- Current report filing (8-K)

 

 

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): June 8, 2012 (June 5, 2012)

 

GEOKINETICS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-33460		94-1690082
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

1500 CityWest Blvd.
Suite 800
Houston, Texas 77042

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

[phone]

(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:

 

o             Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o             Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240-14a-12)

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240-14d-2(b))

 

o             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.                   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(b) On June 5, 2012, Gottfred Langseth, a member of the Board of Directors of Geokinetics Inc. (the “ Company ”), notified the Company that he will not stand for re-election as a director of the Company at the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders due to the time demands of his other professional commitments.  Mr. Langseth’s decision not to stand for re-election as a director is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

 

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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.

 

 

	GEOKINETICS INC.
Date: June 8, 2012	By:	/s/ William L. Moll, Jr.
		William L. Moll, Jr.
		Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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