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: February 20, 2020
(Date of earliest event reported)
 

Forbes Energy Services Ltd.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
001-35281
98-0581100
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 
3000 South Business Highway 281
Alice, Texas
 
78332
 
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 

(361) 664-0549
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


 
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Item 1.01 – Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
Amendment to Merger Agreement
 
On February 20, 2020, Forbes Energy Services Ltd. (the “Company”) entered into Amendment No. 1 to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 18, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Superior Energy Services, Inc. (“Superior”), New NAM, Inc. (“NAM”), Spieth Newco, Inc., Spieth Merger Sub, Inc. and Fowler Merger Sub, Inc. (“Amendment No. 1 to the Merger Agreement”).
 
Pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to the Merger Agreement, by reason of the fact that NAM will assume approximately $243 million of Superior debt in connection with the mergers contemplated by the Merger Agreement and not $250 million, the parties agreed to reduce the minimum amount of cash and cash equivalents held in the bank accounts of NAM and is subsidiaries, after giving effect to the separation of NAM from Superior, from $20 million to $13 million.
 
The foregoing description of the terms of Amendment No. 1 to the Merger Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of Amendment No. 1 to the Merger Agreement filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)  Exhibits.
 
2.1

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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Forbes Energy Services Ltd.
 
       
Date:  February 26, 2020
By:
/s/ L. Melvin Cooper
 
   
L. Melvin Cooper
 
   
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 

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