form8k-122809.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): December 22, 2009
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Bristow
Group Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-31617
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72-0679819
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
Number)
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2000
W. Sam Houston Pkwy. S.,
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77042
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Suite
1700
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(Zip
Code)
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Houston,
Texas
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (713) 267-7600
Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report:
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Item
5.02 Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On
December 22, 2009, Richard D. Burman was appointed to serve as Senior Vice
President, Operations of Bristow Group Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with a
reorganization of the Company’s senior management structure. Prior to
this appointment, Mr. Burman served as Senior Vice President, Eastern Hemisphere
of the Company. Mr. Burman, age 55, joined the Company in October
2005 as Senior Vice President, Eastern Hemisphere. He also serves as
Managing Director of Bristow Helicopter Group Ltd. Before joining the
Company, Mr. Burman held various positions within the Baker Hughes group of
companies for over ten years, most recently as Region General Manager,
Mediterranean and Africa for Baker Hughes INTEQ.
As part
of the same management reorganization, Mr. Mark Duncan was appointed to the
position of Senior Vice President, Commercial and Ms. Hilary Ware was appointed
to the position of Senior Vice President, Administration.
Mr.
Duncan previously served as Senior Vice President, Western
Hemisphere. He joined the Company in January 2005 as Vice President,
Global Business Development and was promoted to Senior Vice President, Global
Business Development effective January 1, 2006. Prior to joining the
Company, Mr. Duncan worked at ABB Lummus Global Inc. from 2002 to 2005. At
ABB, Mr. Duncan served as Commercial Director in the Deepwater Floating
Production Systems division, based in Houston, Texas.
Ms. Ware joined the Company in
August 2007 as Vice President of Global Human Resources. Prior to
joining the Company, Ms. Ware was Vice President, Human Resources for BHP
Billiton Petroleum from 2006 to 2007. Prior to joining BHP Billiton,
Ms. Ware was Vice President Human Resources, Worldwide for Hanover Compressor
Company from 2002 to 2006. Prior to 2002, Ms. Ware served for 20
years in a variety of roles as a human resources professional with BP
PLC.
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.
Dated:
December 28, 2009
BRISTOW
GROUP INC.
(Registrant)
By: /S/ Randall A.
Stafford
Randall
A. Stafford
Vice
President, General
Counsel
and Corporate Secretary