tti8k-20120312.htm

 
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): March 9, 2012


TETRA Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
1-13455
74-2148293
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
 
Identification No.)
     
24955 Interstate 45 North
The Woodlands, Texas 77380
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 367-1983

 
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 9, 2012, TETRA Technologies, Inc. issued a press release announcing that its TETRA Investments Company U.K. Limited subsidiary had acquired Optima Solutions Holdings Limited for GBP 40 million (approximately $62.7 million equivalent) plus contingent consideration to be paid in the future depending on profitability. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

The information furnished in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
 
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release, dated March 9, 2012, issued by 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/Stuart M. Brightman
 
Stuart M. Brightman
 
President & Chief Executive Officer
Date: March 12, 2012
 


 
 
 

 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release, dated March 9, 2012, issued by TETRA Technologies, Inc.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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