0001193125-14-341163.txt : 20140915 0001193125-14-341163.hdr.sgml : 20140915 20140915093435 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-341163 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140915 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20140915 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140915 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ATWOOD OCEANICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000008411 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: DRILLING OIL & GAS WELLS [1381] IRS NUMBER: 741611874 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13167 FILM NUMBER: 141102296 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15835 PARK TEN PL DR STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77084 BUSINESS PHONE: 2817497845 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15835 PARK TEN PL DR STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77084 8-K 1 d788128d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

 

 

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 Earliest Event Reported: September 15, 2014

 

 

ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

TEXAS

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Commission File Number: 1-13167

IRS Employer Identification No.: 74-1611874

 

15011 Katy Freeway, Suite 800  
Houston, Texas, 77094   (281) 749-7800
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

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):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On September 15, 2014, Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it is initiating a quarterly dividend for the Company’s first quarter of fiscal year 2015, which ends on December 31, 2014. The board of directors has declared the first quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share of common stock, payable on January 13, 2015 to shareholders of record as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 6, 2015.

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.

 

ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark L. Mey
  Mark L. Mey
  Senior Vice President

Date: September 15, 2014