Delaware | 1-7573 | 73-0618660 | ||
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders | ||||||||
SIGNATURE |
(d) | Parker Drilling Company (the Company) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on May 11, 2011 (the Original Report) to report the final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 5, 2011 (the Annual Meeting). The Company is filing this amendment to the Original Report to report that, consistent with the voting results at the Annual Meeting, the Company has determined to hold an advisory vote on the compensation of the Companys named executive officers annually until the next stockholder vote on the frequency of say-on-pay votes is required under Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or until the Board of Directors otherwise determines that a different frequency for such votes is in the best interests of the Companys stockholders. The next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company is scheduled to be held on April 26, 2012. |
PARKER DRILLING COMPANY |
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Dated: September 26, 2011 | By: | /s/ David C. Mannon | ||
David C. Mannon | ||||
President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||