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): December 13,
2010
ROWAN
COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1-5491
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75-0759420
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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2800
Post Oak Boulevard
Suite
5450
Houston,
Texas
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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77056-6189
(Zip
Code)
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(713)
621-7800
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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Not
Applicable
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last
report.)
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Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240-14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240-13e-4(c))
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Item
5.02.
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
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On
December 13, 2010, the Board of Directors of Rowan Companies, Inc. appointed a
new director to the Board to fill an existing vacancy in Class III. The new
director, Ms. Suzanne P. Nimocks, was elected to the Board upon the
recommendation of the Company's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
effective December 13, 2010. As of the date of this filing, the Company's Board
of Directors has not determined the committees of the Board on which Ms. Nimocks
will serve.
Ms.
Nimocks recently retired from McKinsey & Company, Inc., a global management
consulting firm, where she served as a director (senior partner) from June 1999
to March 2010 and was with the firm in various other capacities since 1989. Ms.
Nimocks also serves on the Board of Directors of Encana
Corporation.
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Item
9.01.
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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None
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.
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ROWAN
COMPANIES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ W. H. Wells | |
| Name: | W. H. Wells | ||
| Title: |
Senior
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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Date: December
14, 2010
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