KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLXE) ("KLX" or the "Company") announced today that the Company's Board of Directors has approved a $125 million backstopped rights offering (the "Rights Offering") available to all holders of record of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 21, 2026 (the "Record Date").
The Rights Offering will be made through a distribution to all holders of record of Common Stock as of the Record Date of transferable subscription rights to purchase shares of Common Stock at a subscription price of $1.49 per share (the "Subscription Price"). Each holder of record of Common Stock as of the Record Date will receive one subscription right for each share of Common Stock owned (each, a "Right"). Each Right will entitle the holder to purchase 3.885 shares of Common Stock at the Subscription Price per share. The Company will not issue any fractional shares of Common Stock in the Rights Offering, and all exercises of subscription rights will be rounded down to the nearest whole share. In addition, the Company will not issue fractional subscription rights or pay cash in lieu of fractional subscription rights. The Rights Offering is currently expected to commence on August 24, 2026, and expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 23, 2026 (the "Expiration Date"). The rights being issued in the offering are expected to be listed for trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbol "KLXER" and therefore will be transferable.
The Rights Offering is backstopped by the existing holders (the "Backstop Parties") of the Company's Senior Secured Floating Rate Cash / PIK Notes due 2030 (the "2030 Notes") in an aggregate backstop commitment amount of $94.0 million pursuant to a rights offering backstop agreement (the "Backstop Agreement"), with each individual Backstop Party subject to an aggregate 30% ownership limitation on a pro forma fully diluted basis. The backstop commitment may be increased up to $125.0 million if the Backstop Parties elect to increase their backstop commitment amounts prior to August 21, 2026. The Backstop Parties have committed to purchase, to the extent any shares of Common Stock remain unsubscribed following the exercise of any Rights and Over-Subscription Rights (as defined below) in the Rights Offering, their respective backstop commitment amounts through an exchange of their 2030 Notes (at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest) for shares of Common Stock at the Subscription Price (the "Backstop Exchange"). Upon completion of the Backstop Exchange, the outstanding principal amount of the 2030 Notes is expected to be reduced by $94.0 million as a result of the combination of par redemptions from any excess proceeds in the Rights Offering and the exchange of 2030 Notes for Common Stock in the Backstop Exchange.
The Company intends to use any net cash proceeds it receives in connection with the Rights Offering up to $31.0 million for general corporate purposes, and for any amounts over $31.0 million, the Company intends to repurchase 2030 Notes at par, which is permitted under the Backstop Agreement. For shares purchased by Backstop Parties pursuant to the Backstop Exchange, the Company will cancel a principal amount of such Backstop Party's outstanding 2030 Notes equal to the applicable backstop commitment amount.
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