Item 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership.

As previously disclosed on July 15, 2019, Emerge Energy Services LP (the "Partnership"), along with its general partner Emerge Energy Services GP, LLC (the "Old General Partner") and certain of the Partnership's subsidiaries (collectively, the "Debtors"), filed voluntary petitions for relief (the cases commenced thereby and jointly administered under case number 19-11563, the "Chapter 11 Cases") under chapter 11 of title 11 ("Chapter 11") of the United States Code (the "Bankruptcy Code") in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the "Bankruptcy Court"). On December 10, 2019, the Partnership filed with the Bankruptcy Court the proposed Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization for Emerge Energy Services LP and Its Affiliate Debtors under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, dated December 10, 2019, as described below (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Plan"). On December 18, 2019, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order, Docket No. 682 (the "Confirmation Order"), confirming and approving the Plan.





Plan of Reorganization


The following is a summary of the material terms of the Plan. This summary highlights only certain substantive provisions of the Plan and is not intended to be a complete description of the Plan. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The Plan provides for the following treatment of claims against and interests in the Partnership:

† Holders of claims under the


    Partnership's Second Amended and
    Restated Revolving Credit and Security
    Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2018,
    by and among the Partnership, the
    Debtors party thereto, PNC Bank,
    National Association, as administrative
    agent and collateral agent, and the
    financial institutions from time to
    time party thereto, will be paid in
    full in cash from the proceeds of the
    Exit Facility Loans (as defined in the
    senior secured asset-based revolving
    credit and security agreement, by and
    among the Partnership, the Debtors
    party thereto, HPS Investment Partners,
    LLC, as administrative agent and
    collateral agent and the financial
    institutions from time to time party
    thereto (the "Exit Facility")) on the
    date when all the conditions to
    effectiveness of the Plan have been
    satisfied or waived (the "Effective
    Date");

† Holders of claims under the


    Partnership's debtor-in-possession
    credit and security agreement, the
    Partnership previously entered into
    with the Debtors party thereto, HPS
    Investment Partners, LLC, as
    administrative Agent, and the lenders
    party thereto (the "DIP Credit
    Agreement"), will be (a) paid in full
    in cash from the proceeds of the Exit
    Facility Loans on the Effective Date or
    (b) receive such other treatment as
    agreed with the Debtors;

† Holders of claims under the


    Partnership's Prepetition Notes will
    receive their pro rata share of
    (1) newly-issued equity interests (the
    "New Emerge GP Equity Interests") in
    EES GP, LLC, the new general partner of
    the Partnership (the "New General
    Partner"); (2) newly-issued preferred
    units representing limited partner
    interests in the Partnership (the
    "Preferred Interests") less any
    Preferred Interests issued to satisfy
    DIP Credit Agreement Claims; and
    (3) one hundred percent (100%) of the
    newly-issued common units representing
    limited partner interests in the
    Partnership (the "New Limited Partner
    Interests") issued and outstanding on
    the Effective Date prior to dilution by
    equity interests issued under the New
    Management Incentive Plan;

† Holders of general unsecured claims

will not receive any distribution or

retain any property on account of such

general unsecured claims;

† Holders of equity interests in the Old

General Partner will not receive any

distribution or retain any property on

account of such equity interests; and

† Holders of common units representing


    limited partner interests in the
    Partnership prior to the Effective Date
    will not receive any distribution or
    retain any property on account of such
    common units.



Unless otherwise specified, the treatment set forth in the Plan and Confirmation Order will be in full satisfaction of all claims against and interests in the Partnership, which were discharged on the Effective Date.


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Management Incentive Plan


As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date, the reorganized Partnership will adopt and implement a management incentive plan (the "New Management Incentive Plan"), which will dilute all of the New Limited Partner Interests equally, and which will be on the terms and conditions (including recipients, individual awards and vesting periods) will be determined by the Partnership's new board of directors.

Settlement of Claims and Releases

The Plan incorporates an integrated compromise and settlement of claims to achieve a beneficial and efficient resolution of the Chapter 11 Cases. Unless otherwise specified, the settlements, distributions, and other benefits provided under the Plan, including the release and exculpation provisions included therein, are in full satisfaction of all claims and causes of action that could be asserted.




Item 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit
Number                                   Description

2.1           Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization for Emerge Energy
            Services LP and Its Affiliate Debtors under Chapter 11 of the
            Bankruptcy Code.




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