Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
Master Transaction Agreement
On August 31, 2020, Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Master Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”) with Schlumberger Technology Corporation, a Texas corporation (“Schlumberger US”), Schlumberger Canada Limited, a corporation organized pursuant to the laws of the Province of Alberta (“Schlumberger Canada” and, together with Schlumberger US, the “Schlumberger Parties”), Liberty Oilfield Services New HoldCo LLC, Delaware limited liability company (“US Buyer”), the managing member of which is the Company, and LOS Canada Operations Inc., a British Columbia corporation, and indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of US Buyer (“Canadian Buyer”), pursuant to which the US Buyer and Canadian Buyer will acquire Schlumberger’s onshore hydraulic fracturing business in the United States and Canada, including its pressure pumping, pumpdown perforating, and Permian frac sand businesses in exchange for up to 66,326,134 shares (“Share Consideration”) of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Company Class A Common Stock”) and a non-interest bearing demand promissory note payable in either cash or a portion of the Shares Consideration (the “Canadian Buyer Note”). The parties to the Transaction Agreement expect that the Canadian Buyer Note will be satisfied in shares of Company Class A Common Stock.
The board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) has unanimously approved the Transaction Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance of the Share Consideration (the “Equity Sale”), and has agreed to recommend to the Company’s stockholders that they vote in favor of the issuance of the Company Class A Common Stock as contemplated by the Transaction Agreement and, to the extent applicable, as consideration for repayment of the Canadian Buyer Note. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Transaction Agreement.
Pre-Closing Restructuring
On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement and the Restructuring Agreements, immediately prior to the Closing (as defined below) and as part of the Pre-Closing Restructuring, (a) Schlumberger Canada will convey to 1263651 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company, an unlimited liability company organized under the laws of the Province of British Columbia and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Schlumberger Canada (“Schlumberger Canada Target”), all of the Canadian Transferred Assets and the Canadian Assumed Liabilities and (b) Schlumberger US will convey to Solar US Target A, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Schlumberger US (“Schlumberger US Target A”), Solar US Target B, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Schlumberger US (“Schlumberger US Target B”) and Solar US Target C, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Schlumberger US (“Schlumberger US Target C” and, together with Schlumberger US Target A and Schlumberger US Target B, the “Schlumberger US Targets,” and the Schlumberger US Targets together with Schlumberger Canada Target, the “Target Companies”), each of their respective portions of all of the US Transferred Assets and the US Assumed Liabilities, in each case, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement and the Restructuring Agreements. The Restructuring Agreements also provide for the treatment of net working capital of the Business. To the extent the combined working capital of the US Business and Canadian Business as of the Closing are less than a target working capital amount, the Company will be entitled to a cash payment of such difference. The Pre-Closing Restructuring will result in the Target Companies collectively owning and operating the Business (other than to the extent related to any Retained Assets), with (a) the Schlumberger US Targets collectively owning and operating the US Business and the US Transferred Assets and assuming the US Assumed Liabilities and (b) Schlumberger Canada Target owning and operating the Canadian Business and the Canadian Transferred Assets and assuming the Canadian Assumed Liabilities.
Acquisition of Target Companies
Following the completion of the Pre-Closing Restructuring and at the Closing, (a) Canadian Buyer will acquire from Schlumberger Canada 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Schlumberger Canada Target in exchange for the Canadian Buyer Note and (b) US Buyer will acquire from Schlumberger US 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests of each of the Schlumberger US Targets (the “US Target Interests”), in each case, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement.
Conditions to the Equity Sale
The completion of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement (the “Closing”) is subject to various customary closing conditions, including, among others, (a) approval of the issuance of the Share Consideration by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Class A Common Stock and Company Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Company Class B Common Stock,” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Company Common Stock”), voting as a single class, entitled to vote thereon (“Company Stockholder Approval”), (b) the absence of legal restraints, (c) the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”),
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