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): April 26, 2012
GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Louisiana |
0-22303 |
72-1147390 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer 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)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On April 26, 2012 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.
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| 99.1 | Press Release dated April 26, 2012 | |||
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.
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GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Roy F. Breerwood, III |
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Roy F. Breerwood, III |
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Vice President – Finance, |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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and Treasurer |
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(Principal Financial Officer |
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and Duly Authorized Officer) |
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Dated: |
April 26, 2012 |
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Exhibit 99.1
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. Declares Dividend on Common Stock
HOUMA, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2012--Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI), announced today that its board of directors declared a dividend of $0.10 per share on Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.’s approximately 14.4 million shares of common stock outstanding.
The dividend was declared during a regular meeting of the board held on April 26, 2012 and is payable May 31, 2012, to shareholders of record on May 14, 2012.
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” and MinDOCs”), piles, wellhead protectors, subsea templates and various production, compressor and utility modules, offshore living quarters, towboats, lift-boats, tanks and 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.
CONTACT:
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.
Kerry J. Chauvin,
985-872-2100
Chief Executive Officer
or
Roy F. Breerwood, III,
985-872-2100
Interim Chief Financial Officer