UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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) March 17, 2018

 

CARBO Ceramics Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-15903

72-1100013

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

575 North Dairy Ashford, Suite 300

 

 

Houston, Texas

 

77079

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(281) 921-6400

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

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

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On March 17, 2018, Robert S. Rubin, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), passed away. Mr. Rubin was one of the founding shareholders of the Company. He had served as a Director since January 1998 and prior to his passing was serving on the Company’s Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.  Mr. Rubin will be greatly missed by the Company, and the Company would like to express its deepest gratitude for Mr. Rubin’s two decades of devoted service. The Company extends its sincerest condolences to his family.

On March 20, 2018, as a result of Mr. Rubin’s passing, the Board reduced its size to six directors.


 


 

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.

 

 

 

CARBO CERAMICS INC.

Date: March 20, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Ernesto Bautista III

 

 

 

 

Ernesto Bautista III

 

 

 

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer