GulfMark Offshore, Inc. 8-K dated 01/29/2007
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
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Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): January
23, 2007
GULFMARK
OFFSHORE, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
or
other jurisdiction of incorporation)
000-22853
(Commission
file number)
76-0526032
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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10111
Richmond Avenue, Suite 340,
Houston,
Texas
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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77042
(Zip
Code)
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(713)
963-9522
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item
5.02 - Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.
On
January 23, 2007, GM Offshore, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of GulfMark
Offshore, Inc., executed employment agreements effective as of December 31,
2006, with each of Bruce A. Streeter, Edward A. Guthrie, and John E. Leech
which
replaced previous agreements.
The
terms
of Mr. Streeter’s employment agreement provide that he shall receive an annual
base salary of $400,000 and is for a one year term as President.
The
terms
of Mr. Guthrie’s employment agreement provide that he shall receive an annual
base salary of $275,000 and is for a one year term as Executive Vice
President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer.
The
terms
of Mr. Leech’s employment agreement provide that he shall receive an annual base
salary of $275,000 and is for a one year term as Executive Vice
President-Operations.
Each
of
the employment agreements has standard change of control provisions. If Mr.
Streeter is terminated during a change of control period, he will be entitled
to
receive a payment equal to two-and-a-half times his annual base salary as then
in effect plus the prior year’s annual bonus, and all stock options and
restricted stock not then vested or exercisable, as the case may be, shall
immediately vest and become fully exercisable. If Mr. Guthrie or Mr. Leech
is
terminated during a change of control period, he will be entitled to receive
a
payment equal to two times his annual base salary as then in effect plus the
prior year’s annual bonus, and all stock options and restricted stock not then
vested or exercisable, as the case may be, shall immediately vest and become
fully exercisable.
On
January 23, 2007, the Compensation Committee of GulfMark’s Board of Directors
considered its fiscal year 2006 performance and the incentive criteria
established for fiscal year 2006 by the Board of Directors as well as GulfMark’s
long term incentive philosophy. Based on that review, the Compensation Committee
awarded bonuses and long term incentives in the form of restricted stock to
each
of Mr. Streeter, Mr. Guthrie and Mr. Leech as follows:
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Bonus
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Restricted
Stock Award of Company Common Stock
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Bruce
A. Streeter
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$612,000
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36,542
shares
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Edward
A. Guthrie
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$371,000
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20,877
shares
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John
E. Leech
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$371,000
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20,642
shares
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Item
9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
The
following exhibits are filed with this report.
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Exhibit
No.
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Descriptions
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10.1
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Employment
Agreement of Bruce A. Streeter executed January 23, 2007, but effective
as
of December 31, 2006.
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10.2
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Employment
Agreement of Edward A. Guthrie executed January 23, 2007, but effective
as
of December 31, 2006.
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10.3
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Employment
Agreement of John E. Leech executed January 23, 2007, but effective
as of
December 31, 2006.
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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 hereunto
duly authorized.
GULFMARK
OFFSHORE, INC.
By: /s/
Edward A. Guthrie
Name: Edward
A.
Guthrie
Title:
Executive Vice President - Finance
Date:
January 29, 2007