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: July 7, 2020 (July 1, 2020)

(Date of earliest event reported)

Forbes Energy Services Ltd.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)




Delaware	001-35281	98-0581100
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

3000 South Business Highway 281 Alice, Texas		78332
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(361) 664-0549

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 1.01 - Entry into Material Definitive Agreements.

On July 1, 2020, Forbes Energy Services LLC (“FES LLC”), a subsidiary of Forbes Energy Services Ltd. (the “Company”), together with the administrative agent (the “Agent”) and certain of the lenders (the “Lenders”) under its existing Loan and Security Agreement (the “Term Loan”), entered into a forbearance agreement (the “Forbearance Agreement”), pursuant to which such Lenders have agreed, and have instructed the Term Loan agent to agree, to forbear from declaring the loans and all other obligations under the Term Loan to be due and payable as a result of the occurrence of certain specified defaults, including failure to pay interest in cash on a scheduled interest payment date and failure to comply with the requirements to provide notice related to any default or event of default in respect of the interest payment scheduled for July 1, 2020.

The foregoing description of the Forbearance Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Forbearance Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit 10.1	Forbearance Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2020, by and among Forbes Energy Services LLC, as Borrower, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Agent, and the lenders party thereto.

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 thereunto duly authorized.




	Forbes Energy Services Ltd.

Date: July 7, 2020		/s/ L. Melvin Cooper
		L. Melvin Cooper
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Forbes Energy Services Ltd. 8-K