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 21, 2020
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Introductory Note
On May 22, 2020, Unit Corporation (Company) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Unit Petroleum Company (UPC), Unit Drilling Company (UDC), 8200 Unit Drive, L.L.C. (8200 Unit), Unit Drilling Colombia, L.L.C. (Unit Drilling Colombia) and Unit Drilling USA Colombia, L.L.C. (Unit Drilling USA and with the Company, UPC, UDC, 8200 Unit and Unit Drilling Colombia, the Debtors) filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (Bankruptcy Code) with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Bankruptcy Court). The Debtors’ Chapter 11 cases (Chapter 11 Cases) were jointly administered under the caption In re Unit Corporation, et al., Case No. 20-32740 (DRJ).
On August 6, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order [Docket No. 340] confirming the Debtors’ Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization [Docket No. 320] (as amended, supplemented, and modified, the Plan).
On September 3, 2020 (Effective Date), the Plan's conditions to effectiveness were satisfied, and the Debtors emerged from the Chapter 11 Cases. On emergence from the Chapter 11 Cases all claims in respect of the Company’s 6.625% senior subordinated notes due 2021 (Subordinated Notes) were canceled. Holders of the Subordinated Notes claims became entitled to receive shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (New Common Stock) under the Plan. In addition, holders of the Company’s old common stock that did not opt-out of the releases under the Plan became entitled to receive warrants to acquire New Common Stock (Warrants).
Item 8.01 Other Events.
Issuance of Warrants
On December 21, 2020, the Company issued approximately 1.8 million Warrants to holders of the Company’s old common stock that did not opt-out of the releases under the Plan and that owned their shares of old common stock in street name through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (DTC). Under the Plan, all Warrants were issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC.
The Company expects to issue approximately 79,000 more Warrants to the holders of the old common stock that did not opt-out of the releases under the Plan and owned their shares through direct registration with the Company’s transfer agent (Direct Registration). Under the Plan, such additional Warrants will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC, and each holder owning shares of old common stock through Direct Registration must provide that holder’s brokerage account information to the Company to receive such holder’s distribution of Warrants. Holders of shares of the old common stock that owned shares through Direct Registration should contact Prime Clerk, LLC at (877) 720-6581 (Toll Free) or (646) 979-4412 (Local) to obtain the forms necessary to receive their distribution. Any distribution not made will be deemed forfeited at the first anniversary of the Effective Date.
The exercise price of the Warrants will be determined, and the Warrants will become exercisable once the Debtors have completed the claims reconciliation process and resolved any objections to disputed claims. The Company will calculate the initial exercise price per share for the Warrants, which will be set at an amount that implies a recovery by holders of the Subordinated Notes of the $650 million principal amount of the Subordinated Notes plus interest thereon to the May 15, 2021 maturity date of the Subordinated Notes. The Warrants will expire on the earliest of (i) September 3, 2027, (ii) the consummation of a Cash Sale, as defined in the Warrant Agreement, dated as of September 3, 2020, between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (Warrant Agreement), and (iii) the consummation of a liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Company (such earliest date, the Expiration Date). Each Warrant not exercised by the Expiration Date will expire, and all rights under the Warrants and the Warrant Agreement will cease on the Expiration Date.
Additional Risk Factors
The Company is supplementing the risk factors in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 with the risk factors set forth below:
Financial information as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 is not currently available, and our historical financial information is not indicative of our future performance, which may be volatile.
The Company has not filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020, and recent financial data is not available to holders of our securities. Our ability to file the delayed Quarterly Report and resume a timely filing schedule regarding our reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission is subject to several contingencies, some of which may be beyond our control.
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Further, because of the Chapter 11 Cases, the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements in such Quarterly Report will reflect the consummation of our reorganization and the adoption of fresh start accounting. Our reorganization requires that we adopt fresh start accounting, which means our assets and liabilities will be recorded at fair value as of the fresh start reporting date, which will differ materially from the recorded values of assets and liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets before our reorganization. Our financial position and results of operations after applying fresh start accounting will not be comparable to our historical financial statements on or before that date. This will make it difficult for stockholders to assess our performance in relation to prior periods. In addition, our results of operations and financial condition as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 continued to be negatively affected by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting impact on oil and gas prices. Investors in our securities are cautioned that the trading prices of our securities may be volatile as information about our results of operations and financial condition is disclosed.
Holders of the New Common Stock and Warrants could be subject to either one or both of U.S. federal withholding tax and U.S. federal income tax and corresponding tax reporting obligations on the sale, exchange, or other disposition of the New Common Stock and Warrants, which could adversely affect the trading and liquidity of the New Common Stock and Warrants.
The Company believes that it is, and will remain for the foreseeable future, a “U.S. real property holding corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA), non-U.S. holders may be subject to U.S. federal income tax on gain from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of shares of New Common Stock and Warrants, in which case they would also be required to file U.S. federal income tax returns regarding such gain and may be subject to a U.S. federal withholding tax regarding a disposition of shares of New Common Stock and Warrants. Whether these FIRPTA provisions apply depends on the amount of New Common Stock or Warrants that a non-U.S. holder holds and whether, when they dispose of their New Common Stock or Warrants, the New Common Stock is treated as regularly traded on an established securities market within the meaning of the Treasury Regulations (regularly traded).
If the New Common Stock is regularly traded during a calendar quarter, (A) no withholding requirements would be imposed under FIRPTA on transfers of New Common Stock or Warrants and (B) only a non-U.S. holder who has held, actually or constructively, (i) over 5% of New Common Stock or (ii) Warrants with a fair market value greater than 5% of the New Common Stock into which it is convertible, in each case at any time during the shorter of (x) the five-year period ending on the date of disposition, and (y) the non-U.S. holder’s holding period for its shares of New Common Stock or Warrants, would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the sale, exchange or disposition of such shares of New Common Stock or Warrants during such calendar quarter under FIRPTA.
However, if during any calendar quarter the New Common Stock is not regularly traded, any purchaser of New Common Stock or Warrants generally will have to withhold (and remit to the Internal Revenue Service) 15% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the New Common Stock or Warrants unless provided with a certificate of non-foreign status or an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) withholding certificate from the seller. Because the New Common Stock and Warrants are being issued in book-entry form through DTC, sellers may be unable to provide the necessary documentation to the purchasers to establish an exemption from withholding. And the purchasers may be unable to withhold from the purchase price and remit the withheld amount to the IRS if they cannot obtain the identifying information of the sellers. It may be difficult or impossible to complete a transfer in compliance with tax laws in any calendar quarter when the New Common Stock is not regularly traded.
The Company is seeking to have the New Common Stock quoted on one of the OTC markets and, if successful, the New Common Stock may be treated as regularly traded during any calendar quarter in which it is regularly quoted on one of such OTC markets by brokers or dealers making a market in the New Common Stock. However, the New Common Stock is not currently quoted on any OTC market and no assurance can be given that the Company will complete the required steps for the New Common Stock to become regularly quoted on an OTC market or that the brokers or dealers will regularly quote the New Common Stock. If the New Common Stock is not regularly traded, the trading and liquidity of the New Common Stock and Warrants could be adversely impacted because of the withholding and other tax obligations under FIRPTA.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical facts and often contain words such as "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "plan," "estimate," "seek," "could," "should," "intend," "potential," or words of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations, beliefs, assumptions and estimates about the Company, industry, economic conditions, government regulations and energy policies and other factors. Forward- looking statements may include, for example, statements about the Company's ability to have the New Common Stock quoted on one of the OTC markets and whether or not the New Common Stock will be regularly quoted by brokers or dealers. These statements are subject to significant risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed or
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implied in the forward-looking statements, including risks and uncertainties regarding management's expectations of plans, strategies, objectives, growth and anticipated financial and operational performance; financial prospects; anticipated sources and uses of capital and other matters. Forward-looking statements are also subject to the risk factors and cautionary language described occasionally in the reports and registration statements the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any updates thereto in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Additional factors, events, or uncertainties that may emerge occasionally, or those that the Company deems immaterial, could cause the Company's actual results to differ, and it is impossible for the Company to predict them all. The Company makes forward-looking statements based on currently available information, and the Company assumes no obligation to, and expressly disclaim any obligation to, update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
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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.
| Unit Corporation | |||||||||||
| Date: December 29, 2020 | By: | /s/ Drew Harding | |||||||||
| Drew Harding Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel | |||||||||||
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