-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VYFY2NjyOtytzl/LI0shBJoo9yaRTyCNZpTfDnr4h2U9NxkdJupy9gsLqKtQGZic HAWM0FVlrZEVkrq1k2funA== 0000914062-09-000149.txt : 20090424 0000914062-09-000149.hdr.sgml : 20090424 20090424103939 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000914062-09-000149 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090420 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20090424 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090424 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RPC INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000742278 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OIL, GAS FIELD SERVICES, NBC [1389] IRS NUMBER: 581550825 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08726 FILM NUMBER: 09768289 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2801 BUFORD HIGHWAY CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30329 BUSINESS PHONE: 404-321-2140 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2801 BUFORD HIGHWAY CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30329 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RPC ENERGY SERVICES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 rpc8k42009.htm 8-K rpc8k42009.htm
 

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 20, 2009



RPC, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
_________________________

Delaware
1-8726
58-1550825
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

2170 Piedmont Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30324
(Address of principal executive office) (zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (404) 321-2140


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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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.


Executive Officer Compensation

On April 20, 2009, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved a reduction in the base salary for its Named Executive Officers identified in the registrant’s 2009 proxy statement.  In light of the difficult operating environment faced by the Company, the Named Executive Officers volunteered to reduce their base salaries effective April 16, 2009, as follows:

Name
Title
 
Base Salary as of
   
January 1, 2009
April 16, 2009
       
Richard A. Hubbell
President and Chief Executive Officer
$  700,000
$  595,000
       
Ben M. Palmer
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
$  250,000
$  212,500
       
R. Randall Rollins
Chairman
$  600,000
$  510,000
       
Linda H. Graham
Vice President and Secretary
$  165,000
$    140,250



 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, RPC, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
RPC, Inc.
   
   
Date: April 24, 2009
/s/ Ben M. Palmer
 
Ben M. Palmer
 
Vice President,
 
Chief Financial Officer and
 
Treasurer



 
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