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): August 2, 2017
 
PARKER DRILLING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
73-0618660
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  
5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77046
 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 
(281) 406-2000
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
 
(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:
  
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
    
Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨





Item 2.02    Results of Operations and Financial Condition 

On August 2, 2017, Parker Drilling Company (the “Registrant”) issued a press release announcing results of operations for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017.
 
A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 8-K. This information is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is furnished herewith:

99.1 Press release dated August 2, 2017, issued by the Registrant.







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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Parker Drilling Company
 
 
Date:
August 2, 2017
By:  
/s/ Jon-Al Duplantier
 
 
 
 
Jon-Al Duplantier
 
 
 
 
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel