Current Report Filing (8-k)

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: May 18, 2018

(Date of earliest event reported)

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)




Delaware	001-32108	72-1375844
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)




103 Northpark Boulevard, Suite 300 Covington, LA			70433
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)			(Zip Code)

(985) 727-2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01 - Other Events

On May 18, 2018, Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., or the Company, closed on the purchase of four high-spec Jones Act-qualified OSVs and related equipment from Aries Marine Corporation and certain of its affiliates pursuant to the definitive agreement previously announced in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q on May 9, 2018. The purchase price for the vessels was $36.6 million in cash. Two of the vessels are 300 class OSVs and two are 280 class OSVs. The Company plans to introduce the four vessels into its active operating fleet.

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 thereunto duly authorized.