Form 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 REPORT: September 4, 2012

(Date of earliest event reported)

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware   001-32108   72-1375844
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

103 Northpark Boulevard, Suite 300

Covington, LA

 
70433
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(985) 727-2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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 4, 2012, the Company announced, among other things, that it had exercised the first four of its 48 shipyard options for the construction of additional vessels under its previously announced OSV Newbuild Program #5 at an aggregate incremental cost of approximately $180 million, excluding construction period interest, and the commencement of a retrofit program to stretch and upgrade six 200 class DP-1 OSVs into 240 class DP-2 OSVs at an estimated cost of approximately $50 million.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

  99.1 Press Release, dated September 4, 2012.

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

    Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.
Date: September 6, 2012     By:   /s/ James O. Harp, Jr.
      James O. Harp, Jr.
      Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.    Exhibit Description
99.1      Press Release, dated September 4, 2012.

 

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