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): March 23, 2017

 

GULFMARK OFFSHORE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

001-33607

(Commission file number )

 

76-0526032

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

842 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 400,

Houston, Texas 

(Address of principal executive offices)

77024

(Zip Code)

 

(713) 963-9522

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or 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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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

As previously disclosed, GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (the “Company”) established the Amended and Restated 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) to permit eligible participants to purchase the Company’s Class A common stock from the Company on favorable terms and pay for such purchases through regular payroll deductions.  The board of directors of the Company determined that it was in the best interests of the Company to discontinue the Plan and terminated the Plan on March 23, 2017.  The final offering period under the Plan concluded on December 31, 2016.  Any payroll deductions being made by participants in the Plan ceased upon the Plan’s termination and the amount of any payroll deductions remaining in each participant’s plan account upon its termination will be refunded to the participant in cash, without interest.

   

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: March 28, 2017          

GULFMARK OFFSHORE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  James M. Mitchell

 

 

 

James M. Mitchell

 

 

 

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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