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Get filing alertsKLX Energy adopts one-year poison pill with 10% trigger after investor stock accumulation
Filed September 23, 2026 · Period ending September 23, 2026 · ~1 min read
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Board adopted a limited-duration stockholder rights plan effective immediately, expiring September 23, 2027 unless earlier redeemed, exchanged, or terminated.
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Rights become exercisable if any person or group acquires 10% or more beneficial ownership of outstanding common stock without prior Board approval.
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One preferred share purchase right will be distributed as a dividend for each outstanding common share to stockholders of record on October 5, 2026.
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Each Right initially allows purchase of one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock for $9.00, with flip-in dilution for non-triggering holders.
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Board may redeem all Rights at $0.001 per Right before the Distribution Date, providing flexibility to terminate the plan.
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Summary
KLX Energy Services Holdings adopted a one-year stockholder rights plan, commonly called a poison pill, effective September 23, 2026. The plan was triggered by a single investor's rapid accumulation of common stock. It allows the Board to impose significant dilution on any person or group that acquires 10% or more of the company's outstanding shares without prior approval.
Each stockholder of record on October 5, 2026 will receive one right per share, initially exercisable to purchase preferred stock at $9.00 per right. The plan expires September 23, 2027 unless extended, redeemed, or exchanged earlier. The rights plan is a defensive measure designed to protect all stockholders from potential coercive or unfair takeover tactics.
It does not prevent a takeover but gives the Board time and leverage to negotiate better terms. The plan is limited in duration, and the Board retains the ability to redeem the rights at a nominal price, which is standard for such plans. The adoption follows the expiration of the company's $125 million backstopped equity rights offering on the same date, which is expected to reduce outstanding 2030 Notes principal by $94.0 million through a backstop exchange.
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Event · Exhibit 99.1
KLX adopts a one-year stockholder rights plan with a 10% trigger after a single investor rapidly accumulated stock.
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Our $125 million Backstopped Equity Rights Offering, pursuant to which we distributed to holders of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), and holders of certain of the Company’s outstanding warrants on August 21, 2026 (the “Record Date” and such holders, collectively, the “Eligible Holders”) transferable basic subscription rights to purchase shares of our Common Stock, expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 23, 2026.
The $125 million backstopped equity rights offering expired on September 23, 2026. Each basic subscription right entitled eligible holders to purchase 3.885 shares at $1.49 per share, subject to a 9.995% ownership limitation for non-backstop parties. Note: these figures were previously disclosed in the company's Aug 10, 2026 8-K.
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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 Backstopped Equity Rights Offering and the exchange of 2030 Notes for Common Stock in the Backstop Exchange.
The backstop parties committed $94.0 million to purchase unsubscribed shares by exchanging their 2030 Notes for common stock at the subscription price. This is expected to reduce the outstanding principal of the 2030 Notes by $94.0 million.
Event · Item 1.01 — Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
KLX Energy adopts a one-year stockholder rights plan (poison pill) with a 10% trigger, effective September 23, 2026.
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On September 23, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), adopted a stockholder protection rights plan and declared a dividend of one right (a “Right”) in respect of each of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”).
The Board adopted a stockholder protection rights plan, commonly called a poison pill, and declared a dividend of one Right per outstanding share of common stock. The dividend is payable to stockholders of record at the close of business on October 5, 2026.
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Each Right initially entitles the registered holder, subject to the terms of the Rights Agreement, to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of the Company’s Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”), at a price of $9.00, subject to certain adjustments (as adjusted from time to time, the “Exercise Price”).
Each Right initially allows the holder to purchase one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock for $9.00. Upon a flip-in event, holders other than the Acquiring Person can receive common stock with a market value of two times the Exercise Price, creating significant dilution for the Acquiring Person.
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The Rights will expire prior to the earliest of (i) the close of business on September 23, 2027, or such later date as may be established by the Board prior to the expiration of the Rights;
The rights plan has a one-year term, expiring on September 23, 2027, unless the Board extends it, redeems the Rights, or exchanges them earlier. This is a relatively short duration for a poison pill.
Event · Item 3.03 — Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders
KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. filed an 8-K referencing a material modification to security holder rights under Item 3.03.
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Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
The 8-K discloses a material modification to the rights of security holders, but the specific details are incorporated by reference from Item 1.01 of the same filing. The body of this 8-K does not provide the underlying terms of the modification.
Event · Item 7.01 — Regulation FD Disclosure
KLX Energy adopted a shareholder rights plan and declared a dividend of rights, announced via press release.
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announcing the adoption of the Rights Agreement and the declaration of the dividend of the Rights
The company adopted a Rights Agreement (a shareholder rights plan, commonly called a poison pill) and declared a dividend of the associated rights. The press release with details is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.
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