SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

PIPES THOMAS R

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1301 MCKINNEY STREET

SUITE 1800

(Street)

HOUSTON

77010

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KEY ENERGY SERVICES INC [ KEG ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	SVP - Well Srvc Rig Ops

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/01/2010

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	03/02/2010		F		8,972⁽¹⁾	D	$10.56⁽²⁾	134,663⁽³⁾	D
Common Stock								3,000⁽⁴⁾	I	By Courtney Pipes Management Trust
Common Stock								2,000⁽⁴⁾	I	By Lindsey Pipes Management Trust
Common Stock								500⁽⁵⁾	I	By daughter
Common Stock								500⁽⁶⁾	I	By daughter

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Performance Units⁽⁷⁾	⁽⁷⁾	03/01/2010		A		11,293		⁽⁷⁾	⁽⁷⁾	Common Stock	11,293	$0.00	11,293	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Payment of tax liability by delivery of stock incident to the vesting on March 2, 2010 of 33,918 shares of restricted stock.

2. Vesting price is based on the closing price of common stock on March 2, 2010, pursuant to the Key Energy Services, Inc. 2007 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (the "2007 Plan").

3. Includes 104,518 unvested shares of restricted stock granted under the 2007 Plan and the Key Energy Services, Inc. 2009 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (the "2009 Plan").

4. These shares are held in a trust for the benefit of one of the reporting person's daughters who does not share his household. The reporting person's spouse is the trustee of the trust. The reporting person disclaims benefical ownership of these securities, and the filing of this report is not an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for the purpose of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

5. These shares are held in an account controlled by one of the reporting person's daughters, Courtney Pipes, with whom the reporting person does not share his household, and on which account the reporting person is a co-signer. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purpoes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

6. These shares are held in an account controlled by one of the reporting person's daughters, Lindsey Pipes, with whom the reporting person does not share his household, and on which account the reporting person is a co-signer. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

7. Represents performance units granted under the 2009 Plan. Half of the performance units are subject to a performance period from March 1, 2010 through February 28, 2011, and half are subject to a performance period from March 1, 2011 through February 29, 2012. At the end of each performance period, either 0%, 50% or 100% of the performance units subject to that performance period will vest based on the relative performance of Key Energy Services, Inc. within a peer group of companies as measured by total shareholder return. If any performance units vest at the end of a performance period, such vested performance units will be settled within sixty (60) days after the vesting date, solely in cash, in an amount equal to the closing price per share of Key Energy Services, Inc.'s common stock on the last trading day of the performance period.

Remarks:

	By Robert B. Rapfogel, Attorney-in-fact for Thomas R. Pipes	03/03/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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