0001157523-11-003787.txt : 20110628 0001157523-11-003787.hdr.sgml : 20110628 20110628160654 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001157523-11-003787 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110628 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110628 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110628 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GULF ISLAND FABRICATION INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001031623 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FABRICATED STRUCTURAL METAL PRODUCTS [3440] IRS NUMBER: 721147390 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34279 FILM NUMBER: 11935895 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GULF ISLAND FABRICATION INC STREET 2: 583 THOMPSON RD CITY: HOUMA STATE: LA ZIP: 70361 BUSINESS PHONE: 5048722100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 310 CITY: HOUMA STATE: LA ZIP: 70361 8-K 1 a6776948.htm GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC. 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): June 28, 2011

GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Louisiana

0-22303 72-1147390
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)


567 Thompson Road
Houma, Louisiana 70363
 (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)



(985) 872-2100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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⃞ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01    Other Events.

          On June 28, 2011, Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. issued a press release announcing that through its subsidiary Gulf Island, L.L.C., it has signed a contract for the fabrication of a 7,000 ton topsides for Williams Partners’ proprietary floating-production system, Gulfstar FPS™. Revenue and man-hour backlog will be included in the Company’s consolidated backlog when the Company announces its earnings results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.  

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed herewith:
 

Exhibit No.

Description
99.1 Press Release dated June 28, 2011




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/ Robin A. Seibert

Robin A. Seibert

Vice President – Finance,

Chief Financial Officer

and Treasurer

(Principal Financial Officer

and Duly Authorized Officer)

 

Dated:

June 28, 2011

EX-99.1 2 a6776948ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. Signs Contract for Fabrication of the Topsides for Williams Partners’ Floating Production System

HOUMA, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2011--Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI) announced today, that through its subsidiary Gulf Island, L.L.C., it has signed a contract for the fabrication of a 7,000 ton topsides for Williams Partners’ proprietary floating-production system, Gulfstar FPS™. Revenue and man-hour backlog will be included in the Company’s consolidated backlog when the Company announces its earnings results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., based in Houma, Louisiana, 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, MinDOCs,” piles, wellhead protectors, subsea templates and various production, compressor and utility modules, offshore living quarters, brown water towboats, other marine vessels, lift boats, tanks and barges. The Company also provides offshore interconnect pipe hook-up, inshore marine construction, manufacture and repair of pressure vessels, dry dock and marine repair services, 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.

CONTACT:
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.
Kerry J. Chauvin, 985-872-2100
Chief Executive Officer
or
Robin A. Seibert, 985-872-2100
Chief Financial Officer