Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities - Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 23, 2021

Superior Energy Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-34037		75-2379388
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 2900

Houston, Texas77002

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(713)654-2200

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class		Trading symbol		Name of each exchange on which registered
NONE		NONE		NONE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2of this chapter).

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Item 3.02

Unregistered sales of equity securities.

The information set forth in Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-Kis incorporated into this Item 3.02 by reference.

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 23, 2021, the board of directors (the "Board") of Superior Energy Services, Inc. (the "Company") and the Compensation Committee of the Board (the "Committee") approved the form of restricted stock unit award agreement for employee participants (the "Employee Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement"), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-Kand is incorporated herein by reference.

On November 23, 2021, the Board and the Committee approved, pursuant to the form of Employee Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, the issuance of 50,596 restricted stock units (the "RSU Grants") under the Company's 2021 Management Incentive Plan (the "Incentive Plan") to certain employees of the Company, including 12,649 RSU Grants to James W. Spexarth, the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. The RSU Grants will vest in 2023, subject to earlier vesting and forfeiture on terms and conditions set forth in the applicable award agreement. The issuance of the RSU Grants (and any shares of the Company's Class B common stock) pursuant to the Employee Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements under the Incentive Plan is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), pursuant to section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number		Exhibit Description
10.1		Form of Employee Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		Superior Energy Services, Inc.
Date: November 30, 2021			By:		/s/ James W. Spexarth
			James W. Spexarth
			Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer