Key Energy Services Inc (KEG): Billionaire George Soros’ Family Office Reports 9.09% Stake

Billionaire George Soros‘ Soros Fund Management recently filed a Form 13G with the SEC on Key Energy Services Inc (NYSE:KEG), in which it reported acquiring a new position in the company. The fund’s stake counts 1.83 million shares, which account for 9.09% of the float.

Key Energy Services Inc (NYSE:KEG) is an oilfield services company, which has faced financial difficulties and was delisted as a common stock by the NYSE at the end of July. NYSE Regulation found that the company’s price levels were too low for it to continue trading. On October 24, Key Energy Services filed for Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code with a prepackaged plan of reorganization. On December 15 it was announced that the company had risen from bankruptcy, settling $694 million of long-term debt, and that it would start trading again on December 16, under the same ticker it had previously. Since the company resumed trading, its shares have gone up by 22.15%.

For the third quarter of 2016, Key Energy Services disclosed revenue of $102.4 million and a diluted loss per share of $0.81, compared to revenue of $95 million and a diluted loss per share of $0.58 for the previous quarter.

7 of the hedge funds in our database owned a stake in Key Energy Services Inc (NYSE:KEG) at the end of June, a month before the company was delisted, which included Soros Fund Management, which had a 500,000-share position at the time. Other shareholders of the stock at that time included Mark Rachesky’s MHR Fund Management, Richard Pzena’s Pzena Investment Management, and Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies.

You can access the original SEC filing by clicking here.

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