8-K

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 16, 2009

TGC INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas	0-14908	74-2095844
(State of incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

101 East Park Blvd., Suite 955

Plano, TX  75074

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (972) 881-1099

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):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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

Item 7.01.Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 16, 2009, TGC Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing a 5% stock dividend on its outstanding Common Stock.  Shareholders of record as of April 28, 2009, will receive the stock dividend for each share owned on that date, payable on May 12, 2009.  The full text of the Press Release is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)	Exhibits.
	Pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the following exhibit is furnished with this Form 8-K:
	99.1	Press Release dated April 16, 2009.

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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.

	TGC INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date: April 20, 2009	By:	/s/ Wayne A. Whitener
		Wayne A. Whitener
		President and CEO

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated April 16, 2009.

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

	NEWS RELEASE
	CONTACTS:	Wayne Whitener
		Chief Executive Officer
		TGC Industries, Inc.
		(972) 881-1099
		Jack Lascar, Partner
		Karen Roan, SVP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		DRG&E (713) 529-6600

TGC Industries Declares Five Percent Stock Dividend

PLANO, TEXAS – April 16, 2009 – TGC Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: TGE) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a five percent (5%) stock dividend on its outstanding Common Stock.  Shareholders of record as of April 28, 2009 will receive the stock dividend for each share owned on that date, payable on May 12, 2009.

Cash in lieu of fractional shares will be paid to Shareholders based on the last sales price of the Company’s Common Stock on the record date.  As of April 8, 2009, TGC Industries had 17,409,909 shares of Common Stock outstanding.

TGC Industries, Inc., based in Plano, Texas, with branch offices in Houston, Oklahoma City and Denver, is one of the leading providers of seismic data acquisition services throughout the continental United States.

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  These forward looking statements are based on our current expectations and projections about future events.  All statements other than statements of historical fact included in the press release regarding the Company are forward looking statements.  There can be no assurance that those expectations and projections will prove to be correct.

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