- Additional Proxy Soliciting Materials (definitive) (DEFA14A)

 

 

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): December 16, 2008

Grey Wolf, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas		1-8226		74-2144774
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

10370 Richmond Ave., Suite 600
Houston, TX 77042
(Address of principal executive office and zip code)

[phone]
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Not Applicable)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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 8.01. Other Events.

     On December 15, 2008, Precision Drilling Trust (“Precision”) and Grey Wolf, Inc. (“Grey Wolf”) issued a joint press release announcing that the election deadline for Grey Wolf shareholders to elect the form of consideration they will receive will be 5:00 p.m. CST on December 19, 2008. Precision and Grey Wolf also reaffirmed that December 23, 2008 is the anticipated closing date for the proposed merger.

     A copy of the joint press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit
99.1		Joint Press Release dated December 15, 2008

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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.

Date: December 15, 2008

	GREY WOLF, INC.
	/s/ David W. Wehlmann
	David W. Wehlmann
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit
99.1		Joint Press Release dated December 15, 2008

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