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): June 26, 2018 (June 22, 2018)

KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-08038

04-2648081

(State or other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1301 McKinney Street, Suite 1800

Houston, Texas 77010

(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

713-651-4300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

On June 22, 2018, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Key Energy Services, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the following grants of cash retention incentives (the “Retention Awards”) to the Company’s named executive officers, payable over the two-year retention period: J. Marshall Dodson ($637,500), David J. Brunnert ($400,000), Katherine I. Hargis ($310,000) and Scott P. Miller ($310,000). The Retention Awards will vest and be paid 25% on the first anniversary of grant and 75% on the second anniversary of grant, in each case subject to the executive’s continued employment with the Company through the applicable vesting date. The Retention Awards are subject to accelerated vesting and payment if the executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than a Termination for Cause (as defined in the executive’s outstanding equity awards).

The foregoing description of the Retention Awards does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the form of retention bonus award letter, a copy of which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:


Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Form of Retention Bonus Award Letter.

SIGNATURE

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