tti8k111208indem.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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): November 6,
2008
TETRA
Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1-13455
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74-2148293
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(State or
other jurisdiction
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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Identification
No.)
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25025
Interstate 45 North, Suite 600
The
Woodlands, Texas 77380
(Address of
Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (281) 367-1983
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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230.425)
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240.14a-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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(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 6, 2008,
the Board of Directors of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the
adoption of a form of indemnification agreement to be entered into with each of
its directors and its elected officers (the “Indemnification Agreement”). The
Indemnification Agreement provides that the Company will indemnify these
officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Company’s Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws and applicable law.
The Indemnification Agreement also provides that these officers and directors
shall be entitled to the advancement of fees as permitted by applicable law and
sets out the procedures required under the agreement for determining entitlement
to and obtaining indemnification and expense advancement. All of the Company’s
directors and elected officers will execute the form of Indemnification
Agreement. The Company will also execute similar forms of the Indemnification
Agreement with a former director and former elected officer.
The preceding description is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the form of Indemnification Agreement, which is
attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by
reference.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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10.1
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Form of
Indemnification Agreement for directors and executive officers of TETRA
Technologies, Inc.
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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.
TETRA Technologies, Inc.
By: /s/Geoffrey M.
Hertel
Geoffrey M. Hertel
President & Chief Executive
Officer
Date: November 12,
2008
EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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10.1
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Form of
Indemnification Agreement for directors and executive officers of TETRA
Technologies, Inc.
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