Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 15, 2014

Basic Energy Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-32693

54-2091194

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

801 Cherry Street, Suite 2100

Fort Worth, Texas

76102

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (817) 334-4100

Not Applicable

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

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 15, 2014, Basic Energy Services, Inc. (“Basic”) entered into an amendment to its existing amended and restated $300,000,000 revolving credit facility with a syndicate of lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders (the “Amendment”), that, among other things:

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permits the prepayment, purchase or other satisfaction of senior notes by the borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000, provided that certain requirements are met;

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permits the disposition of those senior notes prepaid, purchased or otherwise satisfied by the borrower or any other loan party (the “Permitted Purchased Notes”), provided that certain requirements are met;

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permits the cancellation or other satisfaction of any Permitted Purchased Notes; and

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removes Permitted Purchased Notes and any interest or gain therefrom from the calculations of consolidated interest coverage ratio, consolidated EBITDA, consolidated leverage ratio and consolidated net income.

A copy of the Amendment is being filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The above description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the full text of such exhibit.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits


10.1		Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2014, among Basic as Borrower, each lender from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and an l/c issuer.

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.


	Basic Energy Services, Inc.

Date: December 19, 2014	By:	/s/ Alan Krenek
		Alan Krenek
		Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
		Treasurer and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2014, among Basic as Borrower, each lender from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and an l/c issuer.

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2014 (this “Amendment”), is entered into by BASIC ENERGY SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the undersigned lenders party to the Credit Agreement described below, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), Swing Line Lender and an L/C Issuer.

INTRODUCTION

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 26, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and the Administrative Agent.

The Borrower has requested, and the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent have agreed, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to make certain amendments to the Credit Agreement.

THEREFORE, in connection with the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the Borrower, the Required Lenders, and the Administrative Agent hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Definitions; References. Unless otherwise defined in this Amendment, each term used in this Amendment that is defined in the Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.

Section 2. Amendment to Credit Agreement.

(a) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definition in appropriate alphabetical order:

“Permitted Purchased Notes” means those Senior Notes prepaid, purchased or otherwise satisfied by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in accordance with Section 7.15(e).

(b) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end of the definition of “Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio”:

For purposes of calculating the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio and Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Interest Charges shall not include any interest in connection with the Permitted Purchased Notes.

(c) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end of the definition of “Consolidated Leverage Ratio”:

For purposes of calculating the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Funded Indebtedness shall not include the Permitted Purchased Notes for so long and to the extent that the same are held by the Borrower or any other Loan Party.

(d) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting “and” immediately before clause (c) in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” and (ii) inserting the following new clause (d) immediately after clause (c) in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”:

and (d) any interest income or gain of the Borrower for such Measurement Period with respect to the Permitted Purchased Notes.

(e) Section 7.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting “and” at the end of clause (g), (ii) replacing the period at the end of clause (h) with “; and” and (iii) inserting the following new clause (i) immediately after clause (h):

(i) Dispositions of the Permitted Purchased Notes if (i) at the time of such Disposition, no Default shall exist or would result from such Disposition, (ii) the proceeds from such Disposition are not less than the amount expended by the Borrower or any other Loan Party to acquire such Permitted Purchased Notes and (iii) the purchase price for such Permitted Purchased Notes shall be paid to the Borrower or such other Loan Party solely in cash.

(f) Section 7.15 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting “and” immediately before clause (d) thereof, (ii) replacing the period at the end of clause (d) with “, and” and (iii) inserting new clauses (e) and (f) immediately after clause (d):

(e) the prepayment, purchase or other satisfaction of the Senior Notes by the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000; provided that, (i) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result from such prepayment, purchase or other satisfaction, and (ii) if at the time of any such action the aggregate principal amount of the Permitted Purchased Notes exceeds or would exceed after giving effect thereto $50,000,000, pro forma Liquidity shall be at least $200,000,000 after giving effect to such prepayment, purchase or other satisfaction, and (f) the cancellation or other satisfaction of any Permitted Purchased Notes.

Section 3. Representations and Warranties. The Loan Parties represent and warrant that (a) the execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment by each Loan Party are within the corporate or equivalent power and authority of such Loan Party and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, (b) this Amendment, and the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, constitute legal, valid, and binding obligations of each Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or law); (c) the representations and warranties of the

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Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in each Loan Document are true and correct as of the date of this Amendment, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date; (d) no Default or Event of Default exists under the Loan Documents; and (e) the Liens under the Security Documents are valid and subsisting and secure the Secured Obligations (as defined therein).

Section 4. Effect on Credit Documents. Except as amended herein, the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents remain in full force and effect as originally executed. Nothing herein shall act as a waiver of any of the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s rights under the Loan Documents as amended, including the waiver of any default or event of default, however denominated. The Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that this Amendment shall in no manner impair or affect the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement. This Amendment is a Loan Document for the purposes of the provisions of the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, any breach of representations, warranties, and covenants under this Amendment may be a default or event of default under the other Loan Documents.

Section 5. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective, and the Credit Agreement shall be amended as provided for herein, when the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received counterparts hereof duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower, each Guarantor, and by the Lenders whose consent is required to effect the amendments contemplated hereby.

Section 6. Reaffirmation of Guaranty. By its signature hereto, each Guarantor represents and warrants that such Guarantor has no defense to the enforcement of the Guaranty, and that according to its terms the Guaranty will continue in full force and effect to guaranty the Borrower’s obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other amounts described in the Guaranty following the execution of this Amendment.

Section 7. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 8. Miscellaneous. The miscellaneous provisions set forth in Article X of the Credit Agreement apply to this Amendment. This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and may be executed and delivered by telecopier or other electronic imaging means.

Section 9. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.

[Signature pages follows.]

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EXECUTED as of the first date above written.


BASIC ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

By:		/s/ T.M. “Roe” Patterson
		T.M. “Roe” Patterson
		President and Chief Executive Officer