0000076321-17-000056.txt : 20171027 0000076321-17-000056.hdr.sgml : 20171027 20171027125422 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000076321-17-000056 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20171027 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20171027 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20171027 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PARKER DRILLING CO /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000076321 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: DRILLING OIL & GAS WELLS [1381] IRS NUMBER: 730618660 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07573 FILM NUMBER: 171158722 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5 GREENWAY PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77046 BUSINESS PHONE: 281-406-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5 GREENWAY PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77046 8-K 1 a8-knagy.htm 8-K Document


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): October 23, 2017
PARKER DRILLING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
73-0618660
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77046
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 (281) 406-2000
 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 Not Applicable
 (Former Address if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
On October 27, 2017, Parker Drilling Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), announced that Principal Accounting Officer and Controller Leslie K. Nagy is leaving the Company effective November 3, 2017 to assume the role of Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of another company.
Nathaniel C. Dockray has been named as the Company's Principal Accounting Officer effective November 4, 2017. Mr. Dockray, age 37, has served as the Company's Director of Tax and Financial Planning & Analysis since April, 2016. From January, 2014 through March, 2016 he was the Company's Director of Tax. From December, 2012 to January, 2014 Mr. Dockray served as Assistant Director of Tax, and prior to that he served as a Senior Tax Manager of the Company. Prior to joining Parker Drilling, Mr. Dockray was employed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Dockray holds a BBA and an MS in Accounting from Texas Tech University.






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.
Parker Drilling Company
Date:
October 27, 2017
By:
/s/ Michael W. Sumruld
 
 
 
Michael W. Sumruld
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer