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SEC v. ProPetro Holding Corp. and Dale Redman (2021)

Settled

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In November 2021 the SEC settled with ProPetro Holding and its co-founder and former CEO Dale Redman over undisclosed perquisites and stock pledges. Redman pays a $195,046 civil penalty. No insider trading is alleged.

The record

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Agency SEC
Release number 3-20661
Date filed 2021-11-22
Date resolved 2021-11-22
Status settled
Asset class equities
Venue NYSE
Criminal parallel No
Defendants ProPetro Holding Corp. and Dale Redman (entity)
Cited as charged or alleged Exchange Act s.13(a) ; Securities Act s.17(a) (statutes and rules cited in the document; not a finding that they were violated)
Techniques

What was ordered

Civil penalty
$195k
Disgorgement
—
Prejudgment interest
—
Total relief
$195k
Alleged gain
—

A dash means the release did not state a figure we could extract, not that the figure is zero. Penalty and disgorgement are stored separately so aggregates across the library do not double-count the same dollars.

What is alleged to have happened

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the order on November 22, 2021.

The order finds ProPetro did not disclose perquisites and pledges of company stock by Redman in its proxy statements and annual reports for 2017 and 2018. Redman charged personal flights and credit card expenses to the company and pledged all his ProPetro stock in breach of the shareholder agreement and the company's insider trading policy.

The $195,046 penalty is imposed on Redman; the order contains no separate penalty for the company. The mention of the insider trading policy triggered the old tag, which has been removed.

For the regulator's own account of the facts, read the primary document linked above. This page deliberately summarises the structured record rather than reproducing the release.

Timeline

  1. 2021-11-22 Administrative proceeding instituted (cease-and-desist)

Primary documents

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