steel_8k-020912.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
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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): February 9, 2012
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Steel Excel Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
  
0-15071
  
94-2748530
(State or other jurisdiction
  
(Commission
  
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
  
File Number)
  
Identification No.)
 
691 S. Milpitas Blvd., Suite 208, Milpitas, California, 95035
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)
 
(408) 945-8600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01.                      Other Events.
 
On February 9, 2011, Steel Excel Inc. issued a press release announcing that it had acquired the business and assets of Eagle Well Services, Inc., a North Dakota corporation (“Eagle”). The purchase price for the business and assets of Eagle was approximately $48.1 million.  The press release announcing this acquisition is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
 
Item 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits
 
 Exhibit No.    Description
   
 99.1    Press Release issued by Steel Excel Inc. on February 9, 2012.
 
 
 
 
 
                    
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.
 
 
 
Steel Excel Inc.
     
 
By:
/s/ Mark Zorko
  
   
Name:
Mark Zorko
   
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
         
 
Dated:  February 13, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 Exhibit No.    Description
   
 99.1    Press Release issued by Steel Excel Inc. on February 9, 2012.