BOOTS & COOTS INTERNATIONAL WELL CONTROL INC
8-K, 2001-01-12
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                       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):
                                December 29, 2000

                 BOOTS & COOTS INTERNATIONAL WELL CONTROL, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                                    DELAWARE
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

         1-13817                                           11-2908692
 (Commission File Number)                   (IRS Employer Identification Number)


             777 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77056
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

                                 (713) 621-7911
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


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ITEM  1.  CHANGES  IN  CONTROL  OF  REGISTRANT.

          Boots & Coots International Well Control,  Inc. entered into a Seventh
Amendment  to  Loan  Agreement  dated  as of December 29, 2000, by and among the
Registrant,  the  financial  institutions  from time to time a party to the Loan
Agreement,  and  Specialty  Finance  Fund  I,  LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.  Pursuant  to  the  Seventh  Amendment  to  the  Loan  Agreement,  the
Registrant  converted  $8,487,300  of debt owed to Specialty Finance Fund I, LLC
into  89,117  shares  of  its  Series  H Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock,
$0.00001  par  value  per  share.  The shares of Series H Cumulative Convertible
Preferred  Stock are convertible into between 3,564,680 and 11,882,267 shares of
the Registrant's common stock, as specified in the Certificate of Designation of
Rights  and  Preferences of the Series H Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock.
In  addition,  Specialty  Finance  Fund  I,  LLC,  holds  a  warrant to purchase
8,729,985  shares  of common stock of the Registrant and holds 147,058 shares of
common  stock  of the Registrant.  Based on 31,625,166 shares of common stock of
the  Registrant  outstanding  as of December 29, 2000, Specialty Finance Fund I,
LLC,  beneficially  owns  an aggregate of between 28.23% and 39.6% of the issued
and  outstanding  shares of common stock of the Registrant.  Tracy S. Turner, an
affiliate  of  Specialty Finance Fund I, LLC, was recently added to the board of
directors  of  the  Registrant.

ITEM  7.  FINANCIAL  STAEMENTS  AND  EXHIBITS

          (c)     EXHIBITS

          99.1    Seventh  Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated as of December 29,
          2000 by and between Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. and
          Specialty Finance Fund  1,  LLC.


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                                   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.

                                  Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc.
                                  (Registrant)

Date:  January 12, 2001           By:  /s/  Larry H. Ramming
                                     -------------------------------------
                                  Larry H. Ramming
                                  Chief Executive Officer


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