-----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, HCNSSlLo015TtfGfqXAHJLM+XXfOML4GMdRzv4fVc9ZNXQFIMfg2uGgkyEBXwGba aHKxCDf6MuPZVTOfWtDQpA== 0001188112-08-000210.txt : 20080125 0001188112-08-000210.hdr.sgml : 20080125 20080125171618 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001188112-08-000210 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080122 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20080125 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080125 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: 08551776 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 t61560_8k.htm FORM 8-K t61560_8k.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):  January 22, 2008

 
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 January 22, 2008, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved for its Named Executive Officers identified in the registrant’s 2007 proxy statement the following base salary for 2008.

Name
Title
  
2008
Base Salary
  
Richard A. Hubbell
President and Chief Executive Officer
   $ 700,000  
Ben M. Palmer
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
   $ 250,000  
R. Randall Rollins
Chairman
   $ 600,000  
Linda H. Graham
Vice President and Secretary
   $ 165,000  
 
A performance based cash compensation for 2007 was awarded pursuant to the plan approved by the shareholders in 2006 and disclosed in Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 28, 2006.  For 2007, the Named Executive Officers earned awards that were higher than target but lower than the superior performance level which qualified the officers to receive bonus awards up to 163 percent of the target incentive award, limited in 2007 to 150 percent of base compensation.

For 2008, the Compensation Committee has increased the Target Award of Mr. Ben M. Palmer, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to 100 percent.  The target awards of the other Named Executive Officers, performance criteria and maximum awards were established at the same levels as 2007.

 
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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:  January 25, 2008
/s/ Ben M. Palmer
  
 
Ben M. Palmer
  
 
Vice President,
  
 
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
 
 
 
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