Seventy Seven Energy Inc. Emerges From Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Pre-Packaged Bankruptcy Process Successfully Completed with $1.1
Billion of Existing Debt Converted into New Common Equity
Seventy Seven Energy Inc. (the “Company”) today announced that it has
successfully completed its prepackaged restructuring and
recapitalization and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The
Company, whose Chapter 11 plan of reorganization was confirmed by the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on July 14,
2016, completed the process in less than two months.
The Company’s execution of the balance sheet restructuring resulted in a
conversion of approximately $1.1 billion of pre-petition debt into
equity. As previously announced, the Company was able to complete the
restructuring with no disruption to its employees, customers, suppliers
and operations.
"The rapid completion of the bankruptcy process and today’s emergence
from Chapter 11 represent the final step forward in our financial
restructuring,” Chief Executive Officer Jerry Winchester said. “I would
like to thank all of our employees, customers, vendors and other
stakeholders for their dedication and support through this process. We
look forward to continuing these relationships for years to come.”
Jerry Winchester continued, “We will now be able to focus completely on
maximizing our operational strengths and assets to grow our business as
the market recovers. We are very enthusiastic about the future of the
Company.”
The Company anticipates that its common stock will be traded over the
counter pending listing on a major exchange at some point in the future.
The Company has set up a toll-free information line to answer
stakeholder questions. The information line can be accessed by calling
844-224-1136 (internationally 1-917-962-8386). Additional information
about the restructuring and debt agreements will be provided in an 8-K,
which can be viewed on the Company’s website or the Securities and
Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at www.sec.gov.
The Company has also posted information and bios regarding the Company’s
new Board of Directors on its website at www.77NRG.com.
About Seventy Seven Energy Inc.
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, SSE provides a wide range of wellsite
services and equipment to U.S. land-based exploration and production
customers. SSE’s services include drilling, hydraulic fracturing and
oilfield rentals and its operations are geographically diversified
across many of the most active oil and natural gas plays in the onshore
U.S., including the Anadarko and Permian basins and the Eagle Ford,
Haynesville, Marcellus, Niobrara and Utica shales. For additional
information about SSE, please visit our website at www.77nrg.com,
where we routinely post announcements, updates, events, investor
information and presentations and recent news releases.
This news release contains certain statements and
information that may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All
statements, other than statements of historical facts that address
activities, events or developments that we expect, believe or anticipate
will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. The
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, forward-looking
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plans, including with respect to our capital structure, corporate
valuation, future financial position and capital resources, operations,
performance and growth. Forward-looking statements are not assurances of
future performance. These forward-looking statements are based on
management’s current expectations and beliefs, forecasts for our
existing operations, experience, and perception of historical trends,
current conditions, anticipated future developments and their effect on
us, and other factors believed to be appropriate. Although management
believes that the expectations and assumptions reflected in these
forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made, no assurance
can be given that these assumptions are accurate or that any of these
expectations will be achieved (in full or at all). Moreover, our
forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which may cause
actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and
our present expectations or projections which are implied or expressed
by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, risks relating to economic
conditions; volatility of crude oil and natural gas commodity prices;
delays in or failure of delivery of current or future orders of
specialized equipment; the loss of or interruption in operations of one
or more key suppliers or customers; oil and gas market conditions; the
effects of government regulation, permitting and other legal
requirements, including new legislation or regulation of hydraulic
fracturing; operating risks; the adequacy of our capital resources and
liquidity; weather; litigation; competition in the oil and natural gas
industry; and costs and availability of resources.
For additional information regarding known material factors that could
cause our actual results to differ from our present expectations and
projected results, please see our filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including our Current Reports on Form 8-K
that we file from time to time, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and our
Annual Reports on Form 10-K.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking
statement which speaks only as of the date on which such statement is
made. We undertake no obligation to correct, revise or update any
forward-looking statement after the date such statement is made, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as
required by applicable law.
Seventy Seven Energy Inc. has been advised through this process by the
law firms of Baker Botts and Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell,
investment bank Lazard Freres and financial advisor Alvarez & Marsal.
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