8-K

UNITED STATES

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): February 25, 2016

GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Louisiana	001-34279	72-1147390
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

16225 Park Ten Place, Suite 280

Houston, Texas 77084

 (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

(713) 714-6100

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01   Other Events.

On February 25, 2016, Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. issued a press release announcing the declaration of a common stock dividend.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated February 25, 2016

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.

		GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.
		By:	/s/ Kirk J. Meche
			Kirk J. Meche
			President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated:	February 25, 2016

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

For further information contact:

Kirk J. Meche    Jeffrey M. Favret

Chief Executive Officer    Chief Financial Officer

713.714.6100    713.714.6100

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 25, 2016

GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC. DECLARES DIVIDEND

ON COMMON STOCK

Houston, TX -- Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI), announced today that its board of directors declared a dividend of $0.01 per share on Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.’s approximately 14.6 million shares of common stock outstanding.

The dividend was declared during a regular meeting of the board held on February 25, 2016 and is payable March 24, 2016, to shareholders of record on March 10, 2016.

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, with fabrication facilities located in Houma, Louisiana, and San Patricio County, Texas, is a leading fabricator of offshore drilling and production platforms, hull and/or deck sections of floating production platforms and other specialized structures used in the development and production of offshore oil and gas reserves. These structures include jackets and deck sections of fixed production platforms; hull and/or deck sections of floating production platforms (such as tension leg platforms “TLPs”, “SPARs”, “FPSOs”, and “MinDOCs”), piles, wellhead protectors, subsea templates and various production, compressor and utility modules, offshore living quarters, towboats, liftboats, tanksand barges.The Company also provides offshore interconnect pipe hook-up, inshore marine construction, manufacture and repair of pressure vessels, heavy lifts such as ship integration and TLP module integration, loading and offloading of jack-up drilling rigs, semi-submersible drilling rigs, TLPs, SPARs, or other similar cargo, onshore and offshore scaffolding, piping insulation services, and steel warehousing and sales.