an adverse claim or if it has discharged any duty with respect to any adverse claim, issue one or more new certificates to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

8.08 Registered Stockholders . The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the stockholder of record as the stockholder in fact of any shares and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have actual or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law or stock exchange requirement.

8.09 Legends . The Board shall cause an appropriate legend to be placed on certificates representing shares of stock as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the Board in order for the Corporation to comply with applicable federal or state securities or other laws.

8.10 Regulations . The Board shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, registration or replacement of certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation.

ARTICLE 9
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.01 Dividends . Subject to provisions of applicable law and the Certificate, dividends may be declared by and at the discretion of the Board at any meeting and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of stock of the Corporation. No unpaid dividend shall bear interest as against the Corporation.

9.02 Books and Records . The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its stockholders, Board, and any committee of the Board. The Corporation shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, a record of:


(a)	the names and addresses of all stockholders of the Corporation; and


(b)	the number and class or series of shares issued by the Corporation held by each stockholder.

9.03 Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board; provided, that if such fiscal year is not fixed by the Board and the Board does not defer its determination of the fiscal year, the fiscal year shall be the calendar year.

9.04 Appointment of Auditor . The audit committee of the Board shall recommend and appoint the independent auditor to audit the Corporation’s financial statements, subject to ratification by the stockholders. For purposes of this Section 9.04 , independence shall be established in accordance with Rule 10A-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act and any requirements established by any exchange or other similar organization listing any securities of the Corporation.

9.05 Seal . The seal, if any, of the Corporation shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board. If the Board approves a seal, the affixation of such seal shall not be required to create a valid and binding obligation against the Corporation.

9.06 Attestation by the Secretary . With respect to any deed, deed of trust, mortgage or other instrument executed by the Corporation through its duly authorized officer or officers, the attestation to such execution by the Secretary of the Corporation shall not be necessary to constitute such deed, deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument a valid and binding obligation against the Corporation unless the resolutions, if any, of the Board authorizing such execution expressly state that such attestation is necessary.

9.07 Resignation . Any director, committee member, officer or agent may resign at any time by so stating at any meeting of the Board or the applicable committee or by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified in the statement at the Board meeting or in the written or electronically transmitted notice, but in no event may the effective time of such resignation be prior to the time such statement is made or such notice is given. If no effective time is specified in the resignation, the resignation shall be effective when delivered. Unless a resignation specifies otherwise, it shall be effective without being accepted.

9.08 Securities of Other Corporations . The Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President of the Corporation shall have the power and authority to transfer, endorse for transfer, vote, consent or take any other action with respect to any securities of another issuer which may be held or owned by the Corporation and to make, execute and deliver any waiver, proxy or consent with respect to any such securities.

9.09 Invalid Provisions . If any part of these Bylaws is held invalid or inoperative for any reason, the remaining parts, so far as is possible and reasonable, shall remain valid and operative.

9.10 Headings; Table of Contents . The headings and table of contents used in these Bylaws are for convenience only and do not constitute matters to be construed in the interpretation of these Bylaws.

9.11 Gender . When the context requires, the gender of all words used in these Bylaws includes the masculine, feminine, and neuter, and the number of all words includes the singular and the plural.

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Exhibit 10.1

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

by and among

FORBES ENERGY SERVICES LTD

and

THE HOLDERS PARTY HERETO

Dated as of April 13, 2017



TABLE OF CONTENTS
		Page
1.	Definitions	2
2.	Demand Registrations	5
3.	Shelf Registration	5
4.	Piggyback Takedowns	7
5.	Suspension Perio	7
6.	Lock-Up Agreements	8
7.	Company Undertakings	9
8.	Registration Expenses	13
9.	[Reserved]	13
10.	Indemnification; Contribution	13
11.	Participation in Underwritten Offering/Sale of Registrable Securities	14
12.	Free Writing Prospectus	14
13.	Information from Holders	14
14.	[Reserved]	14
15.	Private Placement	14
16.	Rule 144	14
17.	Transfer of Registration Rights	14
18.	Amendment, Modification and Waivers; Further Assurances	14
19.	Miscellaneous	15

Annex A Form of Joinder Agreement

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of April 13, 2017 by and among Forbes Energy Services Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the parties identified as “ Holders ” on the signature page hereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Section 1 hereof.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue and has agreed to offer registration rights to certain holders of the Company’s New Common Stock pursuant to, and upon the terms set forth in, the plan of reorganization of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “ Plan ”), dated as of December 21, 2016, as amended.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Holders hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions.

“ Affiliate ” of any particular Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person; provided that funds or accounts managed, advised or sub-advised by any Holder shall also be considered Affiliates of such Holder.

“ Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph hereof.

“ Automatic Shelf Registration Statement ” means an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined in Rule 405 (or any successor rule then in effect) promulgated under the Securities Act.

“ beneficially owned ”, “ beneficial ownership ” and similar phrases have the same meanings as such terms have under Rule 13d-3 and 13d-5 (or any successor rule then in effect) promulgated under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any Holder, such Holder shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such Holder has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The calculation of beneficial ownership for a Holder shall also include funds or accounts managed, advised or sub-advised by any Holder.

“ Board ” means the board of directors of the Company.

“ Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by applicable law or executive order to close.

“ Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor governmental agency.

“ Company ” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph hereof.

“ Company Demand Cutback ” has the meaning specified in Section 2(e) .

“ Company Demand Registration ” has the meaning specified in Section 2(f) .

“ Company Demand Registration Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 2(b) .

“ Company Shelf Takedown Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 3(c) .

“ control ” (including the terms “ controlling, ” “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ”) means, unless otherwise noted, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting shares, by contract, or otherwise.

“ Counsel to the Holders ” means, with respect to any underwritten offering pursuant to a Demand Registration (including a Shelf Takedown or any Underwritten Shelf Takedown), the one law firm or other legal counsel selected by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Demand Registration (or Shelf Takedown or Underwritten Shelf Takedown, if applicable).

“ Demand Cutback ” has the meaning specified in Section 2(e) .

“ Demand Holder ” shall mean any Holder that, together with its Affiliates, beneficially owns at least 10% of the outstanding shares of New Common Stock as of the Effective Date, for so long as such Holder continues to beneficially own at least 5% of the aggregate outstanding shares of New Common Stock; provided , however , that any decrease in the beneficial ownership percentage of any Demand Holder resulting from the issuance by the Company of New Common Stock or other securities convertible into or exercisable for New Common Stock after the Effective Date, shall not cause any Demand Holder to cease being a Demand Holder for purposes of this Agreement; provided , further , that a Demand Holder shall cease to be a Demand Holder at such time as such Demand Holder no longer holds any Registrable Securities.

“ Demand Registration ” has the meaning specified in Section 2(a) .

“ Demand Registration Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 2(b) .

“ Demand Shelf Takedown Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 3(c) .

“ Determination Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3(h) .

“ EDGAR ” means the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System of the Commission.

“ Effective Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Plan.

“ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

“ FINRA ” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or any successor regulatory authority.

“ Follow-On Registration Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 3(i) .

“ Follow-On Shelf ” has the meaning specified in Section 3(i) .

“ Form S‑1 Shelf ” has the meaning specified in Section 3(a) .

“ Form S-3 Shelf ” has the meaning specified in Section 3(a) .

“ Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act.

“ Holder ” means (i) each Person identified on the signature page hereto and (ii) any parties identified on the signature page of any joinder agreements executed and delivered to the Company pursuant to Section 17 hereof.

“ Holder Free Writing Prospectus ” means each Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the relevant Holder or used or referred to by such Holder in connection with the offering of Registrable Securities.

“ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means an issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

“ Lock-Up Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 6 .

“ Long-Form Registration ” has the meaning specified in Section 2(a) .

“ Losses ” has the meaning specified in Section 10(a) .

“ National Securities Exchange ” means any exchange registered as a national securities exchange under the terms and conditions of Section 6 and in accordance with the provisions of Section 19 of the Exchange Act (or any successor provisions then in effect), including the Nasdaq Stock Market.

“ New Common Stock ” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company issued on or after the Effective Date.

“ Opt-Out Request ” has the meaning specified in Section 19(r) .

“ Other Holders ” has the meaning specified in Section 4(c) .

“ Person ” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

“ Piggyback Cutback ” has the meaning specified in Section 4(b) .

“ Piggyback Registration ” has the meaning specified in Section 4(a) .

“ Piggyback Takedown ” has the meaning specified in Section 4(a) .

“ Plan ” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.

“ Prospectus ” means the prospectus used in connection with a Registration Statement.

“ Registrable Securities ” means at any time New Common Stock held or beneficially owned by any Holder, including (i) any New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Plan or upon the conversion, exercise or exchange, as applicable, of any other securities and/or interests issued pursuant to the Plan and (ii) any shares of New Common Stock acquired in the open market or otherwise purchased or acquired by the Holder after the Effective Date; provided , however , that as to any Registrable Securities, such securities shall irrevocably cease to constitute Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of: (A) the date on which such securities have been disposed of pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; (B) the date on which such securities have been disposed of pursuant to Rule 144; (C) the date on which such securities have been transferred to any Person, other than a Holder or a Person pursuant to Section Error! Reference source not found. hereof; and (D) the date on which such securities cease to be outstanding.

“ Registration Statement ” means any registration statement filed hereunder or in connection with a Piggyback Takedown.

“ Requesting Holder ” has the meaning specified in Section 2(a) .

“ Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect).

“ Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect).

“ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

“ Shelf Registration ” means a registration of securities pursuant to a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in accordance with and pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect) that, in accordance with Section 7(c) , the Company may be required to keep effective for longer than 90 days.

“ Shelf Takedown ” means an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, a Piggyback Takedown or another offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration.

“ Shelf Takedown Cutback ” has the meaning specified in Section 3(d) .

“ Shelf Takedown Requesting Holder ” has the meaning specified in Section 3(b) .

“ Short-Form Registration ” has the meaning specified in Section 2(a) .

“ Suspension Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 5(a) .

“ Underwritten Block Trade ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(e) .

“ Underwritten Shelf Takedown ” has the meaning specified in Section 3(b) .

“ Well-Known Seasoned Issuer ” means a “ well-known seasoned issuer ” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect).

2. Demand Registrations.

(a) Requests for Registration . At any time after the date hereof, any Demand Holder or group of Demand Holders (in such capacity, each a “ Requesting Holder ”) may request registration under the Securities Act of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities held by such Requesting Holder(s) (A) on Form S‑1 (or any successor form then in effect) (a “ Long-Form Registration ”), if Form S-3 is not available to the Company, or (B) on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration (a “ Short-Form Registration ”), if available (a “ Demand Registration ”). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to conduct no more than (i) two Long-Form Registrations for each Demand Holder, and an unlimited number of Short-Form Registrations for each Demand Holder. Any Requesting Holder may request that any offering conducted under a Long-Form Registration or Short-Form Registration be underwritten. Any Demand Registration requested for a firm underwritten offering of Registrable Securities must have an expected value of at least $5 million.

(b) Demand Registration Notices . All requests for Demand Registrations shall be made by giving written notice to the Company (the “ Demand Registration Notice ”). Each Demand Registration Notice shall specify (i) whether such Demand Registration shall be an underwritten offering, (ii) the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by the Demand Holder in the Demand Registration and (iii) the expected price range (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) of such Demand Registration. Within five Business Days after receipt of any Demand Registration Notice, the Company shall give written notice of such requested Demand Registration to all other Holders of Registrable Securities (the “ Company Demand Registration Notice ”) and, subject to the provisions of Section 2(e) below, shall include in such Demand Registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within 10 days after sending the Company Demand Registration Notice.

(c) Long-Form Registrations . A registration shall not count as one of the permitted Long-Form Registrations until both (i) it has become effective and (ii) the Requesting Holder(s) is able to register and sell pursuant to such registration at least 90% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration either at the time of the registration or within 90 days thereafter; provided that a Long-Form Registration which is withdrawn at the sole request of the Requesting Holder(s) who demanded such Long-Form Registration will count as a Long-Form Registration unless the Company is reimbursed by such Requesting Holder(s) for all reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by the Company (including legal fees) in connection with such registration.

(d) Short-Form Registrations . Demand Registrations shall be Short-Form Registrations whenever the Company is permitted to use any applicable short form registration statement under the rules and regulations of the Securities Act, unless the underwriters, in their reasonable discretion, determine that the use of a Long-Form Registration is necessary in order for the successful offering of such Registrable Securities. Promptly after the Company has become eligible to use Form S-3 under the Securities Act, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make Short-Form Registrations on Form S-3 (or any successor form) available for the resale of Registrable Securities on a continuous or delayed basis.

(e) Priority on Demand Registrations . The Company shall not include in any Demand Registration any securities which are not Registrable Securities without the prior written consent of the Requesting Holders holding a majority of Registrable Securities, provided that the Company may include in such Demand Registration securities of the Company for sale for its own account, subject to the priority provision described below.

Except in the case of a Company Demand Registration, if the Demand Registration is an underwritten offering and the managing underwriters for such Demand Registration advise the Company and applicable Requesting Holders in writing that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities and, if permitted hereunder, other securities requested to be included in such Demand Registration exceeds the number of Registrable Securities and other securities, if any, which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Demand Registration, the Company shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities in such Demand Registration which can be so sold (a “ Demand Cutback ”) as follows: (i) first , the securities the Company proposes to sell, (ii) then second , the Registrable Securities requested by any Holders that are not Demand Holders to be included in the Demand Registration up to 50% of the remaining Demand Cutback, pro rata among Holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included by each such Holder and (iii) then third , the remaining Demand Cutback shall apply to Registrable Securities requested by any Demand Holders to be included in the Demand Registration, pro rata among the respective Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included by each such Demand Holder.

In the case of a Company Demand Registration, if the Demand Registration is an underwritten offering and the managing underwriters for such Demand Registration advise the Company and applicable Requesting Holders in writing that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities and, if permitted hereunder, other securities requested to be included in such Demand Registration exceeds the number of Registrable Securities and other securities, if any, which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Demand Registration, the Company shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities in such Demand Registration which can be so sold (a “ Company Demand Cutback ”) as follows: (i) first , the Registrable Securities requested by any Holders that are not Demand Holders to be included in the Demand Registration up to 50% of the Company Demand Cutback, pro rata among Holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included by each such Holder, (ii) then second , the Company Demand Cutback shall apply to Registrable Securities requested by any Demand Holders to be included in the Demand Registration, pro rata among the respective Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included by each such Demand Holder and (iii) then, third , the securities the Company proposes to sell.

(f) Restrictions on Demand Registrations . The Company shall not be obligated to effect any Demand Registration during the period starting with the date that is 30 days prior to the Board’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on the date that is 45 days after the effective date of, a Company initiated registration statement (a “ Company Demand Registration ”), provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration to become effective and the Company has complied with the requirements of Section 4 hereof. In the event of any such suspension or delay, the Holder of Registrable Securities initially requesting a Demand Registration that is suspended by operation of this Section 2(f) shall be entitled to withdraw such request and, if such request is withdrawn, such Demand Registration shall not count as one of the permitted Demand Registrations hereunder, and, notwithstanding the proviso in Section 2(c) , the Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with such registration.

(g) Selection of Underwriters . The Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities initially requested to be included in a Demand Registration which is an underwritten offering shall have the right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) to administer the offering (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks), subject to the Company’s approval which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided , however , the Company shall select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) to administer the offering (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks) in connection with a Company Demand Registration, with input from Demand Holders participating in such Demand Registration.

(h) Other Registration Rights . As of the date hereof, the Company represents and warrants that it is not a party to, or otherwise subject to, any other agreement granting registration rights to any other Person with respect to any securities of the Company, including securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into or for shares of any equity securities of the Company.

3. Shelf Registration.

(a) Filing . Promptly after the Effective Date, the Company shall file, and shall thereafter use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter, a Shelf Registration on Form S‑1 (or other appropriate form) for the offer and resale of Registrable Securities on a delayed or continuous basis (the “ Form S‑1 Shelf ”). The Company shall give written notice of the filing of the Form S‑1 Shelf at least 15 days prior to filing thereof to all Holders of Registrable Securities (the “ Registration Notice ”) and shall include in such Registration Statement all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within 10 days after sending the Registration Notice. The Company shall maintain the Form S‑1 Shelf in accordance with the terms hereof (including as set forth in Section 7(c)(ii) ). The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to convert the Form S‑1 Shelf (and any Follow-On Shelf) to a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form S‑3 (the “ Form S-3 Shelf, ” and together with the Form S‑1 Shelf (and any Follow-On Shelf), the “ Shelf ”) as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company is eligible to use Form S‑3. For the avoidance of doubt, the filing of the Form S‑1 Shelf under this Section 3(a) shall not count as a Demand Registration and the Company shall be required to file and maintain as many Shelf Registrations as necessary (or post-effective amendments, supplements or other filings) until the date on which all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registrations or have otherwise ceased to be Registrable Securities.

(b) Requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns . At any time and from time to time after the Shelf having been declared effective by the Commission, any Demand Holder (in such capacity, each a “ Shelf Takedown Requesting Holder ”) may request to sell all or any portion of their Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering that is registered pursuant to the Shelf (each, an “ Underwritten Shelf Takedown ”). Any Underwritten Shelf Takedown must have an expected value of at least $5 million. For the avoidance of doubt, each Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall not count as a Demand Registration.

(c) Demand Notices . All requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns shall be made by giving written notice to the Company (the “ Demand Shelf Takedown Notice ”). Each Demand Shelf Takedown Notice shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the expected price range (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Within five Business Days after receipt of any Demand Shelf Takedown Notice, the Company shall give written notice of such requested Underwritten Shelf Takedown to all other Holders which have Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration (the “ Company Shelf Takedown Notice ”) and, subject to the provisions of Section 3(d) below, shall include in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within five Business Days after sending the Company Shelf Takedown Notice.

(d) Priority on Underwritten Shelf Takedowns . The Company shall not include in any Underwritten Shelf Takedown that is not a Piggyback Takedown any securities which are not Registrable Securities without the prior written consent of the Holders owning a majority of the Registrable Securities subject to such request, provided that the Company may include in such Demand Registration securities of the Company for sale for its own account, subject to the priority provision described below. If the managing underwriters for such Underwritten Shelf Takedown advise the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Takedown in writing that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities and, if permitted hereunder, other securities requested to be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown exceeds the number of Registrable Securities and other

securities, if any, which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown, the Company shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown which can be so sold (a “ Shelf Takedown Cutback ”) as follows: (i) first , the securities the Company proposes to sell, (ii) then second , the Registrable Securities requested by any Holders that are not Demand Holders to be included in the Demand Registration up to 50% of the remaining Shelf Takedown Cutback, pro rata among Holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included by each such Holder and (iii) then third , the remaining Shelf Takedown Cutback shall apply to Registrable Securities requested by any Demand Holders to be included in the Demand Registration, pro rata among the respective Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included by each such Demand Holder.

(e) Underwritten Block Trades . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Shelf Takedown Requesting Holder wishes to engage in an underwritten block trade or similar transaction or other transaction with a 2-day or less marketing period (collectively, “ Underwritten Block Trade ”) in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown then notwithstanding the foregoing time periods, such Shelf Takedown Requesting Holder only needs to notify the Company of the Underwritten Block Trade two (2) Business Days prior to the day such offering is to commence and the Company shall notify other Holders on the same day and such other Holders must elect whether or not to participate by the next Business Day (i.e., one (1) Business Day prior to the day such offering is to commence), and the Company shall, subject to Section 2(f) , use its commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such Underwritten Shelf Takedown (which may close as early as three (3) Business Days after the date it commences); provided , however , that the Shelf Takedown Requesting Holder requesting such Underwritten Block Trade shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work with the Company and the underwriters prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the registration statement, prospectus and other offering documentation related to the Underwritten Block Trade.

(f) Restrictions on Underwritten Shelf Takedowns . The Company shall not be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown within 60 days after the pricing of a previous Underwritten Shelf Takedown.

(g) Selection of Underwriters . The Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall have the right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) to administer the offering (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks), subject to the Company’s approval which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

(h) Automatic Shelf Registration . Further, upon the Company becoming a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer, (i) the Company shall give written notice to all of the Holders as promptly as reasonably practicable, and such notice shall describe, in reasonable detail, the basis on which the Company has become a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer, and (ii) the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, register, under an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, the sale of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file such Automatic Shelf Registration Statement as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than 90 days after it becomes a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer, and to cause such Automatic Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective thereafter until there are no longer any Registrable Securities. The Company shall give written notice of filing such Automatic Shelf Registration Statement to all of the Holders as promptly as practicable thereafter. At any time after the filing of an Automatic

Shelf Registration Statement by the Company, if the Company is no longer a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer (the “ Determination Date ”), the Company shall (A) as promptly as practicable, but in no event more than 20 days after such Determination Date, give written notice thereof to all of the Holders and (B) within 30 days after such Determination Date, file a Registration Statement on an appropriate form (or a post effective amendment converting the Automatic Shelf Registration Statement to an appropriate form) covering all of the Registrable Securities, and use commercially reasonable efforts to have such Registration Statement declared effective as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date the Automatic Shelf Registration Statement is no longer useable by the Holders to sell their Registrable Securities.

(i) Additional Selling Stockholders and Additional Registrable Securities .

(i) If the Company is not a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer, within 45 days after a written request by a Demand Holder to register for resale any additional Registrable Securities owned by such Demand Holder, the Company shall file a Registration Statement substantially similar to the Shelf then effective, if any (each, a “ Follow-On Shelf ”), to register for resale such Registrable Securities. The Company shall give written notice of the filing of the Follow-On Shelf at least 15 days prior to filing the Follow-On Shelf to all Holders of Registrable Securities (the “ Follow-On Registration Notice ”) and shall include in such Follow-On Shelf all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within ten days after sending the Follow-On Registration Notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to file a Follow-On Shelf (A) if the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities requested to be registered on such Follow-On Shelf by all Holders that have not yet been registered represent less than 1% of the then outstanding New Common Stock or (B) if the Company is not then eligible for use of Form S-3 for secondary offerings and the Company has filed a Follow-On Shelf in the prior 180 days. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Follow-On Shelf to be declared effective as promptly as practicable. Any Registrable Securities requested to be registered pursuant to this Section 3(i)(i) that have not been registered on a Shelf or pursuant to Section 4 below at the time the Follow-On Shelf is filed shall be registered pursuant to such Follow-On Shelf.

(ii) If the Company is a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer, within ten Business Days after a written request by one or more Holders of Registrable Securities to register for resale any additional Registrable Securities owned by such Holders, the Company shall make all necessary filings to include such Registrable Securities in the Automatic Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3(h) .

(iii) If a Form S-3 Shelf or Automatic Shelf Registration Statement is effective, within ten Business Days after written request therefor by a Holder of Registrable Securities, the Company shall file a prospectus supplement, post-effective amendment or current report on Form 8-K, as applicable, to add such Holder as a selling stockholder on such Form S-3 Shelf or Automatic Shelf Registration Statement to the extent permitted under the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission.

4. Piggyback Takedowns.

(a) Right to Piggyback . Whenever the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of any class of the Company’s equity securities (other than a Demand Registration or registrations on Form S‑8 or Form S‑4, a “ Piggyback Registration ”), and such registration may include the registration of Registrable Securities (together with a Piggyback Registration , a “ Piggyback Takedown ”), the Company shall give written notice to all Holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to effect such Piggyback Takedown. In the case of a Piggyback Takedown that is an offering under a Shelf Registration, such notice shall be given not less than five Business Days prior to the expected date of commencement of marketing efforts for such Piggyback Takedown, unless such time is waived by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities that request such inclusion. In the case of a Piggyback Takedown that is an offering under a registration statement that is not a Shelf Registration, such notice shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the expected date of filing of such registration statement. The Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 4(b) and Section 4(c) below, include in such Piggyback Takedown, as applicable, all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within five Business Days after sending the Company’s notice. Nothing in this Section 4(a) shall create an obligation on behalf of the Company to proceed with a Piggyback Takedown, and the Company may cancel any Piggyback Takedown upon written notice to the Holders of Registrable Securities requesting to include their Registrable Securities in such Piggyback Takedown. Any Holder of Registrable Securities may withdraw its request for inclusion of Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Takedown by giving written notice to the Company of its intention to withdraw from that registration within two days prior to the expected date of the commencement of marketing efforts for such Piggyback Takedown; provided , however , that the withdrawal shall be irrevocable and after making the withdrawal, a Holder shall no longer have any right to include its Registrable Securities in that Piggyback Takedown.

(b) Priority on Primary Piggyback Takedowns . If a Piggyback Takedown is an underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Company, and the managing underwriters for a Piggyback Takedown advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such Piggyback Takedown exceeds the number which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Company, the Company shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities in such Piggyback Takedown which can be so sold (a “ Piggyback Cutback ”) as follows: (i) first , the Registrable Securities requested by any Holders that are not Demand Holders to be included in the Demand Registration up to 50% of the Piggyback Cutback, pro rata among Holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included by each such Holder, (ii) then second , the Piggyback Cutback shall apply to Registrable Securities requested by any Demand Holders to be included in the Demand Registration, pro rata among the respective Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included by each such Demand Holder and (iii) then, third , the securities the Company proposes to sell.

(c) Selection of Underwriters . If any Piggyback Takedown is an underwritten primary offering on behalf of the Company, the Company will have the right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) to administer the offering (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks), with input from Demand Holders participating in such registration.

5. Suspension Period.

(a) Suspension Period . Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Board determines in good faith that the registration, offer, sale and/or distribution of Registrable Securities (i) would reasonably be expected to materially impede, delay or interfere with, or require premature disclosure of, any material financing, offering, acquisition, merger, consolidation, tender offer, recapitalization, corporate reorganization or segment reclassification or discontinuance of operations, or other significant transaction or any negotiations, discussions or pending proposals with respect thereto, involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) would require disclosure of non-public material information, the disclosure of which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Company, subject to the provisions of Section 5(b) , the Company shall be entitled to suspend, for a reasonable period of time (each, a “ Suspension Period ”), the use of any Registration Statement or Prospectus and shall not be required to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, any related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference. It is also agreed that, notwithstanding Section 7(c) hereof or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, each year the Company updates a Form S‑1 Shelf (A) the Company may need to suspend use of the Form S‑1 Shelf to the extent such registration statement has not been declared effective by the Commission prior to the time it is required to be updated under the Securities Act and (B) to the extent such registration statement undergoes Commission review, the Company will need to suspend use of the Form S‑1 Shelf pending completion of such review. The Company promptly will give written notice of any such Suspension Period to each Holder that has Registrable Securities registered on a Registration Statement filed hereunder. A Holder of Registrable Securities shall not effect any sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement (or such filings) at any time after it has received such notice from the Company and prior to the end of the Suspension Period. Holders of the Registrable Securities may recommence effecting sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement (or such filings) following the end of the Suspension Period.

(b) Limitations on Suspension Periods . Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 5(a) to the contrary, the Company shall not be entitled to more than two Suspension Periods in any 12-month period, and in no event shall the number of days included in all Suspension Periods during any consecutive 12-month period exceed 90 days in the aggregate; provided , however , that the applicable time period set forth in Section 7(c) shall be extended for a length of time equal to the Suspension Period.

6. Lock-Up Agreements.

(a) Holders of Registrable Securities . In connection with any underwritten public offering of equity securities of the Company (including pursuant to any Shelf Takedown), no Holder who beneficially owns two percent (2%) or more of the outstanding shares of New Common Stock, and no Holder who is selling in such underwritten public offering, whether beneficially owning two percent (2%) or less of the outstanding shares of New Common Stock, shall sell, offer, pledge, contract to sell (including any short sale), grant any option to purchase, transfer or otherwise dispose of, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144, equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities or enter into any hedging transaction relating to any such securities, without the prior written consent of the Company, during the seven days prior to and the 75-day period beginning on the date of pricing of such underwritten public equity offering (each, a “ Lock-Up Period ”), except as part of the underwritten public equity offering, and (A) unless the underwriters managing such underwritten public equity offering otherwise agree by written consent and (A) only if such Lock Up Period (or a longer period) is applicable on substantially similar terms to the Company and the Company uses its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of its executive officers and directors to be subject to such Lock Up Period (or a longer period) on substantially similar terms; provided, that nothing herein will prevent any Holder from making a gift of Registrable Securities or prevent any Holder that is a partnership or corporation from making a distribution of Registrable Securities to the partners or stockholders thereof or prevent any Holder from making a transfer to an Affiliate that is otherwise in compliance with the applicable securities laws, so long as in each case such donees, distributees or transferees agree to be bound by the restrictions set forth in this Section Error! Reference source not found. , such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and either (x) no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period) or (y) if a filing is required or is voluntarily made, such filing discloses that such transfer did not involve a disposition for value and such donees, distributees or transferees will be bound by the restrictions set forth in this Section Error! Reference source not found. . The term “ hedging transaction ” means any short sale (whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any security that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of its value from the New Common Stock (other than a broad-based market basket or index). Each Holder agrees to execute a customary lock-up agreement in favor of the Company’s underwriters to such effect and, in any event, the Company’s underwriters in any underwritten public offering of equity securities shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section Error! Reference source not found. . The provisions of this Section Error! Reference source not found. will no longer apply to a Holder once such Holder ceases to hold Registrable Securities.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any certificate, document, instrument or writing delivered in connection therewith, none of the provisions of this Agreement or any certificate, document, instrument or writing delivered in connection therewith shall in any way limit any Holder or any of its Affiliates from engaging in any brokerage, investment advisory, financial advisory, anti-raid advisory, principaling, merger advisory, financing, asset management, trading, market making, arbitrage, investment activity and other similar activities conducted in the ordinary course of their business.

(b) The Company . In connection with any underwritten public equity offering (including pursuant to any Shelf Takedown), and only upon the reasonable request of the managing underwriter, the Company shall, and shall use commercially reasonably efforts to cause its executive officers and directors to, agree to a lock-up provision in an underwriting agreement or lock-up agreement,

as applicable, in customary form and substance, and with exceptions that are customary, for an underwritten public offering.

7. Company Undertakings.

Whenever Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities as soon as reasonably practicable in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable:

(a) prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement with regard to such Registrable Securities as soon as reasonably practicable (but in the case of a Demand Registration, not later than 75 days of its receipt of a Demand Registration Notice for a Long-Form Registration and not later than 30 days of its receipt of a Demand Registration Notice for a Short-Form Registration) and use reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter;

(b) before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, furnish to the Holders whose Registrable Securities are requested to be included in the Registration Statement copies of all such documents, other than exhibits, documents that are incorporated by reference and such documents that are otherwise publicly available on EDGAR, proposed to be filed and such other documents reasonably requested by such Holders and provide their counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents;

(c) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities of the effectiveness of each Registration Statement and prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for a period of not less than (i) 90 days in the case of a Demand Registration that is not a Shelf Registration, (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, until the date on which all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration or have otherwise ceased to be Registrable Securities or the maximum length permitted by the Commission, (or, in each case, if sooner, until all Registrable Securities have been sold under such Registration Statement), and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act (including by preparing and filing with the Commission any Prospectus or supplement to be used in connection therewith) with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders as set forth in such Registration Statement;

(d) furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities, and the managing underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of the applicable Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus, and any other Prospectus (including any Prospectus filed under Rule 424, Rule 430A or Rule 430B promulgated under the Securities Act and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus)), all exhibits and other documents filed therewith and such other documents as such seller or such managing underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller, and upon request, a copy of any and all transmittal letters or other correspondence to or received from, the Commission or any other governmental authority relating to such offer;

(e) use commercially reasonable efforts (i) to register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any seller reasonably

requests in writing, (ii) keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such Registration Statement remains in effect, and (iii) to do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller (provided that the Company shall not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subsection, (B) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction);

(f) notify each seller of such Registrable Securities, Counsel to the Holders and the managing underwriters (i) at any time when a Prospectus relating to the applicable Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, (A) upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, such Registration Statement, or the Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement, or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any material fact necessary to make the statements in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus relating thereto not misleading or otherwise requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement, Prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or document, and, at the request of any such seller and subject to Section 5(a) hereof, the Company shall promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, furnish a reasonable number of copies of such supplement or amendment to each seller of such Registrable Securities, Counsel to the Holders and the managing underwriters and file such supplement or amendment with the Commission so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as so amended or supplemented shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (B) as soon as the Company becomes aware of any comments or inquiries by the Commission or any requests by the Commission or any Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus covering Registrable Securities or for additional information relating thereto, (C) as soon as the Company becomes aware of the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending or threatening to suspend the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities or (D) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any Registrable Security for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and (ii) when each Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when each Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or any post effective amendment thereto has become effective;

(g) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities (i) if the New Common Stock is then listed on a National Securities Exchange or included for quotation in a recognized trading market, to continue to be so listed or included, (ii) if the Registrable Securities are to be distributed in an underwritten offering and the New Common Stock is not then listed on a National Securities Exchange or included for quotation in a recognized trading market, to, as promptly as practicable (subject to the limitations set forth in the Plan), be listed on a National Securities Exchange, and (iii) to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Securities;

(h) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities from and after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement;

(i) in connection with any underwritten offering, enter into and perform under such customary agreements (including underwriting agreements in customary form, including customary representations and warranties and provisions with respect to indemnification and contribution) and take all such other actions as the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities (including effecting a stock split, a combination of shares, or other recapitalization) and provide reasonable cooperation, including causing appropriate officers to attend and participate in “ road shows ” and analyst or investor presentations and such other selling or other informational meetings organized by the underwriters, if any (taking into account the needs of the Company’s businesses and the responsibilities of such officers with respect thereto and the requirement of the marketing process);

(j) in connection with any underwritten offering (including an Underwritten Shelf Takedown), use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and cause to be furnished to each such Holder of Registrable Securities included in such underwritten offering and the managing underwriter(s) a signed counterpart of (i) a comfort letter from the Company’s independent public accountants and (ii) a legal opinion of counsel to the Company addressed to the relevant underwriters in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by such letters as the managing underwriters included in such underwritten offering reasonably request;

(k) upon reasonable notice and at reasonable times during normal business hours, make available for inspection by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement, Counsel to the Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration, as applicable, and any other attorney or accountant retained by such Holder or underwriter, all financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or Shelf Takedown, as applicable, provided that recipients of such financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents agree in writing to keep the confidentiality thereof pursuant to a written agreement reasonably acceptable to the Company and the applicable underwriter (which shall contain customary exceptions thereto);

(l) permit any Holder of Registrable Securities which Holder in its reasonable judgment might be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company, Counsel to the Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to a Registration Statement, and any other attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Holder of Registrable Securities or underwriter, to participate (including, but not limited to, reviewing, commenting on and attending all meetings) in the preparation of such Registration Statement and any Prospectus supplements relating to a Shelf Takedown, if applicable;

(m) in the event of the issuance or threatened issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related Prospectus or suspending the qualification of any Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) prevent the issuance of any such stop order, and in the event of such issuance, to obtain the withdrawal of such order and (ii) obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or suspending qualification of any Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction at the earliest practicable date;

(n) provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities prior to the effective date of the first Registration Statement including Registrable Securities;

(o) promptly notify in writing the participating Holders, the sales or placement agent, if any, therefor and the managing underwriters of the securities being sold, (i) when such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or any Prospectus amendment or supplement or post effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any such Registration Statement or any post effective amendment, when the same has become effective and (ii) of any written comments by the Commission and by the blue sky or securities commissioner or regulator of any state with respect thereto;

(p) (i) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, including post effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the applicable time period required hereunder and if applicable, file any Registration Statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act; (iii) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any applicable securities exchange or other recognized trading market with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented; and (iv) provide additional information related to each Registration Statement as requested by, and obtain any required approval necessary from, the Commission or any Federal or state governmental authority;

(q) cooperate with each Holder of Registrable Securities and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA;

(r) within the deadlines specified by the Securities Act, make all required filing fee payments in respect of any Registration Statement or Prospectus used under this Agreement (and any offering covered thereby);

(s) if requested by any participating Holder of Registrable Securities or the managing underwriters, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or amendment such information as the Holder or managing underwriters may reasonably request, including in order to permit the intended method of distribution of such securities, and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received such request;

(t) in the case of certificated Registrable Securities, cooperate with the participating Holders of Registrable Securities and the managing underwriters to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any legends) representing Registrable Securities to be sold after receiving written representations from each participating Holder that the Registrable Securities represented by the certificates so delivered by such Holder will be transferred in accordance with the Registration Statement, and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or managing underwriters may reasonably request at least two Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall require the Company to issue securities in certificated form unless such securities are already in certificated form; and

(u) use commercially reasonable efforts to take all other actions deemed necessary or advisable in the reasonable judgment of the Company to effect the registration and sale of the Registrable Securities contemplated hereby.

8. Registration Expenses.

(a) Expenses . All fees and expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Section 2 (subject to Section 2(c) of this Agreement), Section 3 , Section 4 , Section 6 and Section 7 of this Agreement (“ Registration Expenses ”) will be borne by the Company. These fees and expenses will include without limitation (i) stock exchange, Commission, FINRA and other registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with complying with any securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities), (iii) all printing, messenger and delivery expenses, (iv) the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Company and of its independent public accountants and any other accounting and legal fees, charges and expenses incurred by the Company (including any expenses arising from any special audits or “ comfort letters ” required in connection with or incident to any registration), and (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on a National Securities Exchange.

(b) Reimbursement of Counsel . The Company will also reimburse or pay, as the case may be, the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration for the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of one counsel retained by the Holders of a majority of Registrable Securities included in such registration relating to any action taken pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement within 30 days of presentation of a detailed invoice approved by such Holders.

(c) Payment of Certain Selling Expenses . All underwriting fees, discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and all fees and expenses of more than one counsel representing the Holders selling Registrable Securities and otherwise not covered by Section 8(b) of this Agreement shall not be borne by the Company; provided, however, that fifty percent (50%) of the underwriting fees, discounts and selling commissions of underwritten offerings of Registrable Securities by Demand Holders hereunder, shall be borne by the Company.

9. [Reserved].

10. Indemnification; Contribution.

(a) Indemnification by the Company . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement, such Holder’s Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, agents and any Person, if any, who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and any underwriter that facilitates the sale of the Registrable Securities and any Person who controls such underwriter (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (“ Losses ”) to which they or any of them may become subject insofar as such Losses arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement pursuant to which Registrable Securities were registered, Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus included in any such Registration Statement, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in the case of any Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in the information conveyed in writing by the Company to any purchaser at the time of the sale to such purchaser, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or (iii) any violation by the Company of any federal or state rule or regulation applicable to the Company and relating to any action required of or inaction by the Company in connection with any such offering of Registrable Securities, and the Company agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party for any reasonable legal or other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Losses (whether or not the indemnified party is a party to any proceeding); provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any case to the extent that any such Loss arises (i) out of or is based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any such Holder specifically for inclusion therein, including, without limitation, any notice and questionnaire, or (ii) out of sales of Registrable Securities made during a Suspension Period after notice is given pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Indemnification by the Holders . Each Holder severally (and not jointly) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its Affiliates, directors, employees, members, managers, agents and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and any underwriter that facilitates the sale of Registrable Securities and any Person who controls such underwriter (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all Losses to which they or any of them may become subject insofar as such Losses arise out of or are based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement pursuant to which Registrable Securities were registered, Prospectus, preliminary prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Holder Free Writing Prospectus included in any such Registration Statement, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in the case of any Prospectus, preliminary prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Holder Free Writing prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, to make the statements therein not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent (except with respect to a Holder Free Writing Prospectus), that any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission is contained in any written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; provided , however , that the total amount to be indemnified by such Holder pursuant to this Section 9(b) shall be limited to the net proceeds (after deducting underwriters’ discounts and commissions) received by such Holder in the offering to which such Registration Statement, Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus relates; provided , further , that a Holder shall not be liable in any case to the extent that prior to the filing of any such Registration Statement, Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, each Holder has furnished in writing to the Company, information expressly for use in, and within a reasonable period of time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the use of the Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto which corrected or made not misleading information previously provided to the Company. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any such Holder may otherwise have.

(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 10 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 10 , notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under Section 10(a) or Section 10(b) above unless and to the extent such action and such failure results in material prejudice to the indemnifying party and forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in Section 10(a) or Section 10(b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, except as provided in the next sentence, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election to so assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s rights in the prior sentence, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ its own counsel (and any local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if:

(i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with an actual or potential conflict of interest;

(ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party;

(iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or

(iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. No indemnifying party shall, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general circumstances or allegations, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties. An indemnifying party shall not be liable under this Section 10 to any indemnified party regarding any settlement or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent is consented to by such indemnifying party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or compromise unless such settlement or compromise (x) includes as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff therein, to such indemnified party, of a full and final release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation and (y) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such indemnified party.

(d) Contribution .

(i) In the event that the indemnity provided in Section 10(a) or Section 10(b) above is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party agrees to contribute to the aggregate Losses (including reasonable legal or other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) to which such indemnifying party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party on the one hand and by the indemnified party on the other from the offering of the New Common Stock. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party on the one hand or the indemnified party on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(ii) The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 10(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders of Registrable Securities or any agents or underwriters or all of them were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 10(d) . The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the Losses referred to above in this Section 10(d) shall be deemed to include any reasonable legal or other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.

(iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 10(d) , no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(iv) For purposes of this Section 10 , each Person who controls any Holder of Registrable Securities, agent or underwriter (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and each director, officer, employee and agent of any such Holder, agent or underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, agent or underwriter, and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and each officer and director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this Section 10(d) .

(v) To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 10 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided , however , that (i) no Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration.

(e) The provisions of this Section 10 will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder of Registrable Securities or the Company or any of the officers, directors or controlling Persons referred to in this Section 10 hereof, and will survive the transfer of Registrable Securities.

11. Participation in Underwritten Offering/Sale of Registrable Securities.

(a) No Person may participate in any underwritten offering hereunder unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements in customary form entered into pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements or otherwise customary; provided that no Holder of Registrable Securities included in any underwritten registration shall be required to make any representations or warranties to the Company or the underwriters (other than (A) representations and warranties regarding (1) such Holder’s ownership of its Registrable Securities to be sold or transferred, (2) such Holder’s power and authority to effect such transfer, and (3) such matters pertaining to compliance with securities laws as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the underwriters, and (B) such other representations, warranties and other provisions relating to such Holder’s participation in such offering as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters) or to undertake any indemnification obligations to the Company with respect thereto, except as otherwise provided in Section 10(b) hereof, or to the underwriters with respect thereto, except to the extent of the indemnification being given to the underwriters and their controlling persons in Section 10(b) hereof.

(b) Each selling Holder will be deemed to have agreed that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the type described in Section 7(f)(i)(A) , (B) , (C) and (D) or the happening of an event specified in Section 5(a) , such Holder will discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and suspend use of such Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus until the earlier to occur of such Holder’s receipt of (i) copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section 7(f)(ii) and Section 5(a) , as applicable, and (ii) (A) notice from the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus may be resumed and (B) copies, if applicable, of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

12. Free Writing Prospectus.

Each Holder represents that it has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and agrees that it will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf or used or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and has not distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of New Common Stock without the prior written consent of the Company and, in connection with any underwritten offering, the underwriters. Any such Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Company and the underwriters, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents and agrees that it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping

13. Information from Holders.

(a) Each selling Holder that has requested inclusion of its Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement shall furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder and its plan and method of distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may, from time to time, reasonably request in writing. The Company may refuse to proceed with the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities if such Holder unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.

(b) Each selling Holder will promptly (i) following its actual knowledge thereof, notify the Company of the occurrence of any event that makes any statement made in a Registration Statement, Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus regarding such selling Holder untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in a Registration Statement, Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus so that, in such regard, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements not misleading and (ii) provide the Company with such information as may be required to enable the Company to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to any Registration Statement or a supplement to such Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

14. [Reserved.]

15. Private Placement.

Except for Sections 5 and 6 , the Company agrees that nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Holders, at any time and from time to time, from selling or otherwise transferring Registrable Securities pursuant to a private placement or other transaction which is not registered pursuant to the Securities Act.

16. Rule 144

With a view to making available certain rules and regulations of the Commission that may permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, until such date as no Holder owns any Registrable Securities, the Company agrees to (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to continue to file in a timely manner all reports and other documents required, if any, to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder and (b) make available information necessary to comply with Rule 144 and Rule 144A, if available, with respect to resales of the Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, at all times, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144 and Rule 144A (if available with respect to resales of the Registrable Securities) (ii) Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, as may be amended from time to time, or (iii) any other similar rules or regulations now existing or hereafter adopted by the Commission and (c) upon the reasonable request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether the Company has complied with such information requirements, and, if not, the specific reasons for non-compliance.

17. Transfer of Registration Rights.

The rights of a Holder hereunder may be transferred, assigned, or otherwise conveyed in connection with any transfer, assignment, or other conveyance of Registrable Securities to any transferee or assignee; provided that all of the following additional conditions are satisfied with respect to any transfer, assignment or conveyance of rights hereunder: (a) such transfer or assignment is effected in accordance with applicable securities laws; (b) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to become subject to the terms of this Agreement by executing and delivering to the Company a joinder agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A ; and (c) the Company is given written notice by such Holder within 10 Business Days of such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of the transferee or assignee, identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred or assigned and the total number of Registrable Securities and other equity securities of the Company beneficially owned by such transferee or assignee.

18. Amendment, Modification and Waivers; Further Assurances.

(a) Amendment . This Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded, cancelled, renewed or extended, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement may be waived, only by a written instrument, (a) signed by (i) the Company, and (ii) a majority of Demand Holders; provided , that no provision of this Agreement shall be modified or amended in a manner that is disproportionately materially adverse to any Holder, without the prior written consent of such Holder, as applicable, or (b) in the case of a waiver, by the party hereto waiving compliance.

(b) Changes in New Common Stock . If, and as often as, there are any changes in the New Common Stock by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, reorganization or recapitalization, or by any other means, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the provisions hereof as may be required so that the rights and privileges granted hereby shall continue with respect to the Registrable Securities as so changed and the Company shall make appropriate provision in connection with any merger, consolidation, reorganization or recapitalization that any successor to the Company (or resulting parent thereof) shall agree, as a condition to the consummation of any such transaction, to expressly assume the Company’s obligations hereunder.

(c) Effect of Waiver . No waiver of any terms or conditions of this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any other breach of such terms and conditions or any other term or condition, nor shall any failure to enforce any provision hereof operate as a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof. No written waiver hereunder, unless it by its own terms explicitly provides to the contrary, shall be construed to effect a continuing waiver of the provisions being waived and no such waiver in any instance shall constitute a waiver in any other instance or for any other purpose or impair the right of the party against whom such waiver is claimed in all other instances or for all other purposes to require full compliance with such provision. The failure of any party to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of such provision and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

(d) Further Assurances . Each of the parties hereto shall execute all such further instruments and documents and take all such further action as any other party hereto may reasonably require in order to effectuate the terms and purposes of this Agreement.

19. Miscellaneous.

(a) Successors and Assigns . All covenants and agreements in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto whether so expressed or not. In addition, whether or not any express assignment has been made, the provisions of this Agreement which are for the benefit of purchasers or Holders of Registrable Securities are also for the benefit of, and enforceable by, any subsequent Holder of Registrable Securities. No assignment of this Agreement by the Company, or any of the Company’s rights, interests or obligations hereunder, shall be effective against any Holder without the prior written consent of such Holder (not to be unreasonably withheld).

(b) Remedies; Specific Performance . Any Person having rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically, to recover damages caused by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in their favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that any party may in its sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or injunctive relief (without posting any bond or other security) in order to enforce or prevent violation of the provisions of this Agreement and shall not be required to prove irreparable injury to such party or that such party does not have an adequate remedy at law with respect to any breach of this Agreement (each of which elements the parties admit). The parties hereto further agree and acknowledge that each and every obligation applicable to it contained in this Agreement shall be specifically enforceable against it and hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of their respective obligations hereunder. All rights and remedies existing under this Agreement are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies available under this Agreement or otherwise.

(c) Notices . All notices, demands or other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when (i) delivered personally to the recipient, (ii) emailed or sent by facsimile to the recipient, or (iii) one Business Day after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid). Such notices, demands and other communications shall be sent to the Company at the address set forth below and to any Holder of Registrable Securities at the address set forth on the signature page hereto (with copies sent at the address set forth below), or at such address or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party.


(A)	If to the Company, to: Forbes Energy Services Ltd 3000 South Business Highway 281 Alice, Texas 78332 Attention: L. Melvin Cooper Email: mcooper@forbesenergyservices.com

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Winstead PC (as counsel to the Company)
24 Waterway Avenue, Suite 500
The Woodlands, Texas 77380
Facsimile:    (281) 681-5901
Attention:    R. Clyde Parker, Jr.
Email:    cparker@winstead.com


(B)	If to the Holders, to: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP One New York Plaza New York, New York 10004 Facsimile: (212) 299-6650 Attention: Brad Eric Scheler and Matthew Roose Email: Brad.Eric.Scheler@friedfrank.com and Matthew.Roose@friedfrank.com

If any time period for giving notice or taking action hereunder expires on a day which is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the State of New York or the jurisdiction in which the Company’s principal office is located, the time period shall automatically be extended to the Business Day immediately following such Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

(d) No Inconsistent Agreements . The Company shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement.

(e) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities . The Company shall not take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to its securities which would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders of Registrable Securities to include such Registrable Securities in a registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement or which would materially and adversely affect the marketability of such Registrable Securities in any such registration (including effecting a stock split or a combination of shares).

(f) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and may be delivered by means of facsimile or electronic transmission in portable document format (“ pdf ”), each of which shall be deemed to be an original and shall be binding upon the party who executed the same, but all of such counterparts shall constitute the same agreement.

(g) Descriptive Headings; Interpretation; No Strict Construction . The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of

this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular forms of nouns, pronouns, and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. Reference to any agreement, document, or instrument means such agreement, document, or instrument as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and, if applicable, hereof. The words “ include, ” “ includes ” or “ including ” in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by “ without limitation. ” The use of the words “ or, ” “ either ” or “ any ” shall not be exclusive. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. All references to laws, rules, regulations and forms in this Agreement shall be deemed to be references to such laws, rules, regulations and forms, as amended from time to time or, to the extent replaced, the comparable successor thereto in effect at the time. All references to agencies, self-regulatory organizations or governmental entities in this Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the comparable successors thereto from time to time.

(h) Delivery by Facsimile and Electronic Means . This Agreement, the agreements referred to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine or other electronic means, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or other electronic means to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or other electronic means as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.

(i) Arm’s Length Agreement . Each of the parties to this Agreement agrees and acknowledges that this Agreement has been negotiated in good faith, at arm’s length, and not by any means prohibited by law.

(j) Sophisticated Parties; Advice of Counsel . Each of the parties to this Agreement specifically acknowledges that (i) it is a knowledgeable, informed, sophisticated Person capable of understanding and evaluating the provisions set forth in this Agreement and (ii) it has been fully advised and represented by legal counsel of its own independent selection and has relied wholly upon its independent judgment and the advice of such counsel in negotiating and entering into this Agreement.

(k) Notification of Status . Each Holder shall provide written notice to the Company within ten Business Days from the first day on which the Holder no longer holds Registrable Securities.

(l) Governing Law . This Agreement and the exhibits, attachments and annexes hereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) to the extent such rules or provisions would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

(m) Submission to Jurisdiction . Any action, suit or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby must be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or any New York state court, in each case, located in the Borough of Manhattan, and each party consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such action, suit or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such, action, suit or proceeding in any such court or that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

(n) Waiver of Jury Trial . Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby agrees to waive its respective rights to a jury trial of any claim or cause of action based upon or arising out of this Agreement. The scope of this waiver is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this Agreement, including contract claims, tort claims and all other common law and statutory claims. Each party hereto acknowledges that this waiver is a material inducement to enter into this Agreement, that each has already relied on this waiver in entering into this Agreement, and that each will continue to rely on this waiver in their related future dealings. Each party hereto further warrants and represents that it has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel and that it knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following consultation with legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 19(n) AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.

(o) Complete Agreement . This Agreement and any certificates, documents, instruments and writings that are delivered pursuant hereto, represent the complete agreement among the parties hereto as to all matters covered hereby, and supersedes any prior agreements or understandings among the parties with respect thereto.

(p) Severability . In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

(q) Termination . The obligations of the Company and of any Holder, other than those obligations contained in Section 10 hereof, shall terminate with respect to the Company and such Holder if (A) such Holder no longer holds any Registrable Securities or (B) such Holder no longer holds or beneficially owns at least 2% of the outstanding New Common Stock, but only if such Holder is not an “affiliate” for purposes of Rule 144 (and has not been an “affiliate” during the preceding three months and at least one year has elapsed since the Registrable Securities were acquired from the Company or an “affiliate” of the Company).

(r) Opt-Out Requests . Each Holder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time (including after receiving information regarding any potential public offering), to elect to not receive any notice that the Company or any other Holders otherwise are required to deliver pursuant to this Agreement by delivering to the chief financial officer of the Company a written statement signed by such Holder that it does not want to receive any notices hereunder (an “ Opt-Out Request ”); in which case and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement the Company and other Holders shall not be required to, and shall not, deliver any notice or other information required to be provided to Holders hereunder to the extent that the Company or such other Holders reasonably expect would result in a Holder acquiring material non-public information within the meaning of Regulation FD promulgated under the Exchange Act. An Opt-Out Request may state a date on which it expires or, if no such date is specified, shall remain in effect indefinitely. A Holder who previously has given the Company an Opt-Out Request may revoke such request at any time, and there shall be no limit on the ability of a Holder to issue and revoke subsequent Opt-Out Requests; provided that each Holder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize the administrative burden on the Company arising in connection with any such Opt-Out Requests.

(s) Limitations on Registration of Other Securities; Representation . From and after the date of this Agreement, for so long as Registrable Securities are held by a Holder that exceeds 1% of the then-outstanding shares of New Common Stock, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Holders holding more than 50% of the Demand Holders, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company giving such holder or prospective holder any registration rights the terms of which are more favorable than or on parity with the registration rights granted to the Holders hereunder.

(t) Deemed Underwriter . The Company agrees that, if any Holder or any of its affiliates (each a “ Holder Entity ”) could, after consultation with counsel, reasonably be deemed to be an “underwriter,” as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act, in connection with any registration of the Company's securities of any Holder Entity pursuant to this Agreement, and any amendment or supplement thereof (any such registration statement or amendment or supplement a “ Holder Underwriter Registration Statement ”), then the Company will reasonably cooperate with such Holder Entity in allowing such Holder Entity to conduct customary “underwriter's due diligence” with respect to the Company and satisfy its obligations in respect thereof; provided however, that the Company will cooperate only to the extent it determines that such diligence would not be expected to unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of the Company. In addition, at Holder’s reasonable request, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to, on the date of the effectiveness of any Holder Underwriter Registration Statement, (i) cause the Company’s independent certified public accountants to furnish to Holder and the Company, a letter, dated such date, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to Holder, and (ii) cause counsel representing the Company to furnish an opinion, dated as of such date, for purposes of such Holder Underwriter Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, including, without limitation, a standard “10b-5” opinion for such offering, addressed to Holder. The Company will also and use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide legal counsel to such Holder with an opportunity to review and comment upon any such Holder Underwriter Registration Statement, and any amendments and supplements thereto, prior to its filing with the Commission, and not file any Holder Underwriter Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which such Holder’s legal counsel reasonably objects.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

FORBES ENERGY SERVICES LTD


By:	/s/ L. Melvin Cooper Name: L. Melvin Cooper Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

By: Solace Forbes Holdings, LLC

By: Solace Capital Partners, L.P., its manager

By: Solace Capital Partners, LLC, its general partner


By:	/s/ Brett Wyard

Name: Brett Wyard

Title: Managing Partner

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

JLP Credit Opportunity Master Fund Ltd.


By:	/s/ Robert Youree

Name: Robert Youree
Title: CFO, Phoenix Investment Adviser LLC, Investment Manager

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

JLP Credit Opportunity IDF Series Interests of the SALI Multi-Series Fund, L.P.


By:	/s/ Robert Youree

Name: Robert Youree
Title: CFO, Phoenix Investment Adviser LLC, Investment Subadvisor

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

Mercer QIF Fund PLC – Mercer Investment Fund I


By:	/s/ Robert Youree

Name: Robert Youree
Title: CFO, Phoenix Investment Adviser LLC, Sub-Investment Manager

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

Courage Credit Opportunities Onshore Fund III LP


By:	/s/ John E. Klinge

Name: John E. Klinge
Title: Senior Managing Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

Courage Credit Opportunities Offshore Master Fund III L.P.


By:	/s/ John E. Klinge

Name: John E. Klinge
Title: Senior Managing Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

PCM Fund, Inc.

By: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, as investment manager


By:	/s/ Alfred T. Murata

Name: Alfred T. Murata
Title: Managing Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund

By: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, as investment manager


By:	/s/ Alfred T. Murata

Name: Alfred T. Murata
Title: Managing Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

PIMCO Corporate & Income Strategy Fund

By: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, as investment manager


By:	/s/ Alfred T. Murata

Name: Alfred T. Murata
Title: Managing Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

PIMCO Dynamic Credit & Mortgage Income Fund

(formerly PIMCO Dynamic Credit Income Fund)

By: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, as investment manager


By:	/s/ Alfred T. Murata

Name: Alfred T. Murata
Title: Managing Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

PIMCO Global Income Opportunities Fund

By: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, as investment manager


By:	/s/ Alfred T. Murata

Name: Alfred T. Murata
Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

PIMCO Global Stocksplus & Income Fund

By: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, as investment manager


By:	/s/ Alfred T. Murata

Name: Alfred T. Murata
Title: Managing Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

PIMCO High Income Fund

By: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, as investment manager


By:	/s/ Alfred T. Murata

Name: Alfred T. Murata
Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund

By: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, as investment manager


By:	/s/ Alfred T. Murata

Name: Alfred T. Murata
Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II

By: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, as investment manager


By:	/s/ Alfred T. Murata

Name: Alfred T. Murata
Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

PIMCO Income Strategy Fund

By: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, as investment manager


By:	/s/ Alfred T. Murata

Name: Alfred T. Murata
Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

PIMCO Strategy Income Fund, Inc.

By: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, as investment manager


By:	/s/ Alfred T. Murata

Name: Alfred T. Murata
Title: Managing Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

Ascribe III Investments LLC


By:	/s/ Lawrence A. First

Name: Lawrence A. First
Title: Managing Director & CIO

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

HOLDER:

Ascribe II Investments LLC


By:	/s/ Lawrence A. First

Name: Lawrence A. First
Title: Managing Director & CIO

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ANNEX A

Form of Joinder Agreement

THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT is made and entered into by the undersigned with reference to the following facts:

Reference is made to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2017, as amended (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), by and among Forbes Energy Services Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and the parties identified as “ Holders ” on the signature page thereto. “ Holder ” means (i) each Holder identified on the signature page thereto and (ii) any parties identified on the signature page of any joinder agreements executed and delivered pursuant to Section 17 thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

As a condition to the acquisition of rights under the Registration Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, the undersigned agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned hereby agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement and undertakes to perform each obligation as if a Holder thereunder and an original signatory thereto in such capacity.

2. This Joinder Agreement shall bind, and inure to the benefit of, the undersigned hereto and its respective devisees, heirs, personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

3. This Joinder Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) to the extent such rules or provisions would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Joinder Agreement this [ ] day of [ ], 201[ ].

(Print Name of Holder)


By:	____________________________________ Name: Title:



Address:	________________
	________________
	________________


Phone Number:	________________

Facsimile Number:	________________

Email for Notice:	________________

I.R.S. I.D. Number:	________________

Amount of Registrable Securities Acquired:	________________