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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) February 23, 2011
 
PARKER DRILLING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
73-0618660
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77046
 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 
(281) 406-2000
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
 
(Former Address if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Item 2.02
 
Results of Operations and Financial Condition
 
     On February 23, 2011, Parker Drilling Company (the “Registrant”) issued a press release announcing results of operations for the fourth quarter of 2010.
 
     A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Report on Form 8-K. This information is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed 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

 
(d)
 
Exhibits.
 
     The following exhibit is furnished herewith:

 
99
 
Press release dated February 23, 2011, issued by the Company
 
 
 

 

 
     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.
         
 
Parker Drilling Company
 
 
Date: February 23, 2011
By:  
/s/ W. Kirk Brassfield  
 
   
W. Kirk Brassfield 
 
   
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer