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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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) September 21, 2017

 

CARBO Ceramics Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-15903

72-1100013

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

575 North Dairy Ashford, Suite 300

 

 

Houston, Texas

 

77079

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(281) 921-6400

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

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

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

As reported in our Form 8-K filed on July 27, 2017, subsidiaries of the Company, Carbo Ceramics (Mauritius) Inc. and Carbo LLC entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Petro Welt Technologies AG and PeWeTe Evolution Limited to sell the Company’s Russia proppant business.  The transaction received local regulatory approval and closed on September 21, 2017.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events

As reported in our Form 8-K filed on July 27, 2017, subsidiaries of the Company, Carbo Ceramics (Mauritius) Inc. and Carbo LLC entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Petro Welt Technologies AG and PeWeTe Evolution Limited to sell the Company’s Russia proppant business.  The transaction received local regulatory approval and closed on September 21, 2017.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

CARBO CERAMICS INC.

Date: September 22, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Ernesto Bautista III

 

 

 

 

Ernesto Bautista III

 

 

 

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer