t64420_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 28, 2009

 
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.)

2801 Buford Highway, Suite 520, Atlanta, Georgia 30329
(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 8.01  Other Events.

On January 28, 2009, RPC, Inc. issued a press release titled "RPC, Inc. Announces a 16.7 Percent Increase to Quarterly Cash Dividend."  The press release announced that the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share.

 
Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 
(d)
Exhibits.
     
 
Exhibit 99 - Press Release dated January 28, 2009.

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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 28, 2009
/s/ BEN M. PALMER
  
 
Ben M. Palmer
  
 
Vice President,
  
 
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  
 

 
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