UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

TRECORA RESOURCES

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		75-1256622
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1650 Hwy 6 South, Suite 190 Sugar Land, TX		77478
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class to be so registered		Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered
Common Stock Purchase Rights		New York Stock Exchange

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box.  ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box.  ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:

N/A (if applicable)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of class)

 

 

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 1.

Description of Registrant’s Securities To Be Registered.

On May 11, 2022, Trecora Resources, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Balmoral Swan Parent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), which is controlled by funds managed by affiliates of Balmoral Funds, LLC, and Balmoral Swan MergerSub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned, direct subsidiary of Parent. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, on May 11, 2022, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), adopted a rights plan and declared a dividend distribution of one right (each, a “Right”) for each outstanding share of Company common stock, par value $0.10 per share (“Common Stock”), to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 23, 2022 (the “Record Date”). The terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2022 (the “Rights Agreement”), by and between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent.

The Board adopted the Rights Agreement to assist its oversight of a fair and orderly process involving a sale of the Company. In general terms, the Rights Agreement would impose a significant penalty upon any person or group that acquires 10% or more of the Common Stock without the approval of the Board. If a stockholder’s beneficial ownership of the Common Stock as of the time of the public announcement of the Rights Agreement and associated dividend declaration is at or above the 10% threshold, such stockholder’s existing ownership percentage would be grandfathered. However, the Rights would become exercisable if at any time after such announcement, the stockholder increases its ownership percentage by one additional share of Common Stock. The Rights Agreement will not interfere with any merger or other business combination approved by the Board.

Each Right entitles its holder, under the circumstances described below, to purchase from the Company one half of a share of Common Stock of the Company. The purchase price for each whole share of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of a Right is initially $38.00 (equivalent to $19.00 for each one-half of a share of Common Stock), subject to adjustment.

The Rights. The Board authorized the issuance of a Right with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock as of the Record Date. Initially, the Rights are associated with the Common Stock and evidenced by common stock certificates or, in the case of uncertificated shares of Common Stock, the book-entry account that evidences record ownership of such shares, which will contain a notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference, and are transferable with and only with the underlying shares of Common Stock. New Rights will attach to any shares of Common Stock that become outstanding after the Record Date and prior to the earlier of the distribution time and the expiration time (each, as described below).

Separation and Distribution of Rights; Exercisability. Subject to certain exceptions, the Rights become exercisable and trade separately from the Common Stock only upon the “distribution time,” which occurs upon the earlier of:

 

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the close of business on the tenth day after the first date (the “stock acquisition date”) of public announcement that a person, or group of affiliated or associated persons, has acquired, or obtained the right or obligation to acquire, beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, including in the form of synthetic interests through derivative positions (any such person, or group of affiliated or associated persons, being referred to herein as an “acquiring person”) or

 

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the close of business on the tenth business day (or later date if determined by the Board prior to such time as any person or group becomes an acquiring person) following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer which, if consummated, would result in a person or group becoming an acquiring person.

An acquiring person does not include the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company or any person that, as of immediately prior to the first public announcement of the adoption of the Rights Agreement, beneficially owns 10% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, including in the form of synthetic interests through derivative positions. Certain synthetic interests in securities created by derivative positions, whether or not such interests are considered to be ownership of the underlying Common Stock or are reportable for purposes of Regulation 13D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are treated as beneficial ownership of the number of shares of Common Stock equivalent to the economic

 

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exposure created by the derivative position, to the extent actual shares of the Common Stock are directly or indirectly held by counterparties to the derivatives contracts or their affiliates or associates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such person would be an “acquiring person” if such person, at any time after the first public announcement of the adoption of the Rights Agreement, beneficially owns any shares of Common Stock (with certain exceptions) in addition to the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such person as of immediately prior to the first public announcement of the adoption of the Rights Agreement.

Until the distribution time, the surrender for transfer of any shares of Common Stock outstanding will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with those shares. As soon as practicable after the distribution time, separate rights certificates will be mailed to holders of record of Common Stock as of the close of business at the distribution time. From and after the distribution time, the separate rights certificates alone will represent the Rights. Except as otherwise provided in the Rights Agreement, only shares of Common Stock issued prior to the distribution time will be issued with Rights.

The Rights are not exercisable until the distribution time.

Expiration Time. Unless earlier redeemed or exchanged by the Company as described below, the Rights will expire at the close of business on May 11, 2023, or such later date as may be established by the Board prior to the expiration of the Rights as long as the extension is submitted to the stockholders of the Company for ratification at the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders after such extension.

Flip-in Event. In the event that a person or group becomes an acquiring person (a “flip-in event”), each holder of a Right (other than any acquiring person and certain related parties, whose Rights automatically become null and void) will have the right to receive, upon exercise, Common Stock having a value equal to two times the purchase price of the Right. If an insufficient number of shares of Common Stock is available for issuance, then the Board may elect to substitute cash, property or other securities of the Company for Common Stock. The Rights may not be exercised following a flip-in event while the Company has the ability to cause the Rights to be redeemed, as described below.

Flip-over Event. Each holder of a Right (except Rights which previously have been voided as described above) will have the right to receive, upon exercise, common stock of the acquiring company having a value equal to two times the purchase price of the Right in the event that, at any time following the stock acquisition date, any of the following occurs (each, a “flip-over event”): (i) the Company consolidates with or merges with and into any other entity and the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation, (ii) any entity engages in a share exchange with or consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, and the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation and, in connection with such share exchange, consolidation or merger, all or part of the outstanding shares of Common Stock are changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of any other entity or cash or any other property or (iii) the Company sells or otherwise transfers, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, more than 50% of the assets, cash flow or earning power of the Company and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole). Flip-in events and flip-over events are collectively referred to as “triggering events.”

Anti-dilution Adjustments. The purchase price payable, and the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution including (i) in the event of a stock dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or reclassification of, the Common Stock, (ii) if holders of the Common Stock are granted certain rights, options or warrants to subscribe for Common Stock or convertible securities at less than the current market price of the Common Stock or (iii) upon the distribution to holders of the Common Stock of evidences of indebtedness or assets (excluding regular quarterly cash dividends) or of subscription rights or warrants (other than those referred to above).

With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the purchase price will be required until cumulative adjustments amount to at least 1% of the purchase price. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued, and, in lieu thereof, an adjustment in cash will be made based on the market price of the Common Stock on the last trading day prior to the date of exercise.

Redemption; Exchange. In general, the Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $0.001 per Right (subject to adjustment and payable in cash, Common Stock or other consideration deemed appropriate by the Board) at any time until ten days following the stock acquisition date. Immediately upon the action of the Board authorizing any redemption, the Rights will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the redemption price.

 

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At any time after there is an acquiring person and prior to the acquisition by the acquiring person of 50% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Company may exchange the Rights (other than Rights which previously have been voided as described above), in whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one-half of a share of Common Stock per Right (subject to adjustment).

No Rights as Stockholder. Until a Right is exercised, its holder will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends.

Amendment of the Rights Agreement. For so long as the Rights are redeemable, the Company and the rights agent may from time to time amend or supplement the Rights Agreement without the consent of the holders of the Rights. Thereafter, however, no amendment can materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Rights (other than the acquiring person, any affiliate or associate thereof or any transferee of the acquiring person or any affiliate or associate thereof).

Certain Anti-takeover Effects. The Rights may have the effect of rendering more difficult or discouraging an acquisition of the Company deemed coercive or otherwise undesirable by the Board. The Rights may cause substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire control of the Company on terms or in a manner not approved by the Board, except pursuant to an offer conditioned upon the negation, purchase or redemption of the Rights.

The Rights are not intended to prevent a takeover of the Company and will not do so. Subject to the restrictions described above, the Company may redeem the Rights prior to the distribution time; therefore, the Rights will not interfere with a merger or business combination approved by the Board.

The foregoing description of the Rights Agreement and the Rights does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		Rights Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2022, by and between Trecora Resources and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 11, 2022)

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 11, 2022

 

 

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