Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) : December 29, 2017

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Louisiana	001-34279	72-1147390
(State of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

16225 Park Ten Place, Suite 280, Houston, Texas	77084
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

[phone]

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.01	Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On December 29, 2017, Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (the “ Company ”) and the subsidiary guarantors named therein entered into a First Amendment (the “ First Amendment to Credit Agreement ”) to that certain Credit Agreement with Whitney Bank, as lender, dated June 9, 2017. The First Amendment to Credit Agreement lowers the base tangible net worth requirement from $230,000,000 to $200,000,000 in the minimum tangible net worth covenant.

The foregoing summary is only a summary of certain provisions of the First Amendment to Credit Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

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.

		GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.
		By:	/s/ David S. Schorlemer
			David S. Schorlemer
			Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
			and Treasurer
Dated:	January 2, 2018