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): May 8, 2008 (May 8, 2008)

 

KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Maryland

 

1-8038

 

04-2648081

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1301 McKinney Street, Suite 1800

Houston, Texas  77010

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

 

713/651-4300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On May 8, 2008, the Company announced its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, and provided updated guidance for the year ended December 31, 2008.  A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference. The information contained in this Item 2.02 (including the exhibit hereto) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or 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.

 

99.1         Press release dated May 8, 2008 reporting results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 and providing updated guidance for the year ended December 31, 2008.

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 8, 2008

By:

/s/ NEWTON W. WILSON III

 

 

Newton W. Wilson III

 

 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit 
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated May 8, 2008 reporting results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 and providing updated guidance for the year ended December 31, 2008.

 

 

 

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