8-K: Current report filing
Published on August 23, 2022
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On August 23, 2022, ProPetro Holding Corp. (the “Company”) announced that it has entered into a binding Term Sheet (the “Term Sheet”) to fully resolve the previously disclosed putative class action litigation referred to by the Company as the Logan Lawsuit and captioned Nykredit Portefølje Administration A/S, et al. v. ProPetro Holding Corp. et al., Case No. MO:7:19-CV-00217-DC, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (the “Logan Lawsuit”). The Term Sheet provides for a settlement payment of $30 million in exchange for the complete dismissal with prejudice of the Logan Lawsuit and a release of all claims against the defendants, without any admission of fault or wrongdoing by the defendants. The proposed settlement is subject to court approval and will be fully paid by the Company’s directors’ and officers’ insurance providers under its insurance policies.
A copy of the press release announcing the execution of the Term Sheet is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Press release, dated August 23, 2022. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File. The cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document (contained in Exhibit 101) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| PROPETRO HOLDING CORP. | ||
| Date: August 23, 2022 | By: | /s/ Newton W. Wilson III |
| Newton W. Wilson III | ||
| General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||
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