Was this Not a Sign of Things to Come? Key Energy and Platinum Partners

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AUGUST 24, 2016

Key Energy Services Expects to File for Bankruptcy – WSJ
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Key Energy Services Expects to File for Bankruptcy

Plan would make private-equity firm Platinum Equity its largest shareholder

 

Oil-field service company Key Energy Services Inc. intends to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a plan that would make private-equity firm Platinum Equity LLC its largest shareholder.

Under the plan, holders of senior notes, including Platinum, would own about 95% of the reorganized company’s common shares. Current equity holders would have about a 5% stake.

Energy producers have cut spending during a severe and lengthy pricing downturn, leading to lower demand and job cuts at companies that provide services such as drilling and completing wells.

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Key Energy disclosed in June that it was in discussion with lenders about a potential bankruptcy filing.

The company’s second-quarter revenue fell to $95 million from $197.5 million a year earlier.

On Aug. 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Key Energy agreed to disgorge $5 million as part of a settlement over violations of U.S. foreign-bribery law.

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