UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 28, 2023
Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
| 001-36590 |
| 37-1653648 |
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (I.R.S. Employer | ||
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
20475 State Highway 249, Suite 300
Houston, TX 77070
(Address of principal executive offices)
(281) 598-1230
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers
On February 28, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. (the “Company”) approved amendments to certain executive officer employment agreements to adjust the severance multiple under such contracts in the event of termination of employment by the Company with “cause” or by the executive for “good reason” in connection with the occurrence of “change of control” (as defined under the applicable employment agreements). The following payout multiples were adjusted: J. Anthony Gallegos: 2.5x to 3.0x; Philip A. Dalrymple: 1.0x to 1.5x; Scott A. Keller: 1.0x to 1.5x; and Katherine Kokenes: 1.0x to 1.5x.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
On February 28, 2023, the Board of the Company approved and adopted a Third Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), which became effective the same day. Among other things, the amendments effected by the Amended and Restated Bylaws:
● | Add additional notice disclosure and other requirements with respect to other persons proposed by stockholders for nomination as a director; |
● | Add additional notice disclosure and other requirements with respect to stockholders either proposing persons for nomination as a director or other business at an annual meeting of stockholders; |
● | Add authorities in connection with the designation of a lead director, if applicable; |
● | Add updates in connection with virtual meetings of stockholders permitted under applicable Delaware law; |
● | Add default scopes of authorities of certain officers to be applicable in the absence of other board designations; and |
● | Add emergency bylaw provisions to be operative in the event of an emergency, disaster or catastrophe as a result of which a quorum of the board of directors or a committee thereof cannot be readily convened for action. |
The Amended and Restated Bylaws also incorporate ministerial, clarifying and conforming changes.
The foregoing description is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) | Exhibits |
Exhibit |
| Description |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. | ||||
Date: March 2, 2023 | By: | /s/ Philip A. Choyce | ||
Name: | Philip A. Choyce | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary |
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
OF
INDEPENDENCE CONTRACT DRILLING, INC.
Adopted as of February 28, 2023
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If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the Corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, or may apply to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided in Section 211 of the DGCL.
A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office and until such director's successor is elected and qualified, or until such director's earlier death, resignation or removal.
Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
The Board of Directors may include a Lead Director. The Lead Director shall be one of the directors who has been determined by the Board of Directors to be an "independent director" (any such director, an "Independent Director"). The Lead Director shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which the Chairperson is not present, preside over the executive sessions of the Independent Directors, serve as a liaison between the Chairperson and the Board of the Directors and have such other responsibilities, and perform such duties, as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors. The Lead Director shall be elected by a majority of the Independent Directors.
At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chairperson, or, in the Chairperson's absence, the Lead Director, or, in the Lead Director's absence, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chairperson. The Secretary shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board. In case the Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board, an assistant secretary shall perform the duties of secretary at such meeting, and in the absence from any such meeting of the Secretary and all assistant secretaries, the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
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Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be:
directed to each director at that director's address, telephone number, facsimile number or electronic mail address, as the case may be, as shown on the Corporation's records.
If the notice is (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone, (ii) sent by facsimile or (iii) sent by electronic mail, it shall be delivered or sent at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by overnight delivery service, it shall be deposited for next day delivery at least two (2) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by United States mail, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice may be communicated to the director directly. The notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting.
The vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws.
If the Certificate of Incorporation provides that one or more directors shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter, every reference in the Bylaws to a majority or other proportion of the directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of the directors.
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with such changes in the context of those Bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board of Directors and its members. However:
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Any officer may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to Section 5.8, no advance shall be made by the Corporation to an officer of the Corporation (except by reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director of the Corporation, in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any Proceeding if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such Proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.
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The Corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly paid shares, or upon the books and records of the Corporation in the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the Corporation shall declare a dividend upon partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.
The Board of Directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.
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However, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.
Any notice given pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed given:
An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
An "electronic transmission" means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
Notice by a form of electronic transmission shall not apply to Sections 164, 296, 311, 312 or 324 of the DGCL.
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