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): October 20, 2005 (October 19, 2005)

 

KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Maryland
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

1-8038
(Commission
File Number)

 

04-2648081
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1301 McKinney Street, Suite 1800
Houston, Texas  77010

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

 

713/651-4300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 



 

Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On October 19, 2005, the Company announced the purchase of new rigs and the release of select financial data for the month ended August 31, 2005 and activity data for the month ended September 30, 2005.  The information contained in this Form 8-K (including the exhibit hereto) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or 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

 

(c)                                  Exhibits.

 

99.1                           Press Release dated October 19, 2005 announcing the purchase of new rigs and the release of select financial data for the month ended August 31, 2005 and activity data for the period ended September 30, 2005.

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: October 20, 2005

By:

/s/ Newton W. Wilson, III

 

 

Newton W. Wilson, III

 

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release dated October 19, 2005 announcing the purchase of new rigs and the release of select financial data for the month ended August 31, 2005 and activity data for the period ended September 30, 2005.

 

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